It’s not really any kind of surprise, but Nintendo is reporting sellouts across the board for the Wii the day after it launched on Nov. 19. Official numbers are not yet available, but somehow in its post-launch hangover stupor, Nintendo was able to fire off a press release touting that retailers were very happy with the results. Day one sales could be 1 million consoles or more.
“Circuit City spokesman Jim Babb told Siliconvalley.com, “There were enough people in line to snap up almost all the units of the Nintendo Wii that we had in stock, so it was an instant sellout.”
Although Wii has appeared on eBay for around $500, it’s thought unlikely that these inflated prices will be sustainable, as new stocks arrive. Unlike PS3’s launch, buyers were interested in the games, rather than a quick profit. Babb added, “The people we saw today were much more likely to take these games home and play them and love them rather than flip them on eBay.”
Did your store sell out?
Ya, I went past 3 lines before I found a short one at Toys R Us, and got my Wii! I'm pretty sure every store in Calgary sold out.
Yes, our store had 24 and our line hit 24 people around 2AM. Glad I didn't go at 4AM like I originally planned to do.
I drove to around 3 cities in my area, for a total of 11 different stores (Target, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, FYE, Sears, EBGames, TRU, etc), and came home empty handed :-(Any word yet on when to expect a second shipment? I heard they would be in stores in time for black Friday. Can anyone comment on this?Also, Infendo staff, I have a question for you all. I ended up buying a classic controller and an extra Wiimote so my girlfriend could have her very own. My question is, how does the classic controller dock onto the remote? Didn't Nintendo say it would do this? Why else are there locking slots on the back and a button to unlock them? Thanks.
yeah besy buy had 84 units… they all sold… they had to turn about 20 people away!!
yeah – we were 47 & 48 out of 60 at one of the targets in houston, tx. we got there about 1.5 hours early and about 30 minutes after we got there, all of the tickets were gone. this particular target did a great job with the launch. well organized (numbered tickets, signs indicating where the line started) and friendly staff plus plenty of games and extra controllers (although classic controllers were missing from their shipment).
Is it true that the Nintendo World Store is not honoring preorders? I've got one waiting for me there for when I return to NYC next Sunday and they told me when I preordered that they would hold it for 2 weeks. I paid the whole thing off so I hope they're hanging on to it. Surely by Sunday everything will be under control? Lots of consoles in stock, tons of nunchuks, piles of component cables… Right?
From all reports, our entire city sold out within hours (if not minutes) of opening. Both Walmarts, both Future Shops, TRU, and all four EBs. Zellers didn't have any extra outside of their bandit bundle, so I guess you could say they sold out, too.I lined up at 2a at Walmart and it's lucky I did. They only had 54 in stock and I was 30th in line. My husband lined up at the same time at a Future Shop (getting one for a niece) and was 18th out of 27.It was crazy lines all over. You'd see people driving by scoping out lines and either leaving to find another line or staying if they thought they had a good chance.
The Wii was sold out on Sunday at 2 EB games, a wal-mart, and Zellers, and today, it was sold out at Best Buy but I snagged the last one from Toys R Us.