It would not be a holiday shopping season without a toy shortage, and this year, consumers are clamouring for the out-of-stock Nintendo Wii video-game console. For the second straight year, electronics stores around Metro Vancouver are out of stock of the innovative game system heading into Christmas, said Rick Lee, assistant manager at EB Games in Burnaby."They're just the most popular item in the video-game market this year. They're really hard to come by because any time we get them, they just fly right out the door," Lee told CBC News on Wednesday. Shoppers like Natalie Boucher and her whole family have scoured the Lower Mainland in a last-minute attempt to get their hands on one."We've called as far away as Kamloops and Bellingham in the U.S. to try and find one of these Wii's, but so far no luck," Boucher said.
Local stores are not the only ones hit by the shortage; from New Zealand to New York, the consoles are in short supply. On Sunday, shoppers in Florida lined up overnight for 97 Wiis that sold out in less than 30 minutes. In Vancouver, one Future Shop store received a shipment of 100 Wiis last Friday, general manager Mike Coghill told CBC News. "We had a lineup that started in front of the store at 6 a.m. and we had enough people to fill the 100 Wiis by 7 a.m.," said Coghill.
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Local stores are not the only ones hit by the shortage; from New Zealand to New York, the consoles are in short supply. On Sunday, shoppers in Florida lined up overnight for 97 Wiis that sold out in less than 30 minutes. In Vancouver, one Future Shop store received a shipment of 100 Wiis last Friday, general manager Mike Coghill told CBC News. "We had a lineup that started in front of the store at 6 a.m. and we had enough people to fill the 100 Wiis by 7 a.m.," said Coghill.
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Because they're scalping them for over twice the retail value and CL users don't like that.
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Last edited by Pippin666 on 21 Dec 2007 - 02:48
It's most likely planned. When something that a lot of people want is in short supply the news gets around and more people start to want one. Glad I was able to get my two at launch!
They're making almost two million Wiis a month... They're not magicians.
So whoever's the slowest link(s) in the manufacturing chain could be the real hold-up.
Last edited by M2Ys4U on 22 Dec 2007 - 01:29
All my little cousins are jealous of me because they can't still get their hands after all this time LOL
Keep praying they release Brawl soon, because the next year looks like a bleak desert for Nintendo.
It doesnt help, either, that Nintendo is very candid about the fact that they are tailoring and marketing games to people who don't even like games. This is the future of gaming: ancient hardware in a pretty white box and mini games with a bluetooth wand.
Last edited by Unwonted on 22 Dec 2007 - 20:09
Keep praying they release Brawl soon, because the next year looks like a bleak desert for Nintendo.
It doesnt help, either, that Nintendo is very candid about the fact that they are tailoring and marketing games to people who don't even like games. This is the future of gaming: ancient hardware in a pretty white box and mini games with a bluetooth wand.
Yes but.... no!.
you miss to say why wii suck and why *put your console name and i bet is a xbox360* is da best ;-)
Wii games :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wii_games
Last edited by Magallanes on 31 Dec 2007 - 13:32
I'll be amazed at Wii sales when they start selling 50 or more units per retailer. Receiving 3-6 units per week doesn't amaze me.
A Wii is simply a turd glazed in gold. I would take an Xbox or a PlayStation 2 over a Wii any day. Even to this date they are still ahead of the Wii in technology. The only thing the Wii has going for it is the motion-sensor nunchuck, and it doesn't even work like it's supposed to.
If I want to flail my arms around while playing a game, I'll go outside and play football with my buddies. When I'm in my room in front of my TV, I want to play the game
Last edited by Si on 04 Jan 2008 - 11:15
Well, you failed.
Last edited by Si on 04 Jan 2008 - 11:15
Since wii is wireless (with the exception of gamecube games) then you can put on a invisible place.
That has to be the worst reason ever to not play a game
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