EB Expo 2012: Return of the 2 hour lines

by Ben Salter Featured 13 Comments 41 Votes 1916 Views 06/10/2012 Back to News

Day two of the EB Expo was headlined by massive lines as the event coped with its first sell-out during the Saturday Day session.

It was considerably easier to move around during both sessions yesterday, but the layout held up well against maximum capacity, and was aided by cooler temperatures.

However, the sell-out crowd ensured the "line ride" was back in full force, as queues for the big name games all stretched to over two hour waits during the peak of today's session around midday.

The likes of Assassin's Creed III, Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 required a two hour wait, while ZombiU was advertising a generous 1.5 hours.

The Wii U and Nintendo's booth remained the most popular, with a line far exceeding any other and stretching around the entirety of the booth. At 1pm today, with just three hours remaining in the session, anyone committing to the Nintendo booth was unlikely to play anything else.

The Express Gamer lines were considerably shorter, but didn't grant instant access to those with more expensive tickets.

If you're heading to the EB Expo tomorrow, bolt for the game you most want to play first. Otherwise you might be waiting a while.

This is 1/3 of the line. It turns around two more corners of the booth.

By Ben Salter

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Why would you bother? :E
It took around 30 - 40 minutes to make it right through the Nintendo line (starting from the Ebgames store). It actually moved relatively well considering the length. ZombiU only took me around 30 minutes to get through
thats insane
Imagine standing in line behind a person with bad B.O for 2hrs to play game now that takes dedication.
Yeah i waited in the CoD line for half an hour and then thought "**** it." and walked out :L
didnt get to play CoD.

Played the WiiU and a few other things though..
But CoD was way too big.
I played X-Com and Darksiders II, only because there was no line at all, and I only played Darksiders for about a minute because I discovered I'm not a fan of the WiiU tablet today.
What was your impressions guys of the wiiu?
I like it but I only got a quick turn at the games and when I played ZombiU, the lady didn't explain it properly and was rushed through it.

I did find it hard getting use to the controls but I reckon it would get easier once you find a trick to it or something.

renagadez said: I like it but I only got a quick turn at the games and when I played ZombiU, the lady didn't explain it properly and was rushed through it.
I did find it hard getting use to the controls but I reckon it would get easier once you find a trick to it or something.


Ok cool..

Kerosanak said: I played X-Com and Darksiders II, only because there was no line at all, and I only played Darksiders for about a minute because I discovered I'm not a fan of the WiiU tablet today.



how'd you find x-com? what platform you play that on?
I envied all the ultimate and express people when we were lining up. [Shifty]

punk said:

Kerosanak said: I played X-Com and Darksiders II, only because there was no line at all, and I only played Darksiders for about a minute because I discovered I'm not a fan of the WiiU tablet today.


how'd you find x-com? what platform you play that on?



360.

Was really meh in the controls department, seems much better suited to a KBM control scheme.
@kerosanak

thanks mate.

figured as much, leaning to get this on the pc since im a big fan of the originals.

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