Toys R Us getting big Wii shipment Sunday
To guarantee a Wii this Sunday at Toys R Us, customers need to stop by their local store and put down a $200 deposit. The five stores we called were accepting pre-orders for about 50 systems. Meanwhile, two of the stores asked why we wanted the pre-order details when they have them in stock?
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I mean, month after month, week after week, the Wii outsell the competitors consoles by a huge margin.
I don't think Nintendo would be able to do that of they don't send enough Wii's to retailers.
They are producing 1.8 millions Wii per month... that's a lot more than Sony or Microsoft produce per month.
Other point in consideration is that Nintendo clearly said a few months ago that they will increase the production at the end of the fiscal year. This new fiscal year started April 1:
http://www.gamer.tm/news.php?id=2010&filtr=wii
Now... this is just from Toy's r Us... I just receive an email from Circuit City newsletters, and it say that they will have large amounts of Wii's this Sunday too... and some stores are receiving Wii's for this Sunday too (Wal-Mart was receiving some Wii's yesterday).
Maybe Nintendo already increased the Wii production.
Just a thought
they obiviously do not make enought to supply the demand. hense who ever is runing nintendo of america is a genious.
ergo everyone that falls into the wii his is retarded.
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The Wii is in demand, how does it benefit Nintendo to NOT pump as many Wii as possible to retailers to make sure everybody who wants one NOW is able to find one NOW.
Retailers from day one have been hoarding shipments they get during the week to meet their Sunday ads. By putting "We have Wii!" in a flyer, they are drawing shoppers who will come in looking for Wii with the hopes they'll do additional shopping on top of it.
And yeah, it's convenient that they got a whole bunch in for Mario Kart Wii's release. And why would that be? Oh I dunno, maybe TRU figured they'd stock up a few Wii shipments so they could be the ones to grab the Mario Kart Wii crowd.
Because a lot of people will want Mario Kart. And a lot of them may not have a Wii yet. So TRU hordes their Wii shipments and then is able to put this flyer out. Now if you want a Wii AND you want Mario Kart...why bother with any other store when you can set yourself up with one via TRU.
Put the tinfoil hats away.
I mean, month after month, week after week, the Wii outsell the competitors consoles by a huge margin.
I don't think Nintendo would be able to do that of they don't send enough Wii's to retailers.
They are producing 1.8 millions Wii per month... that's a lot more than Sony or Microsoft produce per month.
Other point in consideration is that Nintendo clearly said a few months ago that they will increase the production at the end of the fiscal year. This new fiscal year started April 1:
http://www.gamer.tm/news.php?id=2010&filtr=wii
Now... this is just from Toy's r Us... I just receive an email from Circuit City newsletters, and it say that they will have large amounts of Wii's this Sunday too... and some stores are receiving Wii's for this Sunday too (Wal-Mart was receiving some Wii's yesterday).
Maybe Nintendo already increased the Wii production.
http://kotaku.com/383472/nintendo-to-increase-wii-production-to-24-million-a-month
2.4 million a month is a lot of work... and still, there will be a huge demand.
Yes alot of Wii's are sold each month, but Kyoto knows that the "wow" factor and the "must have" status would start to go down if they were readily available in stores. Creating this sense of want and urgency is something that Nintendo routinely did with the GameBoy line.
The DS sells as much or more than the Wii yet Nintendo ironed out "supply" issues a long time ago.
People want what the can't have. Just look at Cuban cigars, if you go to a country that has them, they do not carry the mystique that they do here.
They don't want to build another one cause they're worried that the wii hype could die at any time and thus they would then be over-supplying.
That is exactly spot on. Kyoto knows that the hype will die down, and they do not want to be left with a factory full of Wii's. It makes perfect sense for them to refuse to fix what is not broken. Why saturate the market to meet demand when you can get all of this free advertising from stores like Toys that will do it for you.
Nintendo is doing the only thing they can do, riding the Wiiwave until it breaks.
hard to find game consoles satisfy you more
I dont see why they would increase supply if they could.
It only takes basic econ to learn about supply and demand curves. Supply down, demand goes up. Supply up, demand goes down.
Wish it had a DVD player in it. At least with my PS3 I can watch Blu-Rays while I wait for a good game.
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So within the past 6 months you're telling me that you haven't found a single game worth playing on the Wii?
I mean, I'm not going to go all list-whore on your ass (someone else will, probably), but I can easily think of 10 good games on the Wii that have come out within the last 6 months.
Even the most rabid Nintendo trolls around here would probably admit there's been good reason to turn the Wii on in the last 6 months...
-SMG
-MP3
-SSBB
-MKW
-NMH
-Z&W
Third party developers seriously need to take it up a notch..
(I wasn't including ports.)
(I did mean 6 months I haven't turned it on)
You guys are right, There are good games. I'll agree in saying That (haven't played any of these)Metroid, Zelda, Brawl (Minus online), and Red Steal (last one was a joke... I played that one and it sucked)
I personally own 3 games. Wii Sports, Wii Play, and Raven Rabbids. I've only played one but my time spent in it was beat my me creating Miis for about 5 hours. Cyler Mii is so eviiiiilll!
I just do not get hyped for Wii Games. I'm not saying it sucks but I just don't see things getting better. It seems to of been released at it's peak. The best games are here, they've been here, and this is where it'll stay (here as in the past year and this next 8 months). Is this a bad thing? No... It just leaves no room to expand. To me for 20 extra bucks you get a 360 and yes it's a "crappy" version but it's upgradeable. In case you want more ... um content? Plus for 20 extra bucks it's a system that you can play GTA4 on and it come with free games (arcade games) but isn't that what Wii sports is?
In Conclusion (Just read this part if what is above is to much text for you)
The Wii isn't my genera. I like cutting edge with a mix of pick up and play + in depth games. I shouldn't be the one to rank it. I am stoked to one day get Geometry Wars (Anyone got a copy they'll trade for Wii Play)? I just haven't turned it on because there isn't anything for me to do on it. I really wish it did have a DVD player because I'd be able to use it much more in my bedroom.
No wonder you haven't touched it in awhile.
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As consumers, don't you feel embarrassed for getting conned like this time after time?
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Its a cheap ploy to fool dumb consumers.
Tranando, I know people love conspiracy theories and all of that but pretend your Nintendo, and lets assume they do have a shortage still of the Wii, if you knew a big release was coming out and you happen to have a few more units produced, you wouldn't want to release them along with the game so when people demand the game there are systems for them to play it on?
I think we all look at this too much from the point of view of a customer, look at it from a business standpoint and trust me, they are doing whats best for them.
As for you saying it tricks dumb consumers, please! If you want a Wii you want a Wii. You don't go into a shop, see that it, unlike the 360 or ps3, is out of stock then instantly want one. Have you seriously ever met anyone who said they wanted it because it was sold out all the time!? No, of course you haven't, because people like that aren't just dumb, they're mentally retarded.
Oh wait, that's becaues there is no global Nintendo conspiracy.
like one of my newer friends just picked up a Wii last week. apparently he's been trying to get one since launch, while i have had mine since launch and have cast it away and brought it back numerous times already. certainly a love/hate relationship for me and my Wii.
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Or the ones that Tranando likes to eat?
We need MORE announcements from Nintendo, and more 3rd party N64 games would be nice (I'm looking at you Shadowman and Forsaken). I'm expecting WiiWare to take off bigtime, but then they need to fix thier storage woes. High Voltage seem to be on the right track to making some decent games for the Wii, showing off thier graphics engine in 'The Conduit: http://au.wii.ign.com/articles/867/867498p1.html and thier new WiiWare title 'Gyrostarr' http://au.wii.ign.com/articles/868/868645p1.html but we need more!
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Lets see we have
Pikmin 3
Animal Crossing Wii
Turrican Wii (proly what else is Factor five got)
Legend of Zelda Wii
Starfox Wii
Kid Icarus
Another Mii based game
Disaster Day of crisis
not project hammer as has been indefinetly suspended
2 MMOS
I think there is like 5 major third party titles as well but I don't remember them.
And Zoonami is coming out with Goldeneyes spiritual sequel.
I'm not too fond of the fact that most these titles are nintendos old IPs
We Need New IPs lets hope that Disaster sells well, so nintendo decides to bring us something new.
Oh, If you are talking about the "unannounced MMO project" that some company leaked earlier this week, It's a Wii-Project and an MMO-Project. There isn't news regarding whether or not the MMO is for Wii or if the Wii is an MMO.
if truely demand for Wii outstripped supply, Nintendonald's would be idiots NOT to raise the $250 price.
all three companies manipulate the supply chain to look good. Nintendonald's shifts Wii systems between different countries to create the illusion of never-ending demand. M$ deliberately cuts supply since actual demand is much less as retail stores cant get rid of the systems they already have stocked whilst lieing about number of shipped vs sold units. so every time PS3 has the potential to outsell 360, M$ blatantly lies about "unavoidable supply shortages". Sony just uses PR suits to lie about artificial demand saying they'll give $1000 to anyone who can find a PS3 on a retail shelf in America.
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this isnt the high-end fashion industry...
M$'s OS monopoly, on the other hand, was a true monopoly during the early to mid 90s (not monopolistic competition which describes the "Big Three" right now) with true demand outstripping supply, and what happens? the following: "Dramatic" Price Increases "Prove Microsoft Monopoly" from http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CGN/is_/ai_53335233
Because I find it hard to believe anybody would honestly and intentionally write out "Nintendonalds" and "M$" every single time.
PS. You have no idea what you're talking about. The reason that the 360 was in short supply 2 months ago was because they either sold or recalled their Xmas stock bundles so that they could rebox some without the free games and put some newer units out there. Personally, I think they should have thrown a price-drop in there but I don't run a multi-billion dollar software company, so what do I know?