Black Friday as recently passed and what happened? There were hardly as many Nintendo Wiis as people predicted there would be leaving many people who are going to buy Nintendo Wii disapointed. This is because many people believed that stores were hiding their Nintendo Wii stock for this special day. The stores would end up advertising that they had tons of Nintendo Wiis and people would come to the store and buy other things as well.
Looks like that huge batch of Nintendo Wiis are gone, which are leaving people looking to buy Nintendo Wii just as stranded. Nintendo is fully aware of the problem and are working their butt off to meet the demand, but it just may be a little to late for Christmas shoppers.
There are only really two easy options left for people looking to buy Nintendo Wii. One is to use a resource like Buy Wii which aggregates eBay and Amazon Marketplace listings into one easy to use website. However, you will have to pay a little more than the $250 retail. This little more is quickly becoming a lot more as prices on eBay have risen from $300 to $400+ in just over 1 week, and it's only been Thanksgiving!
The best word of advice is to get out there and buy Nintendo Wii as fast as you can no matter what kind of method. All I know is that there will be a ton of upset of kids, parents, and even seniors (have you seen them bowl at those retirement centers?)
You heard me right. There is actually a controller that looks like the SNES controller, but works for the Nintendo Wii. I know you're asking where you can find one, and I'm going to have to say I'm sorry. Why? Because it's only available in Japan for special people in this club called Club Nintendo.
Club Nintendo is a program for people who buy lots of Nintendo products. This time around they have a special gift for those who have enough points and it's a custom SNES controller. This is a pretty cool gift for many hardcore Nintendo fans. It may not make sense to a lot of newer casual gamers because it is an old controller after all.
Fortunately, there are two companies, NCSX and Play-Asia, which import products from Japan. They are going to sell the SNES controller for $30, which is a pretty darn good price for something that brings back so many good memories.
If you're an American and you think you have it bad, think again! There are far less Nintendo Wiis available in Britain and the demand is just as high which is causing huge outages. The problem now is that the console is selling for £300 ($615) on ebay which is an incredible amount. It is only selling for $350 in the United States and climbing fast... VERY fast.
Recently, Amazon UK sold 1,000 Nintendo Wiis in less than 10 minutes. This is incredible. We have been seeing 20% climbs on prices on eBay every week. This is going to be one crazy holiday for Nintendo Wii shoppers in both America and Great Britain.
Something to keep in mind that last year Nintendo DS was facing a similar problem and Nintendo was producing almost double the amount of DS than the Wiis. It wasn't until 3 months after the holidays that the stock levels turned to normal.
As you probably already know, finding a place to buy Nintendo Wii is just about as hard as finding a needle in a haystack. What you're probably wondering is what the heck is going on with Nintendo. Why can't they make more? The answer to this question is that Nintendo planned a very aggressive sales campaign which meant they would produce 1.2 million Nintendo Wiis per month.
The problem is that the demand is way more than 1.2 million per month. They are now frantically trying to increase production because they know they are losing out on customers who will end up buying the Xbox 360 or the Playstation 3. Then these customers will buy games for these consoles which hurts even more.
Nintendo is now up to 1.8 million units per month which is quite an increase from the standard 1.2 million units. Nintendo has even stated they feel the stock issue is an embarrassment of opportunity. So Nintendo is trying, hang in there and get one from eBay or Amazon.
It's always fun to see how the lovely Nintendo Wii is doing against the other more uncivilized consoles. The Nintendo Wii is finally back on top after a short stint where Halo 3 boosted the Xbox 360 console to the top. The Nintendo Wii ened up selling 519K consoles in America.
The Nintendo DS came in second with 458K and the Microsoft Xbox 360 came in third at 366k sold. The irony is that the PS2 keeps outselling the PS3 184K to 121K.
Halo 3 ended up being the best seller followed by all three versions of Guitar Hero III. The guys over there must be having a party with that kind of success.
Amazon is holding their yearly Amazon promotion to let people purchase popular items for much less than the retail price. Last year was the first year they did this, but it was done differently. They basically let people choose the product they wanted, but it was then set on a first come and first serve basis, which ended up crashing the servers.
It's a bit different this year where they are letting you vote on what you want, but you then have to come back a week later to see if you're lucky enough to win. So basically, they are picking randomly who the winners are. Fortunately, they have the video game consoles again this year.
The one you really want to know about is the Nintendo Wii. They will be giving away 1,000 of these at $79 which is a great deal considering the Wii is going for $340+ on eBay. The only problem is that there will be a million people wanting the Nintendo Wii and your chances will be small.
It's getting closer and closer to the day when Wii Fit will be released to the masses. This is a big occasion because it may clinch Nintendo's dominance for another whole year, which means sold out Nintendo Wiis forever! Just kidding.
There are now a bunch of videos showcasing the Wii Fit. There are games like snowboarding where you turn the board facing the screen and you lean left and right to go through the slalom. There are also jogging games where you ... JOG.
There also a tightrop walking game and a boxing training game. So this is classic Nintendo Wii with a bunch of mini games that we can relate to in real life. As long as the controls translate well onto the Nintendo Wii, then it should be a huge mega hit. I can't wait to get mine.
As you know, Nintendo has been having a tremendous year now. Nintendo Wiis have been flying off the shelves faster than you can say Nintendo. However, not everyone is so sure about the Nintendo Wii. 3rd Party Game developers are concerend that Nintendo Wii buyers may not buy many big title 3rd party games.
3rd party party developers need to know they will get a return on their investment. Wii owners may just buy Nintendo branded products or cheaper party games like Carnival Games.
Julien Merceron, CTO of Eidos, says the true test will come this holiday season. If 3rd party games sell really well, then EIDOS will step in big time to make huge games for the Nintendo Wii. If 3rd party games sell poorly, then there is a bleak future for the Wii in terms of games.
I guess we'll just have to see how it goes.
If you haven't heard, the media is digging up Manhunt 2 like it's some rare warchest from the 1500s. Everyone is talking about it and it most of its negative. Anchors like Katie Couric thinks it will turn your kids into criminals.
Dr. Phil has backed off a little on his original negative assesment. He recently had a guest that made him look like a fool. What makes it even worse is that hackers have found a way to unlock censored stuff in PS2 and PSP versions. Doesn't this sound a lot like Grand Theft Auto?
I honestly don't think Rockstar even cares because I'm sure they are selling a million more copies because of it.
Alright, there's a catch. A Japanese online store called GMAX will have a special promotion where they will sell 5 Nintendo Wiis for $2.17 US dollars. This will happen between the dates Nov 9 and Dec 9.
This is an interesting promotion, but only 5 Wii? Are they expecting people to jump right in and buy other things too? I know Americans stores like to give away free Wiis for the first people in line, but the fact that this is spread over a month is strange.
You don't know when they'll be having the cheap one!
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