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post #1 of 31
11/30/07 at 8:33pm
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I guess tis the season for shortage again...

Even Walmart wants the piece of the pie..

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=5303671

$677.00 for the damn unit!
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post #2 of 31
11/30/07 at 8:50pm
yah, well you expect the retailers to be decent and not overbundle things?
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post #3 of 31
12/1/07 at 12:50am
The funny thing for me was, as I clicked on the link I noticed the banner: "Always Low Prices. Always." Then I noticed the $677.38 price tag for a ~250.00 unit...
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post #4 of 31
12/2/07 at 6:31pm
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Originally Posted by galahad05 View Post
The funny thing for me was, as I clicked on the link I noticed the banner: "Always Low Prices. Always." Then I noticed the $677.38 price tag for a ~250.00 unit...
keep in mind its a bundle that includes an extra set of controllers (wiimote + nunchuck), a vertical stand, and 6 games (on top of WiiSport)....which all in all does add up to $677.

that said. Who got their Wii today 12/02 ? BB had 18 min per store, CC had low amounts, and Toys R Us had some too. I got one (#23 of 33) @ BB after standing in line since 6:40AM (store open @ 10). Still don't know if I wanna keep it or sell it for profits.
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post #5 of 31
12/6/07 at 6:03pm
I managed to get one because a coworker lived in a part of the state that had more Wiis available, with less rabid consumers.
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post #6 of 31
12/6/07 at 11:59pm
Looks like right now it is impossible to get just the Wii without the "value added" software bundle, at least online. I did a froogle search: the cheapest I found was for $604.00.
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post #7 of 31
12/7/07 at 1:17am
Holy crap. I thought this was a NONO. Didn't Nintendo, Sony, and MS tell them to stop doing this?
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post #8 of 31
12/7/07 at 12:53pm
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/ludicrous...ast-328878.php


http://www.i4u.com/article13242.html
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post #9 of 31
12/7/07 at 2:43pm
what a load of crap. thats why I finally ended up just getting mine from eBay, because the ones that were staying in stock were the bundle retardedness by the stores
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post #10 of 31
12/7/07 at 7:09pm
actually today Toys R Us, Amazon and Sears all had just consoles ($250) in stock. They all went fast. ToysRUs was in the middle of the night (1:30am central) and lasted about 10 minutes, Amazon was around noon and lasted 1 minute, and Sears was at about an hour after Amazon and lasted about 10 minutes.
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post #11 of 31
12/7/07 at 7:48pm
This sucks; my parents have their hearts set on one of these puppies. I don't think I can swing one by Christmas. Damn.
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post #12 of 31
12/7/07 at 8:42pm
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Originally Posted by abf View Post
actually today Toys R Us, Amazon and Sears all had just consoles ($250) in stock. They all went fast. ToysRUs was in the middle of the night (1:30am central) and lasted about 10 minutes, Amazon was around noon and lasted 1 minute, and Sears was at about an hour after Amazon and lasted about 10 minutes.
stores get shipments weekly, if you know how to time right and are willing to camp, you can get one without too much pain usually
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post #13 of 31
12/9/07 at 4:21pm
Good luck everyone.
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post #14 of 31
12/10/07 at 4:13am
What's really crazy to me is that demand has been way higher than supply for these things ever since they were introduced a year ago. That's amazing to me that a product can remain THAT MUCH in demand consistently even after selling in excess of 13 million units (using nexgenwars figures). Nintendo has got to be loving this, especially since they're making a profit on every unit sold even at the initial MSRP.
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post #15 of 31
12/10/07 at 1:19pm
And IIRC, the Wii is the only console that has been making a profit on hardware since launch.

But it seems they really hit a home run this time. It's more or less ignoring the market segments the other two are going for and going for kids (like Nintendo does normally), but at the same time, finding a market that seemed to be unexpected. But they definitely managed to cash in once they found out the senior market was interested.

Say what you want about the games, but the controls are easy to use to a new player, unlike the mass of buttons on the 360/PS3, and most of the time what's going on onscreen is easy to figure out at a glance. Those two things, (or lack of) are the reasons some of the people I know can't get into gaming but they love to play the Wii.
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post #16 of 31
12/10/07 at 3:41pm
And that is the reason I can't get into the Wii. Its fun for about 30 minutes and then I am bored.
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post #17 of 31
12/10/07 at 4:18pm
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Originally Posted by DarqHelmet View Post
And that is the reason I can't get into the Wii. Its fun for about 30 minutes and then I am bored.
I maybe spent 20 minutes total with Wii Sports and Wii Play. Excite Truck is more fun multi player, but still fun for a while single player. Zelda is the only game I really want to continue playing, but I keep forgetting to get the system out and set it up.
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post #18 of 31
12/10/07 at 5:19pm
Metroid is fun as f@@k. But that is all i've enjoyed. RE4 was good too for a 2 year old game.
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post #19 of 31
12/10/07 at 5:54pm
Just haven't been interested in the RE games. I need to try Metroid, but the rental place always seems to be out when I go by.
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post #20 of 31
12/11/07 at 6:57pm
Mario! Is Always Good!!!
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