The NIB game buying process has changed so much over the past couple of years it’s hard to say anymore. You used to be able to play the game on location and order from a distributor’s inventory. All the way back in like 2019 lol. I sent a text to my distributor before I even got through half of the Godzilla gameplay video release as I could tell within 20 seconds that it was gonna be a good fit for me. Theme is near the bottom of my motives to buy games as gameplay and to a lesser extent code are paramount for me. I’ve waited for games to be built and have a Fathom and Halloween on order, but it’s just so weird seeing 12-18 month wait times on Stern games. I think it’s awesome and really hope the rumored number of games they have backordered is true. No idea how the LE process works.