Perrin Kaplan says the Wii shortage to "last for some time"

[quote name='dmaul1114']I've still yet to see one. See PS3's everywhere.[/quote]

Same here. The only time I've seen any Wii's in-store was when I went to Gamestop to pick up my preorder in November. That was it.

PS3s are everywhere. Fry's has a whole pallet full of them.
 
[quote name='furyk']I know I wasn't the only one who bought Red Steel at launch knowing it was a pretty terrible game because of delerium.[/quote]

:wave:
 
The only possibility that I think is likely is that early this year Nintendo may have decided to keep demand high and availability low. The reason for this is that it keeps the console as a desirable, sought after item with lots of buzz while the number of games, especially must-have games, increases to the point that people don't complain about lack of games and that there's a steady stream of new games and (god help me for this phrase) things that keep people excited about their Wiis.


Good luck convincing, oh, about 80% of the users here and elsewhere of that.

Logic-Man...

Vs...

NPDeceiver...

FIGHT!!
 
[quote name='sixersballernum3']:wave:[/quote]You and 949,999 other people, according to Ubi. :lol: Though I enjoyed it enough to buy it again when it's clearanced to finish it and prepare for the hopefully incredibly improved Red Steel 2.
 
[quote name='blandstalker']I've seen Wiis exactly three times in the wild [/quote]

And once again, like many other posters, the use of the phrase "in the wild" just makes me laugh and feel very strange....this isn't some safari.
 
[quote name='jollydwarf']The only possibility that I think is likely is that early this year Nintendo may have decided to keep demand high and availability low. The reason for this is that it keeps the console as a desirable, sought after item with lots of buzz while the number of games, especially must-have games, increases to the point that people don't complain about lack of games and that there's a steady stream of new games and (god help me for this phrase) things that keep people excited about their Wiis.


Good luck convincing, oh, about 80% of the users here and elsewhere of that.

Logic-Man...

Vs...

NPDeceiver...

FIGHT!![/QUOTE]

Look, I know it is your crusade to convince everyone here that Nintendo is up to something devious. But it is simply much more likely (and LOGICAL) that demand outstripped their expectations and they simply can't generate enough systems to meet that demand. And being the cheap-ass company they are (what with insisting they make a profit on every console sold) they don't want to ramp up production now in case demand slackens. Also, the whole "ship by boat" thing (assuming Perrin is right about that :roll:) points out their cheapness - they aren't airlifting these things in like Sony did :lol:. Now, criticise them all you want for those decisions, but at least they are consistent with the slow, steady, money-making Nintendo we all know and love/smash our heads in the wall in frustration over...
 
I'm...sorry, Master. I can be reckless, I suppose. Patience and a mind free of emotion may offer us a solution in time.
 
[quote name='jollydwarf']...Patience and a mind free of emotion may offer us a solution in time.[/QUOTE]

If you feel you are not properly sedated, call 348-844 immediately. Failure to do so may result in prosecution for criminal drug evasion.

;)
 
[quote name='io']Well, now, while I have had the same experience with the Wii and the remotes to a certain extent (though they seem pretty common now) I can't say the same for Wii Play. I see piles of those at every store I go to. Same with DS Lites. They seem to have solved the shortages on those things - just not the Wii system itself.[/quote]
Just to offer a differing outlook on some of this:

I've seen three Wiis in store... one a woman bought 10 seconds before I got there (so pissed, but that's another story, one involving the words "haha, ok, but if we go Hallmark first and I miss out on a Wii, I'll kill you"), one I bought, and the other was bought by the person in line behind me (EB had gotten them in 10 minutes beforehand). Wii-motes have only just become widely available in my area, Classics have always been plentiful, and nunchuks I've seen, but not to the extent of the other two, even recently.

DSs, like Wii-motes, have only started popping up within the past month or so... and, the entire reason I responded to this in the first place, Wii Play, I bought the day it came out and it was the last one at Gamestop (last non-pre order, that is... which was only there because he didn't realize it was a non-preorder). Outside of that, I've seen them at Wal-Mart once, maybe 8 of them in the case and they were gone by the time I was there 24 hours later (same with Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream... mmm, the sweet tast of liberty).

So, that's my rather long-winded and, I suspect, unnecessary report on my sightings.
 
[quote name='carthitup']Just to offer a differing outlook on some of this:

I've seen three Wiis in store... one a woman bought 10 seconds before I got there (so pissed, but that's another story, one involving the words "haha, ok, but if we go Hallmark first and I miss out on a Wii, I'll kill you"), one I bought, and the other was bought by the person in line behind me (EB had gotten them in 10 minutes beforehand). Wii-motes have only just become widely available in my area, Classics have always been plentiful, and nunchuks I've seen, but not to the extent of the other two, even recently.

DSs, like Wii-motes, have only started popping up within the past month or so... and, the entire reason I responded to this in the first place, Wii Play, I bought the day it came out and it was the last one at Gamestop (last non-pre order, that is... which was only there because he didn't realize it was a non-preorder). Outside of that, I've seen them at Wal-Mart once, maybe 8 of them in the case and they were gone by the time I was there 24 hours later (same with Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream... mmm, the sweet tast of liberty).

So, that's my rather long-winded and, I suspect, unnecessary report on my sightings.[/quote]

I've been having a bitch of a time finding this shit. Seriously, I've been to like 10 different stores and every single one of them is sold out of Americone Dream. Sure enough, there's a sticker and a slot, but the shelf is empty. Meanwhile, there's that Willy Nelson shit and Cherry Garcia everywhere. I have to fuckin support the Colbert, but i'll be damned if every single store isn't sold out of his ice cream.
 
[quote name='humidore']Wow, I didn't know there were Turks workin at Nintendo, right on![/QUOTE]

If you can keep this quiet... they also have Oompa Loompas...
 
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