Wii availability question

[sociopharm02]

When is the Wii going to be available to just go into a store and buy? Are we looking at months or ?? I am looking at getting one but they are impossible to find and i am not a big fan of waiting hours on end in line for one as i have a couple of small kids which makes it not a realistic option. Why doesn't Nintendo just crank up the production and flood the market with them?

[MillerTime2523]

Call your local wal-mart.

Ask them how many they have available for tomorow.

Mine has 5 and it's a first come first serve basis. Liking my chances.. lol

[Diskeater]

Up here in VT, our local Best Buy got about 12 in this weekend and they were already gone.

I stopped in on Friday and checked out the Wii section...a bunch of games, some accessories (including third-party component cables) but no Wiis. They did have like eight PS3s sitting on the shelves.

I would guess that you'll start to see the Wii on shelves as early as the end of February but that might be a little optomistic. It's probably more likely that you'll be able to readily find one in stores starting in April.

These things are selling like mad right now. If you absolutely don't need to play Elebits / Wii-Zelda right now, I would almost suggest holding off until the middle of this year.

[Scobie]

Man... It might not be till March that you'll be able to find these things with any ease. I continue to be amazed and delighted by the popular response.

[dratsacras]

I've got a simple method; when you stop seeing new "when can I get a Wii?" posts on forums every other day, then you know they're in stock everywhere.

Before you call me a dick, keep in mind that it's working so far.

[dmaul1114]

It seems to be getting easier with every shipment, but it will probably be sometime in march before they are consistently on store shelves.

[Pi573]

Yeah, a month ago, people were saying now would be the time. Now it's become March. March will become April, April will become May, May will become...??? It's difficult to predict when the occasion you and a lot of other people want will come about. It should have already happened, but for whatever reason, it isn't. If you have to have the Wii between now and that time (whenever it is) I'd go one of two routes:

It goes against the grain of CAG, but eBay is looking better. A quick look at the completed auctions page showed a lot of auctions for Wiis (in box, new, everything you'd get if you got it from the store) ending at $320-340 plus shipping ranging from $20-40. This is subject to change, since there'll be at least 10 more completed Wii auctions within the next 10 minutes, but you get the general idea of where prices are going.
If you can't wait in line, then you may have luck anticipating some of the smaller shipments at local stores. This, of course, depends on your work schedule, but if you can get some solid info (or if you happen to see a UPS/FedEx/DHL truck parked outside a place) then you can walk in and grab a Wii as soon as they hit the shelves.

[Scrubking]

If you can't wait in line ask a friend or relative to buy it for you. I had to wait in line for 2 hours, but it was a lot better than constantly being told that no wiis were in stock.

[Chitown021]

If you have Target stores near you and can get there during the day use Itrackr.com. That was how I got my original Wii back at the beginning of the month (got a second last weekend at BB, used my GC and Reward's Certificates to knock the price down, then returned the original).

I trackr has been 100% on "target" (no pun intended) for shipments in my area. As long as they don't do another ad hold for awhile (Itrackr was worthless last week b/c of the stores holding for 1/21) you should be in good shape.

[dmaul1114]

Yeah, a month ago, people were saying now would be the time. Now it's become March. March will become April, April will become May, May will become...??? It's difficult to predict when the occasion you and a lot of other people want will come about. It should have already happened, but for whatever reason, it isn't.

Very true. But from the boards here and else where it seems like the lines at Wal-mart this week weren't nearly as bad, and there were lots of people that found them an hour or two after opening.

So it is getting better. Demand is getting more satisfied with each shipment, and it isn't going to spike up anytime soon with no killer apps on the horizon until after June (Metroid now not coming until June or later from the latest reports).

[Chitown021]

That's right you still can't walk in and buy a Wii but the lines were WAY shorter on the 21st for the latest release. When I was waiting at BB there were zero people waiting at 9:00AM and only 10 waiting at 10:00AM when they opened. I don't know if that was partially due to the weather but judging by other CAG reports it seemed to be like that in many places.

Also ebay final selling prices are steadily falling so that's another indication that they are much more available.

[Monsta Mack]

Yeah here in Wallingford, CT there weren't many people waiting at midnight at Wal-Mart for the Wii at all, and the next morning there was another shipment of 10 wiis which were gone over the next few hours.

I think Nintendo is starting to pump these things out, and the demand is alot less. But with Tax Refund season who knows when these things will become readily avaible... April maybe?

[Vergeofinsanity]

keep in mind xbox 360 was hard to find till like March.. and the Wii is at a lower price point and seems to appeal to a larger market.. so idk u may be waiting for awhile. I got 2 Wiis by complete luck.. so keep your fingers crossed if anything.

[dothog]

At this point, I'm wondering if Nintendo isn't throttling the distribution of Wiis a bit to extend the "WII SOLD OUT" story. The unexpected launch sales were a long time ago, so it isn't like Nintendo hasn't had time to respond. And as the components of the Wii are supposedly easy to come by, I would think they could bump manufacturing pretty easily to meet demand. So either they've got unforeseen distribution problems or they're not respecting retailers' demands for more Wiis.

I don't know, I'm just wondering aloud. It looks like this will continue on through February, though.

[Gunch]

I cant believe when checking itracker it still says

"National Availability: 2%"I would buy one if I could just walk in and pick one up, but I am sure by the time that comes around I will have spent my money in other areas(such as 360 games), causing me to wait even longer.

[scottman]

I remember before the launch we were all thinking we could just walk into a store either on launch or within a few days after and pick up a wii. Boy were we wrong.

And although I've only played wii sports and a little excite truck so far (just got the wii recently), I think it's fun, but I don't see why it's creating such a buying frenzy. Unless my remote isn't calibrated correctly, the control seems a little screwy and frustrating at times. I don't see how they will be able to create a huge number of games that work well with it. I was playing it the other day and started craving to use a regular controller and play gears of war instead. I haven't had a chance to throw a wii party yet (is the multiplayer the main draw?), but the single player experience so far doesn't seem like it would warrant such a sellout. Are zelda and trauma center why people like it so much? (I've also got them sitting here unplayed).

Don't go bashing me for criticizing it, because I'm a Nintendo fanboy at heart and I admit I haven't played it for more than a few hours, but so far it's not living up to the hype for me.

[io]

Scottman, Zelda and Elebits are excellent games that make great use of the controller (especially Elebits).

Anyway, was just commenting in the Fry's deal thread that my Fry's had 69 of them in today - it was a bundle with Elebits, Super Monkey Ball, and Super Swing Golf for $400. That's not a bad selection of games. I didn't care for SMB and was going to pick up Super Swing Golf when it got cheaper (but got it today since some people took the bundle games and traded them in to the nearby Gamecrazy which is running 20% off used games right now!). But for people who have been looking a lot or don't want to wait in lines Sunday mornings, or whatever, that's not a bad deal. I figure the games are worth $100 realistically, so you are paying $50 more than you should, not too bad.

This bundle would have sold out in minutes in December and pretty quickly even a few weeks ago. It took ALL day to sell them today - I was there at 8:30 PM and they said they sold the last one 20 minutes before. So that is definitely a sign that things are slowing down, but there's obviously a lot of interest still in the Wii.

My kids spend hours just messing around with the Mii characters (not even a game!). It is a fun system, no doubt about it. Now I have a new game to play (Super Swing Golf). I hope it is worth the $27.99 in GC credit I spent on this (new, still sealed, still with Fry's price tag on it :lol:) "used" copy I bought!

[tcrash247]

I waited in line for 20 minutes when I got mine :/

[blandstalker]

At this point, I'm wondering if Nintendo isn't throttling the distribution of Wiis a bit to extend the "WII SOLD OUT" story. The unexpected launch sales were a long time ago, so it isn't like Nintendo hasn't had time to respond. And as the components of the Wii are supposedly easy to come by, I would think they could bump manufacturing pretty easily to meet demand. So either they've got unforeseen distribution problems or they're not respecting retailers' demands for more Wiis.

I hear what you're saying. I don't think it's likely, though.

Every time I go to Target (or wherever) and I see the electronics cases with games and no systems (for both PS3 and Wii) I think "there's a lot of software that isn't selling because people don't have the machines to play them".

Throttling the systems creates more demand, but retailers are sitting on stuff they can't sell, which tends to make them cranky. Plus, while it brings people into stores more often then they would normally go, they make shorter trips and go to competitors more, too.

If I had to speculate, I'd guess that while Wiis are generally easy to make, there's some limiting factor that can't be cranked out as fast as the rest.

That, or Nintendo undercalculated demand and just didn't make enough. The total lack of DS Lites would tend to support this.

[zionoverfire]

Throttling the systems creates more demand, but retailers are sitting on stuff they can't sell, which tends to make them cranky. Plus, while it brings people into stores more often then they would normally go, they make shorter trips and go to competitors more, too.

If I had to speculate, I'd guess that while Wiis are generally easy to make, there's some limiting factor that can't be cranked out as fast as the rest.

That, or Nintendo undercalculated demand and just didn't make enough. The total lack of DS Lites would tend to support this.

If Nintendo were to create or expand the current Wii factories it would cost millions of dollars and since system demand should level out in a couple of months it wouldn't really be worth it. Also you have to factor in that the Wii was launched not only in Japan and America but Europe also, seven hundred thousand units sold in Europe in Decemeber afterall.

http://www.i4u.com/article7673.html

[DocRamon]

i was at sears today with the wife, passed by the games section to see if they had anything cheap... 2 wii systems sitting in the case getting no love.

[rlse9]

I'm going to guess that we'll see supply meet demand here in the very near future. I've noticed a lot of commercials for the Wii in the past week (especially on Fox), I can't imagine that Nintendo would be increasing their advertising that much if they weren't expecting the system to be readily available very soon.

[Chitown021]

I'm going to guess that we'll see supply meet demand here in the very near future. I've noticed a lot of commercials for the Wii in the past week (especially on Fox), I can't imagine that Nintendo would be increasing their advertising that much if they weren't expecting the system to be readily available very soon.

I don't know Sony used a crapload of advertising during the holiday season when PS3's were impossible to find. I even received a glossy fold out brochure deal (it was pretty fancy and had to cost a pretty penny if they mass mailed them). I wanted to call them and say "Hey I might Fuck ing buy one if I could Fuck ing find one!!!"

[rlse9]

Yeah, but the people at Sony are dumb. And the reason I think it isn't because they are advertising, but because they really hadn't been advertising very much and all of a sudden I'm seeing Wii commercials every day. I wouldn't think they'd be advertising that much during a relatively dead time of the year unless they expected systems to be available.

Now that I think about it, Sony might not be that dumb (at least in this case). While there might not have been systems available, their advertising was probably more aimed at trying to convince people to not buy a 360 or Wii as it was to get people to buy a PS3. They knew the PS3 would sell out quick and thought advertising would help prevent people from going "oh well I can't get a PS3 I'll just get a 360 instead".

[squirrel007]

Well my friend got the wii and I had surgery the other day so my friends raised money to buy me a wii, my mom and I insisted that they donate it to duke childrens hospital cause they have helped me with sinus stuff. So my mom says she will buy me a wii to cheer me up from the surgery, we go to walmart(I dont live in a big town) and they are fresh out of wii's. So I ask the guy when they will be getting them. He said that the last shipment was 2 weeks ago(wtf?) and he doesnt know when they will be getting them.

I guess I will be making alot of calls to my local wal-mart :roll:

By the way im new \\:D/

[Chitown021]

Well my friend got the wii and I had surgery the other day so my friends raised money to buy me a wii, my mom and I insisted that they donate it to duke childrens hospital cause they have helped me with sinus stuff. So my mom says she will buy me a wii to cheer me up from the surgery, we go to walmart(I dont live in a big town) and they are fresh out of wii's. So I ask the guy when they will be getting them. He said that the last shipment was 2 weeks ago(wtf?) and he doesnt know when they will be getting them.

I guess I will be making alot of calls to my local wal-mart :roll:

By the way im new \\:D/

Is Wally World the only retailer in town that carries them? If you have any Targets or Circuit Cities I suggest using Itrackr.com to watch for them. That's how I got mine. Also it looks like from what I've been reading elsewhere TRU and CC will have the Wii in the Sunday ads for next week (2/11).

Also welcome aboard!

[squirrel007]

Is Wally World the only retailer in town that carries them? If you have any Targets or Circuit Cities I suggest using Itrackr.com to watch for them. That's how I got mine. Also it looks like from what I've been reading elsewhere TRU and CC will have the Wii in the Sunday ads for next week (2/11).

Also welcome aboard!

Sadly walmart is the only major retailer... we do have a sears but I have no idea if they carry video games. We also have a kmart but its the worst excuse for a store ever XD. They still have ps1's for full retail price...

However I am using a tracker to try and be notified asap when an online retailer carrys them! I hope to get my Wii soon, cant wait!

[Chitown021]

Good luck I hope you find one soon. Keep an eye out for Amazon to carry them. You get free shipping and no tax! Watch out for the on-line bundles they suck unless they actually contain games you want or the store will allow returns.

[squirrel007]

Good luck I hope you find one soon. Keep an eye out for Amazon to carry them. You get free shipping and no tax! Watch out for the on-line bundles they suck unless they actually contain games you want or the store will allow returns.

I hate sites that force bundles :( Cause all I really want for now is the console, an extra controller and zelda. All I need now.

[dmaul1114]

From Speedy's ad post in the deals forum, Circuit City and Target have them in the ad for the 11th (next Sunday) and there's as rumor that Toy's R Us will have a ton of them that day as well.

[chosen1s]

Sadly walmart is the only major retailer... we do have a sears but I have no idea if they carry video games. We also have a kmart but its the worst excuse for a store ever XD. They still have ps1's for full retail price...

However I am using a tracker to try and be notified asap when an online retailer carrys them! I hope to get my Wii soon, cant wait!


Especially if the PS1's you are referring to are the system/screen combos - RUN to your K-Mart, ignore the sticker price, and have them ring you up for all of them. Proceed to Ebay. Donate proceeds to charity, Wii funds, chosen1s...

[squirrel007]

Especially if the PS1's you are referring to are the system/screen combos - RUN to your K-Mart, ignore the sticker price, and have them ring you up for all of them. Proceed to Ebay. Donate proceeds to charity, Wii funds, chosen1s...

They are 0.0 but I dont see why anyone would want one.

[Chitown021]

Itrackr is showing Wii's at a couple of Targets near me. I wonder if they're actually putting them out for sale or if it's stock for the upcoming ad...

[squirrel007]

Itrackr is showing Wii's at a couple of Targets near me. I wonder if they're actually putting them out for sale or if it's stock for the upcoming ad...

I hope I will be able to locate one on or before this sunday... :(

[Demolition Man]

Itrackr is showing Wii's at a couple of Targets near me. I wonder if they're actually putting them out for sale or if it's stock for the upcoming ad...

I just called one of the Target's here that ITrackr claims to have them. The obviously Suddafed drowned kid on the line said that they don't have any and that the next shipment is this upcoming Sunday.

I must say that even I'm getting tired of this whole Sunday launch shit. Just sell the damn systems when they come in. I'm tired of playing these stupid games.

[fshaia]

Best chance before Sunday is Gamestop/EB games

[fshaia]

Itrackr is showing Wii's at a couple of Targets near me. I wonder if they're actually putting them out for sale or if it's stock for the upcoming ad...

Probably holding them until Sunday, like they did last time, if they are not on the shelves by tommorow morning, they are holding them

[alleycat58]

I must say that even I'm getting tired of this whole Sunday launch shit. Just sell the damn systems when they come in. I'm tired of playing these stupid games.

You and me BOTH. Sell em when they come in, don't play the stupid "We don't have any, try Sunday!" game. It's old, it's played out. Just give me my Goddamn Wii already, enough of this camping BS.

[Scorch]

GameCrazy stores got two in today, but the majority of stores are still trying to fulfill their wishlist orders

[hinkbert]

I don't know if other places are like the Gamestop where I found mine, but if they are don't even bother calling. While one of the clerks was ringing me up, another clerk answered the phone (this clerk didn't know I was getting a Wii) and he told the person on the phone that they didn't have any Wiis. I assume this is because they can't hold them, so for the sake of their sanity they just tell callers that they don't have any. But it is worthwhile to ask while at the store since they don't seem to advertise they have them.

[dallow]

I've seen a few Wii's here and there.
Still can find Wiimotes though.

Frys had a ton of Wiimotes and Classic Controllers, but they were 10 bucks more than they're supposed to be, until I saw that they're Japanese.

[Chitown021]

I don't know if other places are like the Gamestop where I found mine, but if they are don't even bother calling. While one of the clerks was ringing me up, another clerk answered the phone (this clerk didn't know I was getting a Wii) and he told the person on the phone that they didn't have any Wii's. I assume this is because they can't hold them, so for the sake of their sanity they just tell callers that they don't have any. But it is worthwhile to ask while at the store since they don't seem to advertise they have them.


It's worth a shot to ask but even that can be an adventure. When I got my system in early January I went to the Target near me within 10 minutes of the itrackr alert. When I got there I went straight for the electronics case. It was empty but I thought there was no way they had already sold (unless they got 2). I asked the kid at the counter and he told me they didn't have any and hadn't for awhile. Within 5 minutes another guy came over to the counter and asked (I later learned he got the Itrackr alert on his phone). He asked for a manager and the manager denied having the systems. Finally as we were about to leave the manager came back to electronics with a Wii in hand and gave it to the other guy. I asked for one and they brought a cart up from the back with the remaining 5 units they had.

I knew the damn things were there before most of the employees did! It was wild. Later that day I went to another Target and had the same thing happen. I asked, they said no, I screwed around playing the PS3 demo, and about 30 minutes later they asked me "Were you looking for a Wii?" (picked one up for a friend who couldn't get off work that day).

[halfbent]

They are in the Target ad the 11th, and we got an email in our district yesterday that all stock of Wiis and DS Lites are to be held until then. So line up a little early, and hopefully get your hands on one.

[Chitown021]

I figured all of the systems I saw this week at Target (Itrackr) were being held for the ad.

[sociopharm02]

finally snagged one. I found a guy on cl and picked it up locally. 270 for the system and zelda. I am pretty psyched.

[Requiem]

They are in the Target ad the 11th, and we got an email in our district yesterday that all stock of Wiis and DS Lites are to be held until then. So line up a little early, and hopefully get your hands on one.


How early do you think? Like 4am or is 6-7am still okay?

[thelonepig]

Just got back from my local CC and they had 3 Wii units sitting on the shelf with the Wii games. A few people looked at them, but nobody seemed to actually want to buy them...

Ogden, UT location for any in the area that are interested.

[Chitown021]

I'm betting (and this is totally YMMV) this Sunday you shouldn't need to get up super early or camp all night to get a Wii. Many areas you can probably arrive an hour or two early and still be able to snag a Wii. A couple weeks ago when CC, BB, and Target had them I went 1 1/2 hours early and there was nobody waiting in line at my store (went to BB b/c I had a $90 GC and $30 worth of Rewards Certificates to use). The store opened at 10:00AM. I got there at about 8:30AM and the lot was empty. Ran to Wally World across the street to run some errands (wife wanted me to pick up a few groceries while I was out). When I was done I went back over to BB at 9:00AM and there was one truck waiting. By 9:30AM there were about 5 of us in the parking lot. The first person got out of their car at 9:45AM so we lined up. Doors opened at 10:00AM with about 10 people in line. They still had around 10 units sitting on the shelves when I left the store.


I wonder if the stores are going to do the ticket handout again this weekend?

[JohnnyDrama]

How early do you think? Like 4am or is 6-7am still okay?
6-7am should still be OK, maybe even little bit later

[squirrel007]

Im going to target sunday, hopefully there wont be people waiting cause my mom will only take me a little bit before they open(we live 30 mins away). If we cant get one there I guess we will have to go store hoppin :cry:

If anyone buys 2 and wants to be cool and help a guy out then sell it to me retail 8-) probably not gonna happen :cry:

[buddynayr]

So CC, Target, and TRU are getting the Wiis in on Sunday. Where is the best place to get a Wii? My local Target opens at 8, and it is across the parking lot from the CC, which opens at 10. Should I go early to Target, or see if I can get one at CC or TRU?

Thanks a lot!

[bp_]

I scored one on CC.com today w/ Zelda!

[squirrel007]

I scored one on CC.com today w/ Zelda!

I thought they only had bundles yesterday :( mann... I guess I just looked at the wrong time.

[bp_]

I thought they only had bundles yesterday :( mann... I guess I just looked at the wrong time.
they did, but I deleted everything in my cart except the console and Zelda and it worked.

[squirrel007]

they did, but I deleted everything in my cart except the console and Zelda and it worked.

Dang man! Aghhhhh I wish I would have thought to do that XD. If I dotn pick a wii up tomorrow or monday I will be watching nowinstock.net for circuit city :p

[fshaia]

Try Sears today if you have one near you. maybe BB will have some

[Vinny]

Geez, I was hoping the scalpers would be gone by now but eBay prices are still going $100+ on most auctions.:-(

[alleycat58]

Gah! I have no idea what time I'm going to go wait. I thought about maybe 8am at TRU because I have a $40 gift card. Problem is I checked the Weather Channel's hourly forecast - 8am - 11 degrees, with a windchill of -1. This is going to SUCK.

I think the fact that in ANY part of the country people still have to camp is total bullshit. Fucking hoarders.

[squirrel007]

Gah! I have no idea what time I'm going to go wait. I thought about maybe 8am at TRU because I have a $40 gift card. Problem is I checked the Weather Channel's hourly forecast - 8am - 11 degrees, with a windchill of -1. This is going to SUCK.

I think the fact that in ANY part of the country people still have to camp is total bullshit. Fucking hoarders.

Get there first and drive your car up on the sidewalk :) tape a sign to it that says "first here bitch".

If I can get my mom to take me to sears today... they just MAY have one, otherwise im gonna follow the target plan :drool:

[rly723]

o is everyone paying the $250 + tax?? i never thought about getting a Wii, since i already have a 360. but i played Wii sports the other day and it was fun. i know CC had that $40 coupon before, but not anymore, any good deals now?

[alleycat58]

Get there first and drive your car up on the sidewalk :) tape a sign to it that says "first here bitch".

If I can get my mom to take me to sears today... they just MAY have one, otherwise im gonna follow the target plan :drool:

I thought about doing Target or CC. I might actually have a friend willing to help me, may go to CC, get a ticket, then go to TRU. I'd really rather get one from TRU because I have a $40 gift card, but either way, I'll probably get the Wii and Zelda. I may actually do the bundle at TRU, just because I really enjoyed Rayman.

I just started a 40 hour a week high-stress (for now) job, so I need some mindless fun to come home to. The Wii is my promotion & raise reward!

[alleycat58]

o is everyone paying the $250 + tax?? i never thought about getting a Wii, since i already have a 360. but i played Wii sports the other day and it was fun. i know CC had that $40 coupon before, but not anymore, any good deals now?

To me $250 +tax is a STEAL for a Wii. Basically you're getting a GameCube, NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, TG16, AND next-gen console for $250. Purty sweet deal if you ask me!!!

[squirrel007]

tomorrows gonna be a hit or miss

my mom and aunt are going to target for me(I have a sinus infection :roll:) and they are gonna get there as early as they can. Hopefully they will have enough consoles for whatever number they are.

Btw -.- I called sears and I asked if they had a wii in stock
"we dont carry no game systems" Im from NC XD

[Chitown021]

I think a lot of you will be surpised how much easier it will be to nab a Wii tomorrow. I'm betting in many areas you will be able to walk up to the stores an hour or less (maybe even right at open) and nab one. I still think they will sell out since there is still tons of demand but it's not nearly as great as it was before Christmas.

Of course that's totally YMMV. My area is probably a medium sized region (Kansas City) and the last time we had a big sale here I could've walked up at open and gotten one.

[jlseal]

"we dont carry no game systems" Im from NC XD

He wasn't lying. That's a double negative, so in fact they DO carry game systems ;)

[bp_]

I think a lot of you will be surpised how much easier it will be to nab a Wii tomorrow. I'm betting in many areas you will be able to walk up to the stores an hour or less (maybe even right at open) and nab one. I still think they will sell out since there is still tons of demand but it's not nearly as great as it was before Christmas.

Of course that's totally YMMV. My area is probably a medium sized region (Kansas City) and the last time we had a big sale here I could've walked up at open and gotten one.
I think you are right. I saw a couple people mention on another site that the Nintendo Store in NYC was selling them today and still had them in the early afternoon. I'm just glad mine is on the way as I don't want to deal with lines or going from store to store looking to see who has it in stock.

[squirrel007]

He wasn't lying. That's a double negative, so in fact they DO carry game systems ;)
I should have brought that up when he said that >.<

"sir do you realize that you just told me you do carry the Wii? So when can I pick it up and will you hold one for me?"

So yea, im just hoping the area where target is isnt Wii deprived so I can get mine :razz:

[alleycat58]

I think a lot of you will be surpised how much easier it will be to nab a Wii tomorrow. I'm betting in many areas you will be able to walk up to the stores an hour or less (maybe even right at open) and nab one. I still think they will sell out since there is still tons of demand but it's not nearly as great as it was before Christmas.

Of course that's totally YMMV. My area is probably a medium sized region (Kansas City) and the last time we had a big sale here I could've walked up at open and gotten one.

That's what people said the last time, and in my area (Pittsburgh) there still weren't even enough for campers, let alone for when the stores opened. It's still a really high demand item here. We'll see how tomorrow goes.

[tigerjh81]

i live in lynnwood,wa and im gonna try to get wii tomorrow hehe wii gonna look pretty next to my 360 and dusty ps3. i still havent charged my ps3 controller once since i got it on newyears day.

[daschrier]

Target had 12 by me. I got there at 6am and a bunch of us lined up at 6:45. They also didn't have any Wiimotes or Chucks..wtf?

[Chitown021]

So how did everyone's Wii hunts go today?

[fatbeer]

So how did everyone's Wii hunts go today?

little too early for that.most big chains that sell video games generally open at 11 am on sundays

[trunks982]

do u guys think BB will have Wii today? cause CC, Target, and TRU are having them.

[dmaul1114]

Looking good from some posts other sites, saw looks like people that showed up an hour before opening at targets where getting the low end of the vouchers with many still remaining after vouchers had been given out at Targets.

Maybe less success at CC though since they were seeming to have 15-20 per store in most, where the reports I've seen so far from target were 30, around 60 and around 100.

Looks like supply is finally catching up to demand, hopefully these will be on store shelves sometime in March for those not willing to hassle with the early morning lines.

[squirrel007]

got mine! my mom was 4th in line :p and there were 15 consoles at the target. She said at 8 when they opened about 10 cars drove up... too late :o so yea I will be playing now

[strayfoxx]

I think you are right. I saw a couple people mention on another site that the Nintendo Store in NYC was selling them today and still had them in the early afternoon. I'm just glad mine is on the way as I don't want to deal with lines or going from store to store looking to see who has it in stock.

Both our avatars are in contention.

[jaso]

I'm in Wichita, KS, and went to the Target on Maize Road. It was kind of an impulse purchase; I set my alarm last night just in case I decided to go to Target this morning, and was wide awake at 6:45 this morning. I drove 30 miles to town, and when I got there at 7:30 there were just two guys standing outside. At 7:45, the CSRs came out and gave us vouchers (they were real friendly, in fact). Looked like they had a stack of 15, so about 15 consoles. I asked if they had Wiimotes, to which they respnoded, "No, but we have several nunchucks and classic controllers."

With 15 minutes to spare before store open and with my guaranteed voucher in hand, I scooted over to Wal-Mart down the road, just for a look-see for Wiimotes. Lo-and-behold, they were out of nunchucks but had four Wiimotes. I picked up an extra Wiimote for a friend and one for myself, leaving two, then headed back over to Target to tell the other two guys ahead of me to act fast if they wanted Wiimotes.

So, long story short, I got my Wii, and extra Wiimote/nunchuck for myself and one for a friend, and there were only about five other Wii purchases at open out of 15 in stock. It was a lot easier than I expected, and the weather was actually favorable.I hope everyone else had it as easy as me. Today: Zelda will be mine.

[alleycat58]

SUCCESS!!!!!! Finally!!!!!!!!! Went to TRU at 8:30 figuring an hour and a half was more than enough time, got there, turns out the manager decided to open the store an hour early just for people wanting a Wii or DS Lite. They had 60, only 12 had gotten Wiis by the time all the early birds had gotten theirs.

So a big thumbs up for once to TRU, way to take care of their customers!!!!!!

And now back to the games....

[trunks982]

My TRU opens at 10am. The BB opens at 11am. I went to BB at 10:55pm. went in to BB, no Wii. went straight to TRU, long ass line. they still got alot of tickets. i was number 149. they probably have at least 300 in stock. this is bayparkway brooklyn stores.

[Chitown021]

I thought it would be much easier this time around. I thought about getting out to see what the lines were like here in the Kansas City area but I was lazy and slept in. A couple weeks ago it was a breeze getting one but I wasn't sure if it was due to the weather (I think we had about 4 inches of snow the night before) or the demand decreasing, or both. I'll also be interested to see how this weekends shipments affect ebay prices.

[wolfhunt]

Got mine at ToysRUs. Didn't want to get up for Target or CC and both those said they only got in 10-15 units each. Got to ToysRUs at 10am. Got a ticket just as they opened the doors. Was number 22. They had about 50 units. Wasn't even forced to buy the bundle. The girl at the at the register asked if I wanted the bundle or just the unit. Got the bundle since I wanted the game that was with it and it basically gave you the starter kit for free that way.

They still had about 10 units left when I left the store at 10:30am

Now I'm stuck at work and can't play with it until I get home around 10pm tonight. At lwast I'm off tomorrow.

Hope everyone else had good luck today.

[buddynayr]

Got mine today as well, at Target. I had gift cards there, so it was worth it. Got there an hour early and was fourth in line. I was glad to finally get a Wii!

[Chitown021]

Congrats to everyone that's gotten a Wii today. Anyone that's on-line feel free to add my Wii ID to your system.

[maccabee72]

I was at my local Target in Lake Jackson, TX this afternoon and they actually had about 10 Wiis just sitting on the shelf. This is only the second time I've seen Wiis on a store shelf since I got mine at launch...congrats to those who got one today: )

[alpha202ej]

My brother and I got there at around 7 AM (PST) and were 8th in line to get our Wii's. The Torrance California Target had 50 units in stock.

Got the Wii and was really impressed by it.

BTW, I dont suppose there is a way to measure signal strength on the wireless connection?

[Gunch]

I honestly cant believe there are still lines for the wii. It came out in Novemeber and still is hard to find, hate to say it but it really is making the PS3 look bad. Went to my circuit City today, showed up fifteen mintues early and they had already passed out all the vouchers. This of course was two hours after Target opened, but decided to stop in anyways, to no luck. Not a fan of this Sunday early morning mess, its hard to do when your hungover. Gotta have some love for us college students, right? I wish they would just put them on the shelf. I showed up ten mintues after circuit city opened on friday because Itracker said it was in, of course the guy there simply told me they wouldnt have them till Sunday. I knew then I would be waiting another week or so.

[maxxborist]

I honestly cant believe there are still lines for the wii. It came out in Novemeber and still is hard to find, hate to say it but it really is making the PS3 look bad. Went to my circuit City today, showed up fifteen mintues early and they had already passed out all the vouchers. This of course was two hours after Target opened, but decided to stop in anyways, to no luck. Not a fan of this Sunday early morning mess, its hard to do when your hungover.

agreed, there was no way i could wake up early after last nite.

[zatos]

Yeah I FINALLY got one... went to Target at 6am. I was first in line but not actually the first one there. When I came back at 8 (after getting a ticket) just about all of them were gone right away... and I know this has been said to death, but there was the PS3s looking on with jealousy as the Wii is still getting people to line up early in the morning for it months after launch.

[Chitown021]

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[vasco]

Those Penny Arcade guys are at it again. That was an aswome post Chitown! Thanks for the laugh!

[iPod Wizard]

Got myself another Wii, yay from my Toys R' Us store :D. They had like a couple more after 4:00PM-ish.

[Chitown021]

I love the guys at Penny Arcade. They kill me. Before I get flamed I'm not a PS3 hater, I just thought this was funny since a Sony exec basically wrote a check with his mouth that he can't (or I guess I should say won't) cash... I love the PS3 but to blindly defend the system and say it's still scarce is just stupid. BTW I believe I read in another forum that this interview was conducted in either late Dec or Jan so the comic is probably taken well out of context but the interviewers immediately said they called around that same day and found stores with units in stock (I think it was in EGM).

[wolfhunt]

The article is in the March issue of EGM. I laughed when I read it. The mag did state the the review was in January but even then I was seeing the PS3 on shelves. The interview is definately a Sony exec trying to bolster their systems slow start or in a state of denial.

Of course Penny Arcade made it funnier, love that cartoon.

[Zygote]

I got a WII Sunday morning in Dallas, TX, 1 hour after the store opened. Got the 4th one in the locked case. Was told there was a lineup at the store and they had about 50 units.

[Chitown021]

The article is in the March issue of EGM. I laughed when I read it. The mag did state the the review was in January but even then I was seeing the PS3 on shelves. The interview is definately a Sony exec trying to bolster their systems slow start or in a state of denial.

Of course Penny Arcade made it funnier, love that cartoon.

I haven't gotten my March issue yet but I'm looking forward to reading it. I got my PS3 in early Dec (lucked out and hit BB at opening when they still had about 8 on the shelf). I didn't see another one until just after Christmas (when BB did that circular advertising them on Jan 1st). Since then I've only seen them out of stock once.

[bmulligan]

Anybody get their Wii on yesterday ?

I went into no less than 4 Targets in 3 counties in Michigan and saw over 30 systems yesterday morning. I'm wondering if people in other areas of the USA had similar experiences.

[io]

Anybody get their Wii on yesterday ?

I went into no less than 4 Targets in 3 counties in Michigan and saw over 30 systems yesterday morning. I'm wondering if people in other areas of the USA had similar experiences.

The Target.com page that someone mentioned said several near me had them yesterday. One still said "Limited Availability" today, but when I called they said they had none. Probably they did have them yesterday, and I almost stopped in there to get Wii Play (but I found it elsewhere instead). I just found out my sister-in-law wants to get one for my wife's brother for Valentin'es Day, so had I known they was a chance they would be there I definitely would have stopped in to check. But since they just had the Sunday sale I wasn't even thinking of Target. Oh well, they ought to be easier to find soon enough (though that doesn't help with the Valentine's gift :lol:).

But I think we've reached the point where the systems will be in a given store for most of a day, anyway, and not sold out within 5 minutes or hours before they open! But of course I'd like to see it keep selling out all over - need to get that critical mass of systems out there for more 3rd parties to jump in.

[Gamerguy]

In stock at Sears.com now: http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_SessionID=@@@@0881812068.1171493451@ @@@&BV_EngineID=ccfeaddkeghiehkcefecemldffidfno.0&pid=05892000000&sid=I0084400010000100600&AFFL=Y&cat=Video+Games&subcat=Video+Game+Hardware&vertical=TOYS&ihtoken=1

[Chitown021]

The article is in the March issue of EGM. I laughed when I read it. The mag did state the the review was in January but even then I was seeing the PS3 on shelves. The interview is definately a Sony exec trying to bolster their systems slow start or in a state of denial.

Of course Penny Arcade made it funnier, love that cartoon.


Did you receive your March issue of EGM already? I have a subscription but haven't gotten it yet.

[dmaul1114]

Did you receive your March issue of EGM already? I have a subscription but haven't gotten it yet.

I got mine late last week.

I got my Feb issue pretty late though, so it's just a crap shoot on when you get them.

[Chitown021]

I got mine late last week.

I got my Feb issue pretty late though, so it's just a crap shoot on when you get them.

Interesting I got my Feb issues really early and now it seems my March issue is late...

[Gunch]

Finally found a wii at Target thanks to itrackr. Well worth the wait, though I still cant believe its this hard to find a system that launched in November. While the wii wont replace my 360, it should be a good complement. Also picked up wii play. Less than six hours after the two Targets in my area had the wii in, both are already sold out according to itrackr, and the one I got it from had roughly 15 units or so.

For what its worth, when I went to Best Buy to pick up a nunchuck and componenet cables, it looked like they almost had more PS3's than XBox 360's, and of course no wii's.

[dmaul1114]

They're in the Circuit City ad for this Sunday--minimum 10 per store. Not in the BB or Target ads.

Thanks to Speedy as always for posting the ads!

[Zurezo]

thats good news for those who dont have one yet.