yes they do sell out of strategy guides but i dont think you would have to pre order it but i did just so i can get it as soon as it comes out and to have it all payed off for so i dont have to worry about spending all my money and not having enough for it

Here's an idea beat it on your own... You know, if there's something I can't figure out in a game and I want to refer to the strategy guide... I just check on the internet... It's free in a way. And as muc as a strategy guide is always a useful thing to have around, I just don't want to spend that much money on something that demeans me in saying that I'm a bad gamer. But hey, to each his own. (Is that right?)

i like having the strategy guide for the nice pictures and stuff they have inside. i know i could just go to somewhere like gamefaqs.com and get the same thing that i could get in the book for free but i like have the whole package with all the cool things inside

i remember for one game i wanted the strat guide for it sold out