One and a Half years later and you still can't find a Wii.

When do you think this amazing phenomena will stop. I've never seen a product so successful that you still can't find one almost 1 1/2 years after its release do to demand. What do you make of this and when do you think the Wiis will start stacking up in retail stores?Shenmue_Jehuty

Because it appeals more to people who were non gamers and it is also cheap so you can get it as a party system

I dunno about you guys but in the UK you can walk into any store right now and buy a Wii. Nintendo stepped up the production quite a bit around christmas.Ninja-Vox

I know personally I haven't seen a Wii in a store since right after Christmas here in the US.

Target has a stack of them every Sunday. :|

Target has a stack of them every Sunday. :|

JayPee89

No they don't. I work at Target and we maybe have had 40 in stock since December.

[QUOTE="Ninja-Vox"]I dunno about you guys but in the UK you can walk into any store right now and buy a Wii. Nintendo stepped up the production quite a bit around christmas.Shenmue_Jehuty

I know personally I haven't seen a Wii in a store since right after Christmas here in the US.

i have still never ever seen a wii in any store.

[QUOTE="JayPee89"]

Target has a stack of them every Sunday. :|

Shenmue_Jehuty

No they don't. I work at Target and we maybe have had 40 in stock since December.

I work at Nintendo and the shortages are fake, were just making them to increase demand. Don't tell anyone though.

[QUOTE="JayPee89"]

Target has a stack of them every Sunday. :|

Shenmue_Jehuty

No they don't. I work at Target and we maybe have had 40 in stock since December.

[QUOTE="Shenmue_Jehuty"][QUOTE="JayPee89"]

Target has a stack of them every Sunday. :|

JayPee89

No they don't. I work at Target and we maybe have had 40 in stock since December.

And they are sold threw by monday?

I mean they can't sell if they don't get stocked sometime...

[QUOTE="JayPee89"]

MY Target has a stack of them every Sunday. :|

Shenmue_Jehuty

MY TARGETDOESN't. I work at Target and we maybe have had 40 in stock since December.

Fixed. :|

[QUOTE="JayPee89"][QUOTE="Shenmue_Jehuty"][QUOTE="JayPee89"]

Target has a stack of them every Sunday. :|

GundamGuy0

No they don't. I work at Target and we maybe have had 40 in stock since December.

And they are sold threw by monday?

I mean they can't sell if they don't get stocked sometime...

I feel your pain. I just started looking recently and I can't find any..:x DAMN IT I CAN'T A SINGLE ONE A EVERY GAME OUTLET AROUND HAS NONE. I CALLED ONE TODAY, AND THE CLERK TOLD THEY HAD SOME IN STOCK THIS MORNING BUT WERE GONE WITHIN A HOUR! IT'S SO F-ING FRUSTRATING!! :x

I can't even find one online outside of Ebay. It's like Nintendo has stopped shipping them out..

Target has a stack of them every Sunday. :|

JayPee89

Target where I live don't seem to have any. The clerk says that soon as they get them, it's gone within a hour which he says is crazy..

[QUOTE="Shenmue_Jehuty"][QUOTE="JayPee89"]

MY Target has a stack of them every Sunday. :|

PS3Compass

MY TARGETDOESN't. I work at Target and we maybe have had 40 in stock since December.

Fixed. :|

NO, I said that Target rarely has them period. It doesn't matter if you live in Boston, New Orleans, or Seattle, no Targets have them in regularly. As a national corperation, Target likes to standardize their Wii releases, meaning they often get them in stock on a Saturday and waituntil the next day to release them nationwide. They only will put them out on shelves during the week if they know a sipment is coming in Saturday for the Sunday add. You have no idea what you're talking about.

I found one today on my first day searching.....too bad I had to go to 10 stores before I found one and then ended up getting the very last one. I finally got one because brawl comes out soon.

I saw a Wii in store, but it was behind a glass case and some kid was already playing it. :(

I got mine on January 21st for my birthday. How? I did the little raincheck program from GameStop. I waltzed into my local GS, paid $250 upfront, and waited until late January when my Wii (ironically enough) arrived on my birthday. Yay for me!

I found one today on my first day searching.....too bad I had to go to 10 stores before I found one and then ended up getting the very last one. I finally got one because brawl comes out soon.

SageJMP

:( I've been through 17 here in chicago and still can't find one...:cry:

And I've been searching through these stores for the past 2 weeks.....

Demand for the hardware is high, but what about the software? The Wii has a low software tie ratio. Meaning, the people who are buying it, don't seem to know why, such as is the case with most fads.

Sorry, 2008 will bring reality to the all the Fanboys - the Wii software just isn't that good. And hardware demands will just fad away, since fewer and fewer non gamers will continue buying it.

i got my little brother one last year off toysrus on the internet.. it was the bundle for $550 i think. anyway they were in stock for at least 2 days cause i said to myself " if its instock tomorrow, no matter the price im buying it"

They're sold through by lunch time.JayPee89

[QUOTE="JayPee89"]They're sold through by lunch time.darkslider99

Why do you need to bash or support a system if your just stating what you saw?

I saw a Wii in store, but it was behind a glass case and some kid was already playing it. :(

I got mine on January 21st for my birthday. How? I did the little raincheck program from GameStop. I waltzed into my local GS, paid $250 upfront, and waited until late January when my Wii (ironically enough) arrived on my birthday. Yay for me!

princeofshapeir

That's not ironic its coincidental!

(Perfect set up for a Futurama reference)

Demand for the hardware is high, but what about the software? The Wii has a low software tie ratio. Meaning, the people who are buying it, don't seem to know why, such as is the case with most fads.

Sorry, 2008 will bring reality to the all the Fanboys - the Wii software just isn't that good. And hardware demands will just fad away, since fewer and fewer non gamers will continue buying it.

Demetri_OS

Attach rates mean ****.

Would you rather make a game on a system with 1,000,000 userbase, with a 50% attach rate.

Or a system with 5,000,000 userbase, with a 20% attach rate.

[QUOTE="princeofshapeir"]

I saw a Wii in store, but it was behind a glass case and some kid was already playing it. :(

I got mine on January 21st for my birthday. How? I did the little raincheck program from GameStop. I waltzed into my local GS, paid $250 upfront, and waited until late January when my Wii (ironically enough) arrived on my birthday. Yay for me!

sexy_chimp

That's not ironic its coincidental!

(Perfect set up for a Futurama reference)

Words expressing something then their literal intention! Now that is... Irony

[QUOTE="Demetri_OS"]

Demand for the hardware is high, but what about the software? The Wii has a low software tie ratio. Meaning, the people who are buying it, don't seem to know why, such as is the case with most fads.

Sorry, 2008 will bring reality to the all the Fanboys - the Wii software just isn't that good. And hardware demands will just fad away, since fewer and fewer non gamers will continue buying it.

sexy_chimp

Attach rates mean ****.

Would you rather make a game on a system with 1,000,000 userbase, with a 50% attach rate.

Or a system with 5,000,000 userbase, with a 20% attach rate.

[QUOTE="sexy_chimp"][QUOTE="Demetri_OS"]

Demand for the hardware is high, but what about the software? The Wii has a low software tie ratio. Meaning, the people who are buying it, don't seem to know why, such as is the case with most fads.

Sorry, 2008 will bring reality to the all the Fanboys - the Wii software just isn't that good. And hardware demands will just fad away, since fewer and fewer non gamers will continue buying it.

jdang307

Attach rates mean ****.

Would you rather make a game on a system with 1,000,000 userbase, with a 50% attach rate.

Or a system with 5,000,000 userbase, with a 20% attach rate.

No, software sales mean something.

If System A sells 2,000,000 games in a month, and System B sells 1,000,000 games in a month, but had an attach rate twice as high, which one would you rather make a game for?

I dunno about you guys but in the UK you can walk into any store right now and buy a Wii. Nintendo stepped up the production quite a bit around christmas.Ninja-Vox

Does this look like 'you can walk in any store right now and buy a wii?' - http://uk.nowinstock.net/wii/index.php