What Happens When No One Shows Up For A Midnight Launch

By Joe Haygood | October 28, 2008

Originally, my goal was to cover the midnight launch for Fallout 3 here in Riverside, CA.  I got the call last night from the Gamestop autodialer telling me to come on down for the festivities of a midnight launch.  Oh, and they told me to bring trades towards my copy of Fallout 3.  You had to know that was coming.

So, I debated whether to go down there for most of Monday, made harder by the fact that Bethesda was nice enough to send me a copy of the game on 360 today.  So I debated further, whether to play the game all night, or go to the midnight launch.  At 11:00 PM, I decided to head over to my pre-order location, expecting to be at the end of a long line.  One problem, there was hardly anyone there.  Including the three staff memebers, there were five people there.  My goal of covering a midnight event was washed away, as it was obvious nothing would come of this.  I did banter with the guys that did show up (eight in all), and I walked away with my badass collectors edition of Fallout 3.

And just for good measure, I found out the PC version of the game got the most collector’s edition orders.