According to Computer and Videogames, last week Amazon sold out of their replenished stock of 1,400 Wii consoles in ten minutes. Let me repeat that -- Amazon sold 1,400 Wiis in ten minutes.
This number really isn't surprising -- the Wii craze shows no signs of slowing down, with people lining up in force this past Friday to pick up the console. Just checking out the listings on my local Craigslist, people are attempting to sell the console for $400 or more, and are likely finding desperate consumers willing to pay the price. I was also laughed off of the phone by a few GameStop stores when I made some calls to determine console availability.
So if you're looking to pick up Nintendo's console this holiday, best of luck to you. This is the second holiday for the Wii, and it looks like Nintendo are going to continue to gain ground in what is quickly becoming a "console massacre."
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7:40 PM on 11.24.2007
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I just want a 360 to play my 4 games on now. :-)
100th Comments. So cocks.(I know not much xD)
I would, but that would mean I can't play mario galaxy over and over again, and that just won't do.
Also if you were smart, you would not have waited to get one until the fucking holidays. If you were planning on getting it for your kid or yourself, you should have gotten it sometime throughout the year. I told my boss to do just that for his kids, he found a package at circuit city, paid around $350 for it and a game or 2 in August. Now everytime I see him he thanks me for telling him to get it back then. You have no one to blame but yourselves, but something tells me most people will blame Nintendo. Its the holidays people. A time where any true meaning of the season is lost in the rush of buy buy buy. Something tells me if Nintendo had tripled production we still wouldn't have enough.
...uhhh...
They need only point and laugh.
(...but since I own a PS3, I'm not going to join in)
Of course, I'm sure next year the Wii fad will finally die. You know, when companies actually start releasing titles worth a damn after diverting resources AWAY from the PS3.
I just finished Super Mario Galaxy a few minutes ago. I'll just say that the game's introduction and ending are very cool and satisfying and easily top both Zelda:TP and Metroid Prime 3 in my opinion.
Mine has sat, and will sit, collecting dust until I pickup Mario Galaxy. Seriously. Not worth it people. Wait a year.
But since when was 4 or 5 epic titles with zero online play "worth it?" And how many of those "epic titles" are out for the Wii right now, compared to the "epic" titles on 360?
If there aren't more must play 360 titles right now than Wii titles, I'll eat my [insert clothing product].
I could easily name five for the 360 without breaking a sweat.
And I'm still sticking with my conspiracy theory that production is intentionally being stifled to create unnatural levels of demand.
And, yes, I tried it.
I think part of my continuing lack of interest in the 360 comes from my my let down with the X-Box 1. I bought the console for $179, played Panzer Dragon Orta, Jet Grind Radio Future, Ninja Gaiden, and never really played it again. The only console I ever played less than the X-Box 1 was the N64, which I only played for Star Fox 64 and Dr Mario 64 (Mario 64 and Zelda 64 are totally over rated in my opinion).
However, I've truly been over loaded this year with awesome games for the Wii. Mario Galaxy, RE 4 Wii, RE:Umbrella Chronicles, Metroid Prime 3, Geometry Wars Galaxies, Super Paper Mario, Zack and Wiki, Twilight Princess, and many others. And lest not I forget the Virtual Console which has bestowed upon me many great games I had never before played like Sin and Punishment and Alien Soldier.
Those of you who are disappointed with the Wii, you are either not buying the right games or just aren't into what the Wii has to offer.
Exactly. After RE:4 mine sat for months completely untouched save for 2 instances. The first was when I ejected RE:4 so a friend could play. The second was when I spilled soda on the power brick and unplugged it... It sat, unplugged, for 3 months until Mario Galaxy came out. I didn't even have another new-type system to play games on for much of it until the PS3 price drop. In the 3.x months that I've had it I've played it far more than the Wii in a whole year. That will all change with Brawl, as I've said, but for now, yea feeling totally burnt.