TRU Wii Presale Part Two (Confirmed for 11/12, from the TRU Weekly Ad)

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Edit: Confirmed by TRU employees here on the board.

Courtesy of member Britana from:

http://www.dealcatcher.com/forums/m_441540/tm.htm

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(wonders if PS3 is in the same ad...)
 
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I really doubt they have any PS3s left. There will be so many damn wiis though it won't even be funny. It has become clear to me now that TRU is trying to generate a wii buying frenzy by giving the impression that they will be limited.
 
[quote name='aaandrewww']Why is Monkey Ball $60 I thought it was going to be $50? Oh well, just Zelda for me then.[/quote]

I hope that's a typo. half the wii's purpose is cheaper games.
 
Looks like I was right though, since they're advertising limited quantities in store on the 19th, they're probably only allocating some of their stock to preorders, making sure its theoretically possible to walk in on launch day and get one.

Probably all the more likely if they have enough to cover preorders. Most of the hardcore campers will be satisfied by that time.
 
[quote name='dubbfoolio']I really doubt they have any PS3s left. There will be so many damn wiis though it won't even be funny. It has become clear to me now that TRU is trying to generate a wii buying frenzy by giving the impression that they will be limited.[/quote]

I suspect the same thing. I waited in line and didn't get a pre-order for the Wii, but when the store manager came out to tell us that they had only 14 Wii pre-orders she made it pretty clear that they will have a lot on launch day. This makes me angry because I don't see the sense in only offering a limited pre-order amount and letting people who are ready to pay walk away. They may have lost my sale to BB, Walmart, or Target.
 
I used to work at TRU and retained much of my connections over with the employees. Basically, from what I know is that, yes, there will be an -abundance- of Wii's per store on launch. As far as a second pre-order date goes though...
 
[quote name='Tybalt Flux']I used to work at TRU and retained much of my connections over with the employees. Basically, from what I know is that, yes, there will be an -abundance- of Wii's per store on launch. As far as a second pre-order date goes though...[/QUOTE]

YES, A NEW PRE ORDER DATE WOULD BE LOVLY! CAN ANYONE HELP CONFIRM THIS? I'll hang up and listen to your comments.
 
I called the local TRU and they were clueless. They said they are posting that to show that they had already done a presale. I told her thanks. they got in 8 ps3 and 20 wii in denver at the time of the sale a few weeks ago. Any news on wal mart ps3 presale?
 
Someone posted a Wii projection on joystiq or kotaku that used currently known allocation numbers for the US and Canada and then broke it down in percentages between stores. The store that had the highest allocation of Wiis was TRU by a pretty big margin.

I'm not sure where the percentage data came from, but it looked pretty accurate based on the reports from Best Buy employees, etc., I've been looking for it again, but I can't find it.
 
I highly doubt there's gonna be any shortage of Wii's.

I'm personally not dying to get one, but if we have several extras on the 19th, I may pick one up.
 
I'm just hoping that this ad accurately portrays that the Wii will be the system to finally get MILFs into gaming, especially ones with a Sandra Bullock sort of vibe.

P.S. I keep expecting the irrepressible young black kid to suddenly animate into the "That's Racist!" gif. Either that, or Clarence from Wonder Showzen to appear next to him.

P.P.S. For the benefit of those of you still without a preorder or the time and willingness to camp from dusk 'til dawn, here's hoping I'm wrong and that Toys R Us will have triple-digit Wii in most stores. I think they will, but the question will be if the average is 100, 150, or more and if that number will be before or after preorders are factored in.

EDIT: It's pretty clear that Toys R Us are in tight with Nintendo on this one, but I'm wondering if that means that other retail chains will get a disproportinate amount less on Launch Day as a result.
 
I think there will be a shortage by the end of the year, if they dont blow their current estimate out of the water.

There are 4 million units WORLDWIDE by the end of the year. Lets say North America gets half of that. Thats 1 million at launch, and 1 million by the end of the year.

The DS launched with 1 million and started thinning out a week later (Black Friday). By Christmas the markup was up to 25%. This is on an item that was not hot at all.

2-3 million sellout is not unreasonable.
 
I think there will be a shortage by the end of the year, if they dont blow their current estimate out of the water.

There are 4 million units WORLDWIDE by the end of the year. Lets say North America gets half of that. Thats 1 million at launch, and 1 million by the end of the year.

Actually, funny you should bring that up.

From Kotaku (and keep in mind, I hate EA, but that's irrelevant here):

EA says the Wii will be much more readily available, with upwards of 1.4 million consoles in North America by years end, which just goes to show you that creating consoles with parts that are readily available is a good plan.

That's...not quite what a lot of the 'optimists' (read: overconfident) were thinking, is it? I'll bet most people were banking on at least two million by January 1st, 2007 in the States.

So tell me I'm posting from a Waffle House while wearing flip-flops, but regardless of what Toys R Us gets for Launch Day, this is still going to be a very difficult system to secure before Christmas if you don't get a preorder in and aren't willing to linesit for at least a few hours a couple weeks from now.

Wow, just over two weeks!
 
[quote name='Dead of Knight']It's almost certainly a typo.[/QUOTE]

I hope so too, but I've noticed Amazon has SMB for $59.99 as well. Maybe I should pre-order it from EBGames before it goes up...

(could be Sega getting REALLY greedy since they know it'll sell well)

[edit: d'oh, Amazon dropped it to $49.99... I'd think that's a somewhat good indication that is MSRP]
 
(could be Sega getting REALLY greedy since they know it'll sell well)

Well, I for one am not a particularly big fan of $60 non-SE/CE Wii games. The whole idea was for Nintendo to keep the full-length game pricepoint at $50...or so I (erroneously?) thought. Not freaking out about this, just very calmly stating that if that price holds up, Sega will not see a dime from this registered CAG user SMB or any game similarly priced.

In layman's terms, fuck off, Sega (if applicable).
 
[quote name='wadeshaqwalker']super monkey ball @ a few places has been marked for $60.

some places have it @ $50.[/QUOTE]

It really wouldn't surprise me if some retailers sold assorted Wii games over MSRP like this... I remember TRU was one of the DS launch offenders, selling stuff like Mario 64 for 5 bucks over what it was going for at other places, EB/Gamestop has been guilty of this in the past as well.
 
After further review, it's $49.99 at EBgamestop, Amazon, and Best Buy, so I'd just assume that if this ad is accurate, then it's on the TRU end of things.

Still, I'm eyeing publishers leerily about these sorts of shenanigans. All it takes is a successful precedent....
 
I'll definitely be keeping the ol' eyes peeled on this thread for further details as we get closer to the 12th. I already plan to do the big wait on the 19th, so if I can get that part done a week early, that's fine by me.
 
I think the Big Book ad said the same thing. It said that the unit will be in store on the 19th, but that you can pre order today (the day the Big Book was released, just like this ad will apparently go out in the 12th - meaning that 'today' is when we can pre-order it). I assume.
 
[quote name='Oops! I did it again.']I think the Big Book ad said the same thing. It said that the unit will be in store on the 19th, but that you can pre order today (the day the Big Book was released, just like this ad will apparently go out in the 12th - meaning that 'today' is when we can pre-order it). I assume.[/quote]

it's just it doesn't mention "Reserve Yours Today" like it did in the big book.
 
Where does that ad say preorders on 11/12? Am I completely missing something? If it's the ad's "release date", that's not a page from the 11/12 ad. That's a page from the Toys R Us Big Book, which went out LAST Sunday, along with all preorders.
 
[quote name='alongx']Where does that ad say preorders on 11/12? Am I completely missing something? If it's the ad's "release date", that's not a page from the 11/12 ad. That's a page from the Toys R Us Big Book, which went out LAST Sunday, along with all preorders.[/quote]

People are just over-speculating as usual. It doesn't say anything about preordering on XX date. Just "Only $50 to reserve a Wii game system today."

What people don't realize is these ads are printed weeks, if not months in advance. Available quantities can be cut or run out quicker than originally expected, but it's too late to remove the reservation part, as the ad is already in the hands of the newspaper/distributor. I used to work for a major newspaper as a production supervisor, so I know this first-hand.

Honestly, I would bet that there is no more preordering for the Wii at TRU. And yes, it is from the 11/12 ad, I have a copy right in front of me.
 
I think the Wii will be very abundant during the 1st week of release. It will be PSP dejavu where it will be available everywhere during the first week of release. I wont buy a Wii until it drops to $149.99 and when Zelda becomes a Player's Choice game. My 360 and ps3 will keep me busy until then... Me dont like the Wii controller and lack of HD graphics...:drool:
 
[quote name='oasisboy']I think the Wii will be very abundant during the 1st week of release. It will be PSP dejavu where it will be available everywhere during the first week of release. I wont buy a Wii until it drops to $149.99 and when Zelda becomes a Player's Choice game. My 360 and ps3 will keep me busy until then... Me dont like the Wii controller and lack of HD graphics...:drool:[/quote]

Yeah, cept the PSP was available everywhere always :p I'll wager Wii availablilty will be closer to the DS, if not worse.
 
I think the Wii will be very abundant during the 1st week of release. It will be PSP dejavu where it will be available everywhere during the first week of release.

For Miyamoto's sake, everyone, please stop using the PSP's (relative) surplus as a precedent to anticipate the demand for any system--handheld or otherwise--releasing in the 'holiday season'. Sony's handheld was an anomaly for at least a half-dozen different reasons.

Hey, it's not just you. It's, like, every other fucking gamer in every other fucking console launch 'anticipation thread'. And you apparently like Oasis, so you've got that goin' for you.

P.S. Anyone out there who still thinks getting the Wii this holiday season will be like picking up a loaf of Wonder bread, you will be sadly mistaken, even if that same stubborness will not allow you to concede to us how much you really wanted to go home and try to Force-choke your reflection in the bathroom mirror for failing you for the last time.

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"Ah, no big deal, brah. I didn't want it that bad, anyway, even though I've tagged every Wii preorder thread on the Internet and been looking at every Zelda screenshot for the last two years."
 
I checked the preorder slip for Monkey Ball and it is indeed $60 dollars at TRU. Shit, that was one the wife wanted to get. The rest were $50.
 
[quote name='jollydwarf']
P.S. Anyone out there who still thinks getting the Wii this holiday season will be like picking up a loaf of Wonder bread, you will be sadly mistaken, even if that same stubborness will not allow you to concede to us how much you really wanted to go home and try to Force-choke your reflection in the bathroom mirror for failing you for the last time.
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Agree after watching the preorder craziness for Wii, it will be next to impossible to find one in store this holiday season. Still you have a better chance finding a Wii than a PS3 which will be impossible to obtain if you do not buy it on launch.
 
[quote name='crewj']i'm still looking forward to 11/19! if i don't get one on launch day, it's no biggie.

go bears![/QUOTE]

My thoughts exactly.
 
[quote name='sp00ge']People are just over-speculating as usual. It doesn't say anything about preordering on XX date. Just "Only $50 to reserve a Wii game system today."

What people don't realize is these ads are printed weeks, if not months in advance. Available quantities can be cut or run out quicker than originally expected, but it's too late to remove the reservation part, as the ad is already in the hands of the newspaper/distributor. I used to work for a major newspaper as a production supervisor, so I know this first-hand.

Honestly, I would bet that there is no more preordering for the Wii at TRU. And yes, it is from the 11/12 ad, I have a copy right in front of me.[/QUOTE]

I have to agree, but it is still short-sighted on TRUs part.
 
[quote name='jollydwarf']

1. For Miyamoto's sake, everyone, please stop using the PSP's (relative) surplus as a precedent to anticipate the demand for any system--handheld or otherwise--releasing in the 'holiday season'. Sony's handheld was an anomaly for at least a half-dozen different reasons.


2. P.S. Anyone out there who still thinks getting the Wii this holiday season will be like picking up a loaf of Wonder bread, you will be sadly mistaken, even if that same stubborness will not allow you to concede to us how much you really wanted to go home and try to Force-choke your reflection in the bathroom mirror for failing you for the last time. [/quote]

1. If I am not mistaken the PSP was hyped as a Gameboy / DS Killer. People were saying that PSP was going to be sold out in a couple of hours, that it was going to be IPOD killer, etc. Look at what happened to it. It was available everywhere. Nintendo has said that there will be PLENTY of supply for the Wii so I dont understand the big fuss about Wii's being out of stock. It all depends on where you live but I have a feeling that Wii will be available and easy to get it.

2. Yes it will be easy as picking a loaf of bread. Gamestop and EB games will take reservations for 2nd and 3rd shipments and people will get their Wii by the end of November / beginning December. Now, getting a ps3 will be a different story. That will be like finding a needle in a haystack. People will wait for MONTHS to get one.
 
If TRU is doing a second round of pre-orders, isn't it now safe to say that there will be plenty to go around on November 19th?
 
[quote name='Kaijufan']I'm glad they are finally going to let us preorder Zelda at TRU.[/QUOTE]

You Can pre order Zelda at game crazy as well, and castlevania portrait of ruin as well with bonus bundle. Hope this helps!
 
everyone keeps saying that TRU is going to have this HUGE supply, but I have yet to see any numbers/sources...
 
[quote name='GameReeper']You Can pre order Zelda at game crazy as well, and castlevania portrait of ruin as well with bonus bundle. Hope this helps![/QUOTE]

I noticed that EB/GS are no longer offering Zelda for preorder. Due to "Limited production by Nintendo." Interesting...
 
Agree after watching the preorder craziness for Wii, it will be next to impossible to find one in store this holiday season. Still you have a better chance finding a Wii than a PS3 which will be impossible to obtain if you do not buy it on launch.

I totally, unequivocally agree with the second statement, and 'mostly agree' with the first one. It will be next-to-next-to-impossible to find a Wii in stores this holiday season. (If I used emoticons, I would put the 'tongue-sticking-out' one here.) Seriously, people will at least have a 'fighting chance' if they're diligent. The PS3...not so much.

And to anyone who wants to insist that the PSP is some sort of indicator of how easily available the Wii will be, well, I'm no longer going to try to convince you otherwise. All I'll say is that if you really look at that handheld's launch and all of the factors involved, you'll see that it is comparable only on the most superficial level.

This same thing happened last year. People were convinced that the 360 would be available to everyone who wanted one by Christmas, requiring minimal effort on their part. It will always be this way with some, I suppose.

As Han might say, "Good luck, kid(s)...you're gonna need it."
 
I noticed that EB/GS are no longer offering Zelda for preorder. Due to "Limited production by Nintendo." Interesting...

A ploy to push people to preorder other, lesser games? I think so. No matter what the motive, I'm calling bulls***. Games shortages at launch are never an issue, especially for preorders. Worst case, they should state that preorders placed after a specific date may not ship at launch. So, yeah, this is to drum up sales for fucking Elebits and Excite Truck and Red Steel. Anyone realizing this should be pissed.
 
[quote name='sp00ge']
What people don't realize is these ads are printed weeks, if not months in advance. Available quantities can be cut or run out quicker than originally expected, but it's too late to remove the reservation part, as the ad is already in the hands of the newspaper/distributor. I used to work for a major newspaper as a production supervisor, so I know this first-hand.
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You sir, are a genius. Someone please put this on the first page and lock up the thread :)
 
Was the PSP that unpopular? I couldn't find it anywhere in stores for atleast a month after its release.
 
The PSP was, in most locations, a system you could actually pull off the just-walk-in-on-Launch-Day-and-pick-one-up routine with. The Best Buy I got mine at had roughly 320 units, and there were only 15-20 people in line at store open (including...me...not proud). If the clerk I talked to later that week was to be believed, I think they didn't sell out until the next day. I also get the impression Best Buy was the chain that got the 'hook-up' on allotments for this system. Whereas Nintendo has its kids-n-nongamers crowd it's trying to attract with the DS, you'll notice that PSP ads seem to imply that it's the game system of choice for 23-year-old jeans models.

Hey, it was a $250 non-Nintendo handheld released in late March, not the holiday season. It was a tough sell for the vast majority of the public. Not having any really great games at launch didn't help, either (Lumines is very good, but let's face it...it's a fucking puzzle game). Games were $40 and $50. Memory sticks of any worth were still expensive at the time. Then, the 'dead pixel' horror stories got out, which I'm sure pushed a lot of people onto the 'no sale' side of the fence. Bottom line, it's just really stupid to reference the PSP when contemplating any other system launching.
 
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