Originally Posted by GizmoGC 7am? At Best Buy? Maybe 7am at Target. But not at Best Buy. Those folks will start lining up around 2-3am. If you want one from Best Buy you better start around midnight.

I'm not waiting outside of a store for 12 hours for a goddamn videogame console. If there's that many people at 7AM I'm turning around and just going back to bed.

BB has a gamepad protector for 9.99 on the shelf already here. It has to have a screen protector.

Hori Screen Protector

http://www.amazon.com/Wii-U-Precisio...s=wii+u+screen

Originally Posted by maximumzero I'm not waiting outside of a store for 12 hours for a goddamn videogame console. If there's that many people at 7AM I'm turning around and just going back to bed.

Make sure not to wake the other residents of your nursing home whilst returning home.

Originally Posted by jacknicklson 7AM? No offense, but it's no wonder you are a step behind in this process. Gotta put some effort in this late in the game. There will be 50 people lined up by midnight, I would all but guarantee that. There is no way you will get one showing up at 7AM

Depends on the store location and allocation. (clever, isn't that??)

I jumped in line at Best Buy around 2am for the Wii and a few people came an hour before they passed out tickets and got one. I'd say about 32 were there overnight for 40 available units.

What's with people trying to preorder today? Preorders have been universally sold out for weeks now, both in store and online. GS isn't even doing a midnight release simply because they don't have any walk up units. Walmart's lawaway preorders have long ended. At this point, the only preorder you might be able to find is if a random target still has some cards. And even those, it seems, require you to wait in line for the console.

I forget sometimes that not everyone lives in a highly populated area so thank you for the correction

Originally Posted by maximumzero I'm not waiting outside of a store for 12 hours for a goddamn videogame console. If there's that many people at 7AM I'm turning around and just going back to bed.

Don't worry about getting out of bed then.

Originally Posted by Drclaw411 What's with people trying to preorder today? Preorders have been universally sold out for weeks now, both in store and online. GS isn't even doing a midnight release simply because they don't have any walk up units. Walmart's lawaway preorders have long ended. At this point, the only preorder you might be able to find is if a random target still has some cards. And even those, it seems, require you to wait in line for the console.

According to this thread, many wal marts still have layaways available, and nintendo themselves have said that gamestop will be receiving more units than their preorder allotment:

Originally Posted by Nintendo Moffitt: No, not at all. We’ve been through these processes before. We want product to be available on day one in stores throughout the country. If you line up or get there early, you should be able to get product on day one. GameStop has not sold all of their day one allocation. They’ve sold what they were making available for pre-sales. Those are two different numbers. Now, a lot of what we gave them, they’ve sold to pre-sales, but, like every retailer will, they’ve held some back so they have product on day one for consumers that come in the door. We have said that we’ll have more Wii U units on store shelves in week one than we did for Wii in 2006. We’ll also have replenishment much more frequently during the holiday than we did for Wii. Having said that, though, we’re guessing there could be shortages. It won’t be there every day. Shipments coming in each week could sell very quickly. Read more at http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/11/ni...L9MirzjchCJ.99

Originally Posted by gkrykewy According to this thread, many wal marts still have layaways available, and nintendo themselves have said that gamestop will be receiving more units than their preorder allotment.

FWIW I tried layaway at a local Wal-Mart late last week and the UPC/SKU was being refused in the system, though I don't know if this is company-wide.

Originally Posted by maximumzero FWIW I tried layaway at a local Wal-Mart late last week and the UPC/SKU was being refused in the system, though I don't know if this is company-wide.

It gets refused when they fulfill their allotment set aside for layaway pre-orders

Originally Posted by jacknicklson It gets refused when they fulfill their allotment set aside for layaway pre-orders

Interesting. The lady behind the counter said they only had three pre-orders. I thought they'd set a higher cutoff number.

My Walmart said they only had a couple pre orders but had to cut them off nov 1st because that's what corporate had set. They wouldn't tell me any numbers though. Going to try and find out if my local best buy will have any for non pre orders. I was out of the country so I had no way to preorder unfortunately. I'm guessing some military folk have the same issue.

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I guess they want to have some on the shelves, makes sense

Originally Posted by Drclaw411 What's with people trying to preorder today?

Son had fun playing the demo at GS but not in a hurry to purchase it. Worst case I'll get the Skylanders Giants which will hold him up until his birthday.

Originally Posted by jacknicklson I guess they want to have some on the shelves, makes sense

I'm going back and forth in my head between midnight at Wal-Mart or an early Best Buy stop.

I'd rather wake up around 6AM to try to get to Best Buy around 7AM than have to wander around a Wal-Mart for the same 4 or 5 hours.

I found two demo stations over the weekend... the Wal-Mart one had a functional GamePad, but the HDTV wasn't working... the ToysRUs one fully worked, but only had videos.

Thank you, universe, for mocking me. I want to play some Rayman, dammit.

Oh well, at least I got to see the GamePad up close. Silver lining.

Originally Posted by 007 I found two demo stations over the weekend... the Wal-Mart one had a functional GamePad, but the HDTV wasn't working... the ToysRUs one fully worked, but only had videos. Thank you, universe, for mocking me. I want to play some Rayman, dammit. Oh well, at least I got to see the GamePad up close. Silver lining.

I hear ya, I had similar luck. Best Buy was one of the few retailers locally I came across that had a Wii U with a playable demo.

Originally Posted by Drclaw411 What's with people trying to preorder today? Preorders have been universally sold out for weeks now, both in store and online. GS isn't even doing a midnight release simply because they don't have any walk up units. Walmart's lawaway preorders have long ended. At this point, the only preorder you might be able to find is if a random target still has some cards. And even those, it seems, require you to wait in line for the console.

Now that there's press, more people are becomming aware, and Nintendo gets exactly what they'd hoped for..people whipped into a sold out new hot christmas present frenzy. If any hit the shelves, they'll vanish immediately, either by a speculator, or by a parent afraid of not seeing another one on the shelf.

And many people will settle for the lesser deal the basic unit offers, because they cannot locate the deluxe version.

Originally Posted by Gareee Now that there's press, more people are becomming aware, and Nintendo gets exactly what they'd hoped for..people whipped into a sold out new hot christmas present frenzy. If any hit the shelves, they'll vanish immediately, either by a speculator, or by a parent afraid of not seeing another one on the shelf. And many people will settle for the lesser deal the basic unit offers, because they cannot locate the deluxe version.