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.























