Official Wii Thread Part 5 - The Days of Swine and Roses
11-15-06, 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Suprmallet
You realize that the system will probably be not too difficult to find on the launch day for the retail price?
11-15-06, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by DaveNinja
Has anyone in the sacramento area asked around at stores about their policys/amounts of the Wiis?
11-15-06, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by IIG
How do you figure that? I think finding a Wii on launch day will be a difficult task indeed. Now, say within the next couple of weeks, they should be more plentiful. But they will remain a hot ticket item this holiday season, and I don't think they will collect a speck of dust on any store shelf this year.
11-15-06, 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by IIG
How do you figure that? I think finding a Wii on launch day will be a difficult task indeed. Now, say within the next couple of weeks, they should be more plentiful. But they will remain a hot ticket item this holiday season, and I don't think they will collect a speck of dust on any store shelf this year.
11-15-06, 04:47 PM
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Agreed. Once momentum picks up on the Wii, they're going to be extremely tough to find. On launch day, the hardcores will pick them up, and maybe a few parents.
11-15-06, 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by IIG
How do you figure that? I think finding a Wii on launch day will be a difficult task indeed. Now, say within the next couple of weeks, they should be more plentiful. But they will remain a hot ticket item this holiday season, and I don't think they will collect a speck of dust on any store shelf this year.
11-15-06, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Josh Hinkle
There's supposed to be 2 million or so in the US on Sunday. It won't be that hard to get one in stores Sunday morning for retail price. As long as people start their hunt at or shortly after opening for the first store it should be pretty easy to find.
11-15-06, 04:55 PM
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My local independent video game store's owner (which shall remain nameless) told me that he'll sell me a Wii the second they come in on Friday! He never goes by "street-date" and always sells stuff when he gets it in, right out of the box - which for video games is just about the same as "street-date" anyways, except for a few instances, like this one.
He's doing first-come first serve, and he doesn't know what time he'll be getting them, just "in the afternoon", so who knows what my chances are...
He's doing first-come first serve, and he doesn't know what time he'll be getting them, just "in the afternoon", so who knows what my chances are...
11-15-06, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by UncleGramps
I thought the 2 million number was for the entire rest of the year in the U.S. I thought the launch day number for the U.S. is closer to 600-800K. But who can tell anymore?
11-15-06, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by slop101
My local independent video game store's owner (which shall remain nameless) told me that he'll sell me a Wii the second they come in on Friday! He never goes by "street-date" and always sells stuff when he gets it in, right out of the box - which for video games is just about the same as "street-date" anyways, except for a few instances, like this one.
He's doing first-come first serve, and he doesn't know what time he'll be getting them, just "in the afternoon", so who knows what my chances are...
He's doing first-come first serve, and he doesn't know what time he'll be getting them, just "in the afternoon", so who knows what my chances are...
There's an indie game store around here that I should probably check with. I didn't consider them as an option because I've spoken to the owner before, and apparently they tend to get screwed when it comes to Nintendo product. Worth a call though.
11-15-06, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by slop101
Isn't it supposed to be around 4 million until the end of the year, with 2 mil at launch?
11-15-06, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Suprmallet
You realize that the system will probably be not too difficult to find on the launch day for the retail price?
11-15-06, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by UncleGramps
they tend to get screwed when it comes to Nintendo product. Worth a call though.
Originally Posted by UncleGramps
As I said, there have been so many numbers thrown around lately that I could very well be mistaken.
11-15-06, 05:32 PM
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Wow, that was quick. Ordered my component cables on the Nintendo site early this afternoon and I checked the status just now:
Status: Shipped
Unfortunately it looks like I won't be getting my Wii until at the earliest next week some time!
Status: Shipped
Unfortunately it looks like I won't be getting my Wii until at the earliest next week some time!
11-15-06, 05:33 PM
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The EB Games in the Roseville Galleria is getting about 150 Wii's, and only the first 36 are reserved.
11-15-06, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by flashburn
Wow, that was quick. Ordered my component cables on the Nintendo site early this afternoon and I checked the status just now:
Status: Shipped
Status: Shipped
11-15-06, 07:26 PM
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Just got another email from BestBuy.com about Z:TP. It went from being "backordered" (original release date 11/13) to "released on 11/19"
Hopefully, this means it'll ship on Monday.
Hopefully, this means it'll ship on Monday.
11-15-06, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by darkside
I would bet its going to be the other way. Easy to get on launch day and harder to get as the weeks go by for Christmas.
11-15-06, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by slop101
My local independent video game store's owner (which shall remain nameless) told me that he'll sell me a Wii the second they come in on Friday! He never goes by "street-date" and always sells stuff when he gets it in, right out of the box - which for video games is just about the same as "street-date" anyways, except for a few instances, like this one.
He's doing first-come first serve, and he doesn't know what time he'll be getting them, just "in the afternoon", so who knows what my chances are...
He's doing first-come first serve, and he doesn't know what time he'll be getting them, just "in the afternoon", so who knows what my chances are...
11-15-06, 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by shaggy
Well if this does happen at a few places, its good for the rest of us. People starting putting pictures on the net of broken street dates and it puts pressure on Nintendo to allow everyone to do it. Maybe we'll all get the Wii friday night or saturday morning. This is exactly what happened with the gamecube. I'm hoping people start breaking the date tomorrow.
I don't recall this happening with the GC. I picked up mine at Midnight on the launch date.
It did happen with the N64. I remember it was supposed to come out on Sunday, but mine was waiting for me when I got home from school on that Friday as so many stores had broke street date Nintendo gave the ok and Gamestop had called my mom to pick it up that afternoon.
11-15-06, 10:05 PM
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11-15-06, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by BrentLumkin
Either way
