Not because their system is bad, but because they hyped the system so highly that the launch of 2million systems does not cover demand. I drove around 2 counties tonight trying to find one.
The problem with this is folks get tired of trying to find a store to buy it and just say "to hell with this".
It may just be me, but if nintendo expects me to wii hunt for months just to play it, than it just shows they only care about quarterly numbers.
Nintendo will lose countless loyal customers for this push/pull marketing.
It's not the hype that bothered me. its the fact that this was reported weeks ago, on digg and many other sites, yet it seems like your were traffic fishing by making it seem like you had some secret
Bioshock Tuesday: win an Xbox 360 and a copy of Bioshock
Aug 21st 2007 10:37PM (Engadget)Live from Nintendo's Wii launch in New York
Nov 19th 2006 6:32AM (Engadget)Not because their system is bad, but because they hyped the system so highly that the launch of 2million systems does not cover demand. I drove around 2 counties tonight trying to find one.
The problem with this is folks get tired of trying to find a store to buy it and just say "to hell with this".
It may just be me, but if nintendo expects me to wii hunt for months just to play it, than it just shows they only care about quarterly numbers.
Nintendo will lose countless loyal customers for this push/pull marketing.
An apology, and a note on hype
Sep 8th 2006 1:20AM (Joystiq)Wii chip production well underway, say IBM, Nintendo [update 2]
Sep 8th 2006 12:04AM (Joystiq)This has been known for over a month!
I can honestly say I'm never using this site again.