In Australia I was working as one of the kiosk attendants. We usually demoed the E3 versions of Zelda, Wii Sports, Wii Play and either Warioware or Excitetruck. Most of the people either had "heard of it on the news" (even though Id never seen it on TV myself) or had never seen it at all. Many people commented on how this was a good way to advertise, but the flaw was that the tour went for 2 weeks after release, and the Wii sold out everywhere in New South Wales in about 3 days. Although I never saw any ads for the Wii on TV in Australia, there were teaser ads going on in Japan when I was there (October), so I guess they used different styles of campaigns in different countries. On the topic of outdoor kiosks, safety and whatnot; I was never involved in any kiosks outdoors. Although Australians are probably less likely to attempt to steal the Wiis, we still tied a 4-5 meter long cable between the safety strap and the kiosk unit just in-case. There was also usually big crowds gathered around, so no-one would try to steal it anyway. We didnt get any of those puffer jackets, probably because its not a good idea to wear a jacket at the start of summer in Australia. We still got some cool Wii shirts though!
Outdoor Wii-osks in London
Jan 13th 2007 4:21PM (Joystiq)Outdoor Wii-osks in London
Jan 13th 2007 3:44PM (Joystiq)Although I never saw any ads for the Wii on TV in Australia, there were teaser ads going on in Japan when I was there (October), so I guess they used different styles of campaigns in different countries.
On the topic of outdoor kiosks, safety and whatnot; I was never involved in any kiosks outdoors. Although Australians are probably less likely to attempt to steal the Wiis, we still tied a 4-5 meter long cable between the safety strap and the kiosk unit just in-case. There was also usually big crowds gathered around, so no-one would try to steal it anyway.
We didnt get any of those puffer jackets, probably because its not a good idea to wear a jacket at the start of summer in Australia. We still got some cool Wii shirts though!