Dave Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 Apparantly the country has run short of Wii and DS Lite's in the run up to christmas. Punters who want one are having to pay well over the odds for them.. surely this is a big mistake for nintendo?.. they must be missing millions of pounds in revenue, and that must go for the retailers too.. bad planning on their part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 I think they made all that they possibly could. They have far outsold PS3 / Xbox360 in the first few weeks of sale so for them its a hit. Lets face it they have done a far better job than Sony at least they have done a global release and in significant numbers on the Wii. You can still get the DS if you look about for it, I think for they they have done incredibly well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntW Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 the Wii is available in limited numbers each day at the game shops, unfortunately for me my mrs has been at the wrong shops at the wrong time, or just outright lied to by shop staff. example: yesterday was told shop x had no Wiis after queing for it to open for 30 mins and left. today waiting at same shop was told by someone else in queue that they had 6 yesterday but person in queue missed out as there were more than 6 people in the queue... all this 5 mins after my mrs had just asked. There are loads on ebay though, and if nintendo get a big shipment in after Christmas some people with 3 or more wiis on ebay will be out of pocket. There is one seller on ebay who has sold 100! That has to be a retailer holding shop stock for a quick profit. feck it, I'll wait and sulk on Christmas day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RacingRed Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 My brother sold his on ebay a week or so after getting it and doubled his money. Regardless of Sony's claims PS3 was never going to be a 'global launch', more like a single region launch spread across all three. XBox360 has a year on both of them, you can buy 'em off the shelves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponge Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 [ QUOTE ] There is one seller on ebay who has sold 100! That has to be a retailer holding shop stock for a quick profit. [/ QUOTE ] Although I've admitted I wish I'd bought a couple to flog on ebay, I think this is taking the piss. I actually think ebay should step in and prevent people from doing this. Haven't Sony/Ebay prevented people from selling PS3s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntW Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 I made the mistake of believing Nintendo would be able to keep up with demand and no pre-order ah well. But like you Sponge, if I had aquired one or two then I would have ebayed 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snail Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 [ QUOTE ] I made the mistake of believing Nintendo would be able to keep up with demand and no pre-order ah well. But like you Sponge, if I had aquired one or two then I would have ebayed 1. [/ QUOTE ] From what i understand, Nintendo hasn't got the huge pockets of Sony/Microsoft. As such they had to do a fine balancing act of producing enough to meet demand, yet not going over budget. The Wii had better stock than both 360 and PS3, and managed a more successfull worldwide launch, so the smaller company showed the big boys how its done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32Ash Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 If anyone's interested, there are some available on Amazon this morning. £179.99 including delivery. I picked one, then had second thoughts once I was ready to 'checkout'. I'd have been buying it just because I could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 you'd find that there were none left if you tried Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32Ash Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 [ QUOTE ] you'd find that there were none left if you tried [/ QUOTE ] I did try, and it was ready to 'checkout', I only stopped at the very last 'click'. There's none left now, but there definitely was earlier - people who tried after me have secured theirs for delivery tomorrow. Amazon seem to be releasing the new ones in batches. If you want one, keep an eye on HotUKdeals forum. There's always a mention on there when they go back into stock anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntW Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 I got one from Amazon this morning then phoned Sparkly to let her know to stop queueing at Game... and she'd already got one yesterday and was trying to keep me mis-informed until Christmas - evil!! Anyway, may end up with 2 now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 cool nice one Ant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32Ash Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Anyway, may end up with 2 now... [/ QUOTE ] I don't think you'd have much trouble shifting one on via Ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntW Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 true, but it would be buyer collects... thats if it actually arrives, not had my dispatch email yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkly Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 To add to the above: PM either myself or Ant if you are interested. We are happy to sell to a TSNer for cost price (£190 - it cost us £188.98 including express delivery) if you could pick it up (near Trafford Centre) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntW Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 Wii has gone, Carmad collected earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 I certainly did. Cheers Ant Went to the shop in Streford so got Wii Play for him aswell. Tell Sparkly thanks. If anyone else is after them the bloke in the shop said he is getting 30 on the 30th and only 18 are currently spoken for. You just have to buy 2 games with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biturbo Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 I went for a Wii Play in Argos this morning. In stock, purchased and stood at the collections waiting. My number was shouted out and as he was checking for the serial number I realised they were about to give me a brand new console instead of the game/remote. He just checked the reciept against the code on the box before he found out. That could have been a right mess for someone's pre-order! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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