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Six things you need to know to get your system on launch day

5. Keep tabs on gaming forums

Watch the gaming forums - like http://radarnation.gamesradar.com - to keep tabs on who has found a system on launch day and where. Here's one trick. If you use Google, you can search an entire site like www.gamesradar.com for launch day info by using the syntax "site:www.gamesradar.com launch" to find any and all information about launch systems.

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