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There were about 300+ people at my Game Stop at midnight, I was surprised. My Game Stop generally isn't that big for midnight release, I rarely stand in any type of real line at midnight, it's just in and out. Now, I should qualify that by saying I don't
play Modern Warfare, so I wasn't there to see how big that line was. The guy working at the Game Stop said this release was as big for them as MW3 which I thought was pretty cool. RPG's don't normally seem to cause the frenzy that FPS games cause, so seeing
such a demand for Skyrim was pretty cool.

I'll give credit to Game Stop, that line went very fast. I was there at 11:45, out by 12:20. When I was leaving, people were still getting in line so I have to imagine they did very well. Maybe this will inspire more developers to start putting as much time
and effort into RPG's as Bethesda does.

there was like 70 people at our gamestop tonight. I was surprised to see that half of them were females. Good to see more people getting into gaming.

umm i been to MW 3 and Skyrim and Skyrim's was short... got out in 5-10 mins.... MW 3 i was there till like 12:45 and went into a Street

Did the midnight release and the mgr at the store said the line for Skyrim was longer than the MW3 (which I din't get and don't want). But I can confirm that the line for Skyrim was shorter than the one for Oblivion. Perhaps its the current world economy
maybe? The line where I was extended the length of the stripmall and a bit into the parking lot at the end. For Oblivion, it was out there, through the lot and to the edge of the nearby Burger King, easily another 100 people.

I am guessing about 200 or so for Skyrim last night but the GS I go to is very effecient and once the rope drops, its a constant flow in and out.

I was home in 10 minutes and was unboxing it and was taking pictures of the dragon by 12:28am