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

June 06, 2008 in News comments 7

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.
Miss Razz via ps3fanboy.com »
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  • 0
    Final Blade Jun 7, 08
    LAWL talk about epic for Amazon. It just proves how dangerously hott MGS4 is for PS3 fans.
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      X_MANBEARPIG_X Jun 7, 08
      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 Jun 8, 08
        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.
  • 2
    ali3n Jun 7, 08
    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
      Miss Razz Jun 7, 08
      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.
  • 0
    theundertakergonzo Jun 8, 08
    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 Jun 8, 08
    eh. thats good and all, but i'll save my lols for when/if amazon confirms it.

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