The bulls are humans and the people are the Wii -- go get 'em. It's no secret that attaining a Wii since Christmas has been far more difficult than originally anticipated. Anyway, between Gamestop's $50 Gamecube trade-in deal and the stockpiled Wiis at some retailers, expected to be "officially" announced in tomorrow's Sunday flyers, it might be a good idea to start getting a move on today and plan ahead to camp out if you're still trying to get the system. And, because Joystiq cares, please check your local weather report before camping. Please dress appropriately. The Wii is not worth dying for.
Reminder: Stockpiled Wii sale tomorrow -- plan ahead
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Jan 20th 2007 10:35AM
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The bulls are humans and the people are the Wii -- go get 'em. It's no secret that attaining a Wii since Christmas has been far more difficult than originally anticipated. Anyway, between Gamestop's $50 Gamecube trade-in deal and the stockpiled Wiis at some retailers, expected to be "officially" announced in tomorrow's Sunday flyers, it might be a good idea to start getting a move on today and plan ahead to camp out if you're still trying to get the system. And, because Joystiq cares, please check your local weather report before camping. Please dress appropriately. The Wii is not worth dying for.
Reader Comments (101)
Posted: Jan 23rd 2007 2:38AM Wii60 said
Ginger,
Don't give up. Just do a campout like I did. I thought I wouldn't see a Wii this side of March, but at the last minute (well, 11PM the night before) I decided to go camp Best Buy and I got one. I didn't particularly want to camp out and I figured that at 11PM there'd probably already be enough crazy people camped out that I'd be too late, but I got dressed and went anyway and nobody was there. The store employees hadn't even locked up yet. It was a boring wait (I should have brought my PSP or GBA, that shows how last minute my decision to camp out was that I wasn't prepared), but it was worth it.
Don't give up. Just do a campout like I did. I thought I wouldn't see a Wii this side of March, but at the last minute (well, 11PM the night before) I decided to go camp Best Buy and I got one. I didn't particularly want to camp out and I figured that at 11PM there'd probably already be enough crazy people camped out that I'd be too late, but I got dressed and went anyway and nobody was there. The store employees hadn't even locked up yet. It was a boring wait (I should have brought my PSP or GBA, that shows how last minute my decision to camp out was that I wasn't prepared), but it was worth it.
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