According to a tweet they've already sold out of Netrunner at GenCon.

3m Dennis Twigg ‏@Veredium
Netrunner sold out by 10:05! #gencon
 

I hope everyone who wanted to play in the release tournament got there copy…

And posts some spoliers here :)

We want more…

BGG reported the same thing.

There are stories of people walking away with five copies of the game.

If anyone knows the total number of units sold, that would be nice to know.

Word is there were no limits. BGG says 1 guy bought 25. So when  I showed up a while ago they were all gone. Not even one left for me to play in the tourney I paid for but there will be plenty on eBay for double the retail price. Very bad form, FFG. 

Amuk said:

That is ridiculous. You don't sell 25 copies to anyone, because they are scalpers. You especially don't sell it at an event where you know there is demand and you know you are going to sell through. You sell one copy per person and if they want more you apologize and tell them they will have to wait for retail.

I really hope that's not true.

EDIT: Gah, this just irks me the more I think about it. An event like GenCon is not where people should even be picking up a playset. They should be getting one. It should be about the buzz and the excitement for everyone. I've worked at a place with pretty stringent anti-scalping policies and it is totally worth it. Having something in stock for more people more than outweighs the temporary shot in the arm of cash you get in that one instant. And with A:NR it's not even like they would have had to wait that long… twenty minutes later and they would be rolling in the same amount of bank!

If they sold tournament tickets in advance - they should have saved copies to sell to people with tickets at least…

Bungo_Underhill said:

I was just thinking the same thing.  They should have had that many copies on hold, with the premise being that you had to pick them up by a certain, reasonable time, before the tournament, with the cost of the Core Set being built into the Tournament ticket.

After that, whatever.  If they want to have Lord of the Flies rules with regards to selling unlimited copies per customer, so be it.  At least the people who paid to play in the tourney are taken care of, and won't have to deal with some kind of refund issue later.  I can't imagine how disappointed I'd be if I was going to GenCon, being pre-registered for a tournament for a game that isn't even out yet, on the promise that I'd have a short span of time to buy it, learn it, and try to play my best, only to discover that they sold them all.

For shame…

Then again, I'm not there, so maybe that's what they did after all.

Maybe they have some reserved for those who bought a tournament ticket.  It's pretty dumb that you can run a tournament with a requirement to play that may be impossible for entrants to have.

A simple system setup would be that entrants are part of a reserve list with reserved copies and are marked down as purchasing a copy for the tournament to guarantee their ability to play.

When people mentioned this to the booth, what did the seller say about this?

Shockwave said:

so your the one that grabbed 25 copies?

are you selling any of them? I willing to put down some money

sorry everyone for taking part as the early consumer that runined the tournament.

Bomb said:

When I mentioned not being able to play in the tournament he said he was sorry. 

So my question is, when does it hit the shelves for stores? Obviously this was just the first wave of sales. I just want to know when I can expect to have my local game store order it for me

At past GenCons, FFG brings in new stock each day.  They have "sold out" of an item on thursday but then have the item back on the floor on Friday.  I couldn't attend this year, but for those of you their you might want to ask if they will have more Netrunner on future days.

Bohemond said:

I asked if they expected to get more and he said only if they have a mislabeled box. 

The answer we got as to what we were supposed to do with our tourney tickets was that GC would give us a refund. 

FFG has some pretty odd notions about customer service. And by off I mean moronic. 

Bohemond said:

That's a good idea.  I don't know when the Netrunner tournament is, but the booth must be able to reserve incoming copies for tournament players.  Seems silly they have a tournament but with no guarantee you will have the materials to play.

That's like running a baseball tournament but selling the only baseballs available from a booth outside the stadium.  Anyone can snatch them up and price gouge!

Amuk said:

They really need to do a lot of work on their Quality Assurance in all aspects.