At least for me, they release it at 6 pm local time (Hawaii), so i can just grab it on the way home from work on June 4.
It has been (relatively) easy to get the pre-order, and the employees have been up-front about everything. They're getting more units for those who didn't pre-order initially.
It's been easier to do all this in person than trying to do anything online for one. Canceled pre-orders, sites crashing, no invites... it just seems like a headache to do it that way.
I remember waiting in line for the Wii release and the guy was giving out promo stuff. I got a Wii nunchuck shirt and then the GameStop guy thought about it and took it back out of my hands. Because he wanted one.
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It has been (relatively) easy to get the pre-order, and the employees have been up-front about everything. They're getting more units for those who didn't pre-order initially.