The pre-order demand for the Wii has taken another victim. After GameStops across the U.S. were stripped of their 12+ console allotments by the ravaging mass of Nintendophiles (and a few Infendo readers, I might add), we learned over the weekend that the Nintendo World Store in Mahattan has stopped taking preoders as well. No word yet on how many orders were taken, cuz Nintendo ain’t saying.
I have a question though. If Wii inventory is as robust as the manufacturing numbers are shaping up to be, then is preordering really necessary? I guess the rest of us will know on November 19 as we sit huddled in a shivering group outside a Best Buy; our DS’s the only source of light and warmth.
I absolutely could not take off work last Friday to pre-order my Wii, so I plan on camping out at Wal-Mart the evening of the 18th, and picking it up at midnight.
well of course the world store is gonna run out of pre-orders though 😛
Yeah same here, I had to work and there was no way out of it so I couldn't go to my local store and make the pre-order. And you wanna know somthing else that I think is wrong? One store ran out of pre-order's in 10 min. Yea wow it happens, but this particular store ran out in 10 mins because all of the employees had reserved one for themselves before anyone else. Shouldn't there be some sort of rule about that? I mean its like they get first dibbs on everything just cause they work there. Bah.. Makes me wanna quit my job and work at Gamestop so I can be on the list haha. But if there really IS 2 million on the way. I'm not worried about not getting one, even though I will be huddled outside of bestbuy with my DS hooked up to a generator so I won't lose my battery.
Do you guys not have 24 hour Wal-Marts?The Wal-Mart where I grew up was a 24 hour Wal-Mart. When the GameCube came out, they cordoned off a part of the layaway section and the line formed there. Warmth was plentiful, and decks of cards were out.
I have resisted the urge to preorder a Wii…I will also resist the urge to camp out in front of a store on Nov 18…I will, however, arrive at midnight at a store that will offer a midnight selling event and take my chances! If I fail, I will continue going from store to store until I get one.If THAT fails, well, I guess I can wait until a month after to get a second-wave Wii when that shipment arrives. It's not like I don't have a TON of DS and GBA and GC games to get through, anyway!
All that matters is that I have mine pre-ordered. And I will even camp out to pick it up. I'm a Nintendo whore. So sue me. (Although I never bought Virtual Boy…..)
Today in Canada, preorders took place for the Wii and the PS3 at the same time at EB Games [we don't have Gamestop]. There were 15 Wiis available and about 8 PS3. Employees were not allowed to preorder — they get a seperate shipment, or something. I was first in line for the Wii at 5am, but there were about 9 PS3 people in front. In the end, there were about 15 waiting for PS3 and 35 for Wii. You had to choose between the two, you can only preorder one.
with my luck i had to work today which pre-orders in canada started but luckly had a cousin who had nothing to do and ran up to the eb for me.She called me at 9:30 am (the store was said to open at 10) to tell me i got my pre-order YES ONLY 33 DAYS TO GO and there was one left for preorder for the ps3 system supposibly people started to camp out yesterday at 1pm and employees arrived there just before 7:30 and said its not fair to those who have waited this long and still have to sit out in the cold for 3 1/2 more hours so they opened the doors at 7:30 so how ever many units left dont know but i got the second to last preorder two hours in to opening with ps3 being dominant in Hamilton, Ont. Canada
It could mean that Nintendo is playing a dirty little trick on us to let people just walk in the store without a preorder and get one. It makes sense because not all adults that Nintendo wants to appeal to have time to preorder.
Well, I feel for anyone who won't be able to get a pre-order for the Wii (who wants one) at any store. However, I do have a reservation at the store and I'm not so sure it's the kit-kaboodle just yet. Reggie's gonna be there, and maybe a little Prii-Wii party for everyone with prii-orders, but I don't think it's that important. As far as the number of Wii's that the Store got, I'm guessing the number isn't too large. It is Nintendo's World Store, but with 2,000,000+ units, one store can't afford to get 5,000 prii-orders, or so. Good luck to everyone getting a pre-order.
I am happy to say that I already got my preorder at GameStop. I am, however, sorry for anyone who did not get a preorder.But if Nintendo's numbers are true, you shouldn't have much trouble obtaining the elusive white box. Though you might have to camp out somewhere, but I think it'll be worth it.