A:Answer BestBuy probably decided this was best to prevent scalpers to take some of the consoles before real buyers, think about it, if you were a scalper and I let you know the exact day and time, you will definitely set your bot at said time! With SONY and BestBuy strategy some of us non scalpers were lucky enough to get one. Thank you SONY and BestBuy. Now about you and your wrok, well you can not have it all, you need to make a decision, work or pre order event. I would choose work, because this console will eventually collect dust on shelves once all this fever is over.