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Gamestop Announces today Wii U Wait-Program "Demand off the charts"
- Thread starter pramath
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For me it's the game pad and it looks like Nintendo is going to make a halfass attempt to appeal to what I like this time. I hated the Wii.
I went in today and got put on the list. They told me I might as well put myself down for a Deluxe, but I can always get a Basic if it is available first. They said I had about a 50/50 chance of getting one before Xmas, but they really will not know more until closer to launch. Hope I can score one, as I am ready to buy.
So Gaf do you think we will see deluxe packs available again for preorder or on launch day ?
I must say that I hadn't imagined that the console would sold out so quickly. What, 2-3 days after the big conference and that's it, no more stocks ? That's insane.
And to top it all, being an euro guy the number of shops that sells internationaly is quite limited.
I must say that I hadn't imagined that the console would sold out so quickly. What, 2-3 days after the big conference and that's it, no more stocks ? That's insane.
And to top it all, being an euro guy the number of shops that sells internationaly is quite limited.
TheChewyWaffles
Member
Pent up demand for a new console. Nintendo is reaping the fruit. I hate this long-ass console cycle.
IHaveCandy
Banned
Base value for a 360 controller was $22.25 I believe. So when you apply a 40% bonus that would be $31.15. Not quite as good, but still pretty good.
So 20 per store.
I could've sworn I read in the past the 360 was in the range of 10-12 per GameStop. And the PS3 stopped at an average of 15.
But I have no first hand knowledge about that... I just recall those numbers from reading old posts on the internet from 2005 and 2006.
hmmm.....
So the rumor of GameStop getting 100K might be true.
IHaveCandy
Banned
Gamestop doesn't have a per-store limit on preorders. They take them for as long as they can nationally and then stop when they hit their national threshold. The point of preorders is to see how many each store needs. So putting a cap defeats that purpose.
IrrelevantNotch
Banned
I never get tired of seeing Nintendo succeed.Take that analysts.
PS3 launch
That plus launches almost always do well.
DeuceGamer
Member
IIRC, it was announced in advance when they were going to take pre-orders for the Wii. For Wii U it basically happened after the price announcement, but there wasn't any confirmation that anyone would be taking pre-orders. I'm not saying it's going to be as big as the Wii, but something to atleast consider.
FWIW the Manager at my local Gamestop told me something similar. I'm not sure if he was referring to nationally or regionally, but it definitely wasn't "per store". Not that you can believe them always but he said they have a set amount and it didn't matter how many each store sold. For some reason it seems like he mentioned something about regional, though I can't remember now.
ZombiePlatypus
Member
Are any of the big, usual retailers offering first-come-first-serve WiiU's to sell for people that line-up overnight without pre-orders?
Gamer @ Heart
Member
Im sure its based on store numbers. The 1000 top gamestop stores are sure to get at least 5 times whatever the bottom 1000 are.
Lord_Byron28
Member
I'm amused by this thread and the other thread where Gamestop anounces and says how fast the Wii U is being preordered but people try to dismiss it through various ways. Gamestop doesn't have special alliances or biases towards Nintendo. If it was Reggie, nintendo pr or a nintendo fansite that's one thing but its Gamestop they don't dabble into the console wars.
Trevelyan9999
Banned
You have proof of this?
Man it's amazing how much people (I don't necessarily mean you Medalion) want the Wii U to fail and fail badly.
I think all the systems are going to have great games, the problem is that the Wii U will have the Nintendo franchises that make it more difficult for Third Parties to flourish on their consoles.
The Wii U might actually have the chance be able to get more Third Party sales but still have the Nintendo brand names......is this why people want the thing to fail so badly?
Nintendo cut-off because of china protesting, probably hit foxconn as well, we don't get all the news transferred, would probably need to find local sources if they even reported about it in full detail. My national news channel didnt even report that tech facilies were on fire and production stopped in a few of them.
Of course.
I didn't say there was a set "per-store limit", I said "range" and "average".
walking fiend
Member
Retail market revenue has been dropping YoY at an alarming rate since 2010.
And Wii U is the life boat for at least another year, so they'll wave at it as hard as they can to save them, even it is only a boat and not a cruiser
This is a pretty silly belief. If Nintendo franchises really hurt third party sales it wouldn't matter WHAT console they were on. People have a Wii and PS3 or 360 and buy both Nintendo games and 3rd party games. If Wii was HD and got multiplatform games people could just buy them on Wii. If the games are good/popular they'll sell.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
I did not know alot of gaf was so into conspiracies. wow :0!
walking fiend
Member
Well, yes, but we don't know if the smartphones/tablets haven't replaced Wii as the casuals' to go place for their entertainment fixRight around the time Nintendo stopped supporting the Wii
I personally guess Wii U can sell anywhere between 50m-150m [that is becoming a normal player like PS3/360, or totally dominate like PS2]; but it's really hard to predict what will happen, specially that what Nintendo does with the console, how they advertise it, and what applications and features become available for it, and of course pricing, will play a huge part
EatinOlives
Member
It's in GS's best interest to sell as many consoles as they can. For their sakes, they'd love another Wii launch scenario.
Doesn't mean that GS is fabricating the whole "demand off the charts" thing, but it's good PR for GS's sales if they keep announcing that an item is "hot" right now.
Here's a novel conjecture: What if people are fine with both at the same time?
SuperAndroid17
Member
Marketing ploy from Gamestop
Im not falling for the hype again , I will just walk in to my nearest walmart and buy it. Just like the Wii
Im not falling for the hype again , I will just walk in to my nearest walmart and buy it. Just like the Wii
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Good luck using two tablets at once. I'm having enough trouble playing an RPG on both my 3DSXL and my normal 3DS.
Yeah, I dunno what people are talking about... the Wii was in every store on launch... most unpopular Nintendo system evar
It is selling out everywhere, though. Don't underestimate the demand for a new console after all these years. Especially the HD successor to the Wii, which had insane sales. Not saying you will not find one on launch day, but I don't deny the demand one bit.
How the?...
nevermind
Pardon?
People always want what they can't have, that's the ticket!
The poster you replied to was being sarcastic... I think
I see. Hard to tell around here sometimes, lol.
broz0rs
Member
well it worked for the original Wii, it must work for the Wii U!!!!!
Ill just join the bandwagon! Demand has been so overwhelming that the system is a dud and only being bought by resellers! There's no way its sought after and I'm sure we can was into a store on nov 19th and grab a wii u from the huge pile each store will have, right guys!?!?
Edit: in reply to dealio, its been stated that you wont be able to buy into the program, alreast initially.
Edit: in reply to dealio, its been stated that you wont be able to buy into the program, alreast initially.
You had best watch out. One of these days you're going to get pistol whipped by a justice genie.
Go get on the list. You still might get a Deluxe this year. They put me down for one today. Just have to... wait.
Domcorleone
Member
Any NY Gaffers that didnt preorder and want a 8gb white one pm me. I ordered a deluxe from kmart but had preordered the basic at gamestop and paid off most of it by trading in a bunch of games. I'll let it go for the price it goes for when its out!
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