Like practically every other Sunday, Target is rumored to have a fresh supply of Wiis this weekend. Again the lines will form, the stores will open, some will get a system, and many won’t. But why hold stock and why Sunday?
I was asked this question buy someone trying to buy a system for his kids since before Christmas. He still doesn’t have one and he stopped trying. He said he’ll wait until they’re “just normally available” and easier to acquire. It wasn’t so much waiting in line or getting up early that bothered him. It was the day of the week. He couldn’t manage getting up at 6, going to Target, waiting till 8, coming home, wrangling his kids into nice clothes, and then heading to church.
He’s not the only person I’ve heard this from, either. It seems that Nintendo (or the retailers) choosing Sunday is alienating some church-going game fans. Obviously it doesn’t really matter to Nintendo, since they are still selling out every Wii shipment.
Has the choice of Sunday for Wii restocking made it difficult or impossible for you to acquire one? Why do you think they picked this day over any other?
Well, Wii launch was on a Sunday too, if memory serves. Of course, I wasted most of Saturday, too waiting for it, but that's another story. My church has Thursday services in case you're planning to be gone for the weekend, so it's not a problem for me.
Interesting take. It really never occurred to me. Here are some random thoughts from a churchgoing Christian person (i.e. me) who waited for a Wii on launch day:1) Don't worry–God won't dock you any brownie points for missing church. It isn't as if you get any for going *anyway*.2) You can probably commune with God pretty well sitting outside of Target with your Bible and/or praise music or sermons on your iPod if you so desired.3) While it is good to set an example for your children, I would also contend that showing them that you HAVE to be in church EVERY Sunday is probably doing them a disservice and could inhibit a more personal relationship with God. For the record, I love God but don't always enjoy church. Just my $.02. Wow. A religion debate on Infendo. Go figure.
Got a Wii on launch day…Psalm 37:4Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.Still waiting for a Wii…2 Peter 3:7-9But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness.Either way, God is good. Those of you having to wait will only have a greater selection of AAA games to get your hands on. Imagine the person who gets a Wii for the first time this coming Christmas. Zelda, Mario Galaxy, Metroid, Super Paper Mario, SSBB… Hallelujia!
Had no problem at all: I quit Church altogether the day Wii came out!By the way, it could be worse: stores could be re-stocking on Saturday, and then the Sabbath would get in the way!
I work at Target, and we usually have to hold Wii's till Sunday because it's going to be in our ad that day.
Big chain stores do sales ads every Sunday morning. They want to put the Wii in the ad with "Quantities Limited" next to it.If they get Wiis on Wednesday and were to sell out, then they might not have any available for the upcoming ad week. If they say "Quantities Limited" in the ad and have ZERO available for the ad period, then they are in trouble. It's false advertising.Alternatively, they could put "Not Available In All Stores" in their Sunday ad and just sell the units when they come in. But that ad doesn't attract as many people to the store, now does it?Either way, people will complain. I work in a store where we sell our Wiis as soon as they come in. People complain that they can never get them from us in the evening or on the weekend, when they are available to shop. There's no way to make everyone happy.
Regardless of the reason, the dates land on Sunday and that presents a conflict of interest for me. My faith encourages me to think on God and not worldly things on Sunday (i.e. don't go shopping if you don't have to, etc). And while I can appreciate what David stated above, on launch Sunday as I was scrambling for a Wii, my thoughts weren't on Deity. 🙂 Speaking eternally, perhaps that last emoticon should be a frownie face. 🙁
Fact: The week starts on Sunday, NOT on Monday, if you don't believe this, go look in a calendar!
The Sunday thing does bother me. I realize that alot of people don't care, fine for them, but I think Sunday is a day to set apart from the rest. Fortunantly I consider Sunday from when I go to bed Saturday Night to when I wake up Monday morning so I had no problem buying it a midnight, however i would have had a problem buying it Sunday Morning.
I've been in Spain since the day Wii launched. I'm not going to get one until I get back to the States in June, so I'm hoping they'll be readily available by then. We'll see…Anyway, for me Sunday is the best day to get things (errands and/or buying games) done. Then again I'm one of those weird people that goes to church on Saturday. Sunday for me = football, taco bell, and video games.
I have church on early sunday mornings. So I still haven't been able to get my wii… -_-;;Yeah, it sucks…
Perhaps they chose sunday cuz it's generally less busy than, say, a Saturday morning (when a lot of people still go to work).Still, it does suck that they're out early on Sundays and they sell out. I doubt it's Nintendo's fault, the date anyway. Let's hope they can streamline production soon and crank out more consoles so that retailers don't hog them all for weekends.