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Amazon.com's US site has crashed! Too many MGS4 pre-orders to blame?

Gothic Girl | June 06, 2008 | News | Playstation 3 
As you may have noticed, Amazon.com has been down on and off today.

Gaming sites and fans have speculated that the Metal Gear Solid 4 limited edition is to blame. The site soon crashed after the limited edition of the game was put up for sale, which was then followed by an insane amount of customers rushing to order a copy before they were sold out. Apparently the thousands of copies sold out in mere minutes - causing Amazon's American site to crash.
Well, good job folks. We told you that amazon.com would sell the Metal Gear Solid 4 80GB bundle today. And you all listened. Thousands of you swarmed the site, got rid of their inventory in seven minutes, and best of all -- you killed amazon.com.

Demand for the Metal Gear bundle was so high, that the popular online retailer simply couldn't handle the traffic. If this is the fervor in just one store, imagine how well the bundles are going to sell when they release nationwide next Thursday.

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    Final Blade | June 07, 2008
    LAWL talk about epic for Amazon. It just proves how dangerously hott MGS4 is for PS3 fans.
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      X_MANBEARPIG_X | June 07, 2008
      Not just PS3 fans. Remember this is the MGS4 PS3 bundle that was sold so obviously it's big for any gamer.
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        Final Blade | June 08, 2008
        And? You not suggestion 360 fans or fanboys would buy the bundle? There is many Playstation fans waiting for this game alone, hence why I stated this. Perhaps Sony fans would have made it correct.
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    ali3n | June 07, 2008
    Did Amazon themselves say this was the cause for the problem? I remember things being sold out within minutes a lot of other times and the servers not crashing...
    • 0 thumbs!
      Gothic Girl | June 07, 2008
      Amazon themselves haven't replied to any questions yet. Though here's hoping it was MGS4 pre-orders that crashed the site, just because of the publicity it would cause for the game.
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    theundertakergonzo | June 07, 2008
    THat's hilarious! As if the site could have crashed though i mean i've been on amazon it seems pretty stable. But hilarious none the less, unlucky is what i'll say.
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    BANDITO ATTACK | June 07, 2008
    eh. thats good and all, but i'll save my lols for when/if amazon confirms it.

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