$50 deposit required to reserve either of these next-gen systems.
Corroborated by scans of Toys R Us’s “Big Book” (a big “hey, what’s hot for holidays, families” bit of advertising) and employee postings online, it looks like the retailer will indeed be taking pre-orders for both the Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3 starting this Sunday, October 29.
For $50, gamers will be able to secure themselves a PS3 or Wii (or both, apparently!), which is very different from GameStop/EB’s policy where a “pre-order” for both the Wii and PS3 doesn’t guarantee a console at launch. The “Big Book” should be available at Toys R Us on Friday, so we should be able to confirm this beyond a reason of a doubt, but you might want to start making plans for Sunday now.
Source: gametab.com