Tropico 3 on the 360 - a limited run... possible rarity alert

after talking to a few of my friends and connections, it appears that the 360 game "Tropico 3" is only getting limited distrubution even amoung big stores and chains including Gamestop and Wal Mart who aren't even carrying it in more than 60% of their stores. and the ones that are are not carrying many copies...

so, with only a handful of "rare" games comming out over the last 2 gens... this one might be worth looking out for.

I checked into the PC version and that may also be rare but that is less relevent as PC games are just Digital Distroed now...

I don't have the inside sources like Waffle, but I agree that the run looks pretty limited.

None of the big box stores bothered to carry the 360 version (Best Buy, The Source, Future Shop etc) and I ended up finding my copy at EB and of course they only received one so I got the display copy. 

Anyone who has been following me on Live knows I have been crackin it wide open over the last few days, and let me tell ya its a pretty fun popcorn for the brain sort of game. 

Hasn't Tropico 3 been out for ages now...?totalgridlock

Two weeks-ish for the 360 version in NA I believe.  

Hasn't Tropico 3 been out for ages now...?totalgridlock

About 2 weeks I think.

[QUOTE="totalgridlock"]Hasn't Tropico 3 been out for ages now...?cosmostein77

Two weeks-ish for the 360 version in NA I believe.  

lol, ya just barely beat me to it! :P

it's pretty non-existant on PC other than DL....

anyway, I realize not ALL of us are from the US... and different markets play out differently...

I'll be checking my local game stores to see if I have it up in here in Vancouver. Chances are they might have the same shipment amount of the game, but I might find a couple copies. I'll let you know if I find any.TwarBlackshire

Future Shop and Best Buy don't even appear to have a sku in their system. 

Your best bet is a local EB, but even they did not bring in many copies. 

Hmmm. Doesn't seem to be that rare in Europe. At least the big retailers and Amazon have a fair amount of copies.guthwulf_de

Yeah, I see it everywhere.  I just checked, it's been out here since November (thought I was imagining things for a while, there) and so far seems pretty ubiquitous.

May be one to keep an eye on, if it suddenly 'disappears'...

[QUOTE="TwarBlackshire"]I'll be checking my local game stores to see if I have it up in here in Vancouver. Chances are they might have the same shipment amount of the game, but I might find a couple copies. I'll let you know if I find any.cosmostein77

Future Shop and Best Buy don't even appear to have a sku in their system. 

Your best bet is a local EB, but even they did not bring in many copies. 

That might be why I didn't find it when I was at Best Buy today. :P

Now I got a 360 I look in the 360 pre-owned section, I saw 2 copys, mabey I should pick it up, is it an RPG?Hizang

no, but since people keep asking me... it's like... I guess Cim City... but more like a more realistic; cuban-based Metropolismania. again, this RAREITY only applies tothose living in the USA.

my son has been hogging it so I barely played past the tutorial... but it's neat enough.

[QUOTE="Hizang"]Now I got a 360 I look in the 360 pre-owned section, I saw 2 copys, mabey I should pick it up, is it an RPG?waflerevolution

no, but since people keep asking me... it's like... I guess Cim City... but more like a more realistic; cuban-based Metropolismania. again, this RAREITY only applies tothose living in the USA.

my son has been hogging it so I barely played past the tutorial... but it's neat enough.

[QUOTE="waflerevolution"]

[QUOTE="Hizang"]Now I got a 360 I look in the 360 pre-owned section, I saw 2 copys, mabey I should pick it up, is it an RPG?aspro73

no, but since people keep asking me... it's like... I guess Cim City... but more like a more realistic; cuban-based Metropolismania. again, this RAREITY only applies tothose living in the USA.

my son has been hogging it so I barely played past the tutorial... but it's neat enough.

no, he was playing Tropico 3. I was playing Metropolis Mania ages ago, it's a great game... not at all like the surprizingly deep Thrillville though.

It's funny, I just found out about this game yesterday. Since SimCity started to suck (and then die), I've been looking for something like this.aspro73

This game has almost pushed Mass Effect out of my Xbox, 

I have really enjoyed it. 

[QUOTE="aspro73"]It's funny, I just found out about this game yesterday. Since SimCity started to suck (and then die), I've been looking for something like this.cosmostein77

This game has almost pushed Mass Effect out of my Xbox, 

I have really enjoyed it. 

it is very cute and funny yet in-depth and serious...

Anyone else still playing this? I just got it, and am trying to figure it out!CodingGenius

Its my candy for the brain game; 

SO its been in and out of my 360 for a few months,

If you can still find them, GameStop has marked Tropico 3 down to $19.99 New. But out of the 6 stores in my area, only one store had any left. It was over 100 miles to the next closet store that had one.

Get 'em while they're hot...if you can!

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"As some of you might be aware of, despite the very strict and thorough testing of Tropico 3 on Xbox 360, a bug managed to slip in leading to some rare cases of savegame corruption on large population (500+) islands."

More here: http://forum.kalypsomedia.com/showthread.php?tid=3896&page=1

I still really enjoy the game, but it's good to know what the possible breaking point is for save games.