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I’d say GW’s suppy chain issues are intentional.

They thrive on FOMO

You really need to be part of the ‘in crowd’ to gain access to anything the moment they announce new products.

I find it much more enjoyable to walk into a real shop and buy stuff when I see it as opposed to joining a virtual queue just to have a chance at pre-ordering.

Heck, the name ‘pre order’ is wrong as that implies that there will be enough no matter how many folk sign up.

With Mantic and Warlord the pre-order is exactly that. And there’s time to buy stuff once it goes retail afterwards.
GW products simply won’t be available for sale if you missed that ‘pre order’ window.

Even if the game was good and didn’t suffer from bloated rules and day-1 patches I’d have to think twice to want to suffer through that. As is I find it easier to ignore them. Even if they do stuff I find interesting (like the new Ork kill team) I just can’t get myself excited enough to want to follow their rules for buying.