Back in the day they shipped the DS units to even tiny EBGs like mine 3 weeks in advance, so the timing seems right. My manager let everyone who'd pre-ordered one take it home when they arrived, because as far as he was concerned we'd need to know how to sell them. Games starting coming in about 10-14 days before launch and we were permitted to take those as well providing we had fully pre-ordered. By the time the system launched I'd essentially 'finished' XX/XY and Spiderman.

(And no, I'm not justifying this -- it was wrong, I was young and dumb, and I'm fully aware now I could have been in serious trouble for doing this)