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Wii's are still wanted/frenzied? I thought that was so last year.
[V]ad[H]atte(r);1032144199 said:They're in stock everywhere locally, finding them is not an issue (mall, walmart, CC, BestBuy, EB, etc.). Must be larger cities having problems.
[V]ad[H]atte(r);1032144199 said:They're in stock everywhere locally, finding them is not an issue (mall, walmart, CC, BestBuy, EB, etc.). Must be larger cities having problems.
Wii's? Might as well just buy a brick attached to another smaller brick as the controller and swing it around like a monkey trying to knock some bananas of a tree.
the high demand is partially nintendo's fault imo (at this point i think they are doing it on purpose). even over a year after its release, nintendo seems to still always have manufacturing issues with wiis. i work at my local target part time in electronics, and we only actually get a shipment of wiis like once a month. when we do get a shipment its generally around 20-30 units...of course they last maybe an hour after we open. actually, until the shipment we received last week, my store hadnt received a shipment since about 1.5 weeks BEFORE CHRISTMAS, nor had any BB, CC, walmart, gamestop, etc. you would think after this amount of time, nintendo would have ramped up production and/or fixed any issues with the manufacturing process like sony did when the ps2 was in crazy demand. bottom line is that wiis are still in such demand because nintendo simply doesnt supply the consoles at a reasonable pace....stores getting 10 wiis in a month is a bit ridiculous imo.
id bet that if stores received wiis at a staggered pace, instead of one large shipment a month demand would also go down a bit since people would believe they could just drop by and pick one up rather than having to camp outside and beat everyone else to the store.
While I think its annoying (my girlfriend has been trying to get one for quite a while now) I think its a pretty smart marketing tactic for Nintendo. Control the supply and and you keep the demand for the system high. Sure, you might end up with a few annoyed customers, but the payoff is much greater than the very low number of people who might say "screw this" if they cant find one for a while. Not to mention, while stores employee's might get a bit aggravated by everyone asking all the time, the store itself probably loves it when customers come in with the intention of only buying a wii, finding out they don't have any, and then picking up some media or a new keyboard or monitor or TV or whatever. Great economic strategy of Nintendo if it is being done on purpose, which I have believed it is for a very long time now.
That being said, if anyone is looking to sell one my girlfriend is looking still
Wii's? Might as well just buy a brick attached to another smaller brick as the controller and swing it around like a monkey trying to knock some bananas of a tree.
I too am puzzled by the Wii frenzy ...the majority of games are crap ...yet the system sells like crazy. I did have a couple friends and two family members that bought them ...but, after the controller novelty wore off & they discovered how bad the games were ... they sold them. However ...I will buy one myself sometime in the future for Gamecube backwards compatibilty & the rare A+ Wii game that gets released.
Specialist[X];1032146596 said:did you see it on their website ad or what? because i cant find it anywhere on the weekly ad on their website.
[V]ad[H]atte(r);1032144199 said:They're in stock everywhere locally, finding them is not an issue (mall, walmart, CC, BestBuy, EB, etc.). Must be larger cities having problems.
Do I detect Wii-rage?
Heh, I say Nintendo should divert shipments from all the smaller cities to just the major metropolitan areas. Then, IFF (if and only if) smaller cities need more do you send additional shipments. Kinda like sending 30 units into Idaho, and only 5 of them get bought whereas the 20 shipped into NYC or DC are gone almost instantly. Just a stupid decision from Nintendo in that respect.
At this point, I definitely think Nintendo is causing a supply shortage on purpose. I don't see any reason why their supply can't meet up with demand at this point. I've been living in Germany for over 4 months now and frankly I'm surprised that there's still a shortage back in the US. Pretty much all the electronic stores I go to here have Wii's in stock and I even think some of them are still left over from the holiday season. Granted, that's speculation on my part but I see no reason for a surplus here and a shortage in the US. After all, I'm pretty sure all Nintendo has to do is flip a switch for the NTSC/PAL difference and throw in a different power adapter and POW, another Wii for North America. Anyway, I'm not going to be state-side for awhile but I do expect to see plenty of Wii's on the shelf for me to purchase when I do.
Nintendo would be simply retarded to limit supply, and they wouldnt do it for the retail chains in hope someone would come in for a Wii and get something else...what does Nintendo care about that for? The unit itself is pretty old...its a GameCube with the Wii-mote, theres no way they arent making a ton of money per unit, so cranking out as many as they can would be in their best interest. Another thing, the large chains tend to horde them in there warehouses so they can send them out every couple a weeks and gaurantee the store has at least n Wii's.