I've seen a lot of Wii U's (both sets) in Toronto and Mississauga. I think its harder to find Deluxes in the US though.
Hmmm, I wonder if Shoppers is getting Deluxe units yet... :X
I've seen a lot of Wii U's (both sets) in Toronto and Mississauga. I think its harder to find Deluxes in the US though.
Nintendo is actually prepared this time?So according to Gerstmann it's still easy to find Wii U in stock even after Black Friday. What IS going on?
The ones at Yonge/Dundas has only basics lol. Not sure about others . Btw still need to add you. I keep forgetting lol.Hmmm, I wonder if Shoppers is getting Deluxe units yet... :X
Btw still need to add you. I keep forgetting lol.
I was at Best Buy friday and saw lots of people getting the 199 360's and ps3's bundles, one guy had a shopping cart with 3 ps3..!
They had a pile of Wii Us basic and deluxe and I just saw one lady getting a deluxe version, thats all
I can think of a couple things.
1) Nintendo has shipped a lot more Wii U consoles than Wii
2) Wii U demand is not the same as Wii
3) Economy
4) People think the Wii U is a controller add on
5) It's the basic set available that no one wants
6) People who shop on Black Friday want those $199 PS3/360 specials
I did some shopping yesterday and found Wii U in stock at Best Buy and Target. But only a couple units and they were the basic model.
Haziqonfire. I would've done it now but Im headed to work lol.
What's your ID? I'll request ya.
So according to Gerstmann it's still easy to find Wii U in stock even after Black Friday. What IS going on?
This might be a dumb question but can you turn off the gamepad and leave the console on?
Makes me question the Basic unit more and more.
Nintendo is actually prepared this time?
Nintendo is actually prepared this time?
I'm pretty excited to see some shipped and/or sold numbers soon to see what is going on.
Dear Customer,
Thank you for your recent pre-order for a Wii U console.
You may have seen that Nintendo have confirmed a market wide shortage of stock for this product at launch.
However we are pleased to confirm that we will be able to deliver your order on the release date of 30th November.
We hope you enjoy your new Console!
Kind regards
Tesco Direct Customer Service
My guess: half a million shipped/sold in November for Wii U. 1.5 million sold for 360. 1.1 million sold for PS3.
The basic should have come with 16gb of storage, 8gb just doesn't cut it considering the size of the OS. It would seem the basic will be quite the loser in this little battle or it should have been priced at $249.
Are the console flippers getting hit in the pocket due to its retail availability? Took a quick look on eBay and most are barely being bid above MSRP if not below.
Yeah there should be a setting in the home menu.
The basic should have come with 16gb of storage, 8gb just doesn't cut it considering the size of the OS. It would seem the basic will be quite the loser in this little battle or it should have been priced at $249.
As it should be, you are scaring the children.$10 says my "EatChildren" account gets banned/blocked, just as it was with EA.
Xenoblade $45
Wii remote $30
CC Pro $13
I hope it was worth it just for this game, just started it up
Well, you definitely wasted money on that CC Pro. Wiimote and nunchuck is the superior experience.
hahaha, I really doubt that
I don't plan on using the Wii remote for anything other than the thing I plug the actual controller into
Right here
A mod sent me a message a few days ago telling me to edit my profile and had it blocked from public viewing. My profile was (paraphrasing) "can't wait to have VC support on gamepad!" followed by my GAF username. Seriously.
You can hit me up, my ID is countchozo; there is a Nintendo Network ID thread, just search it but it should be within the first few pages.
Well, you definitely wasted money on that CC Pro. Wiimote and nunchuck is the superior experience.
Early adopters are the core commnity, ofcourse they all want black.
You also get a 10% discount for digital games on the black unit which can more than make up for the $50 price difference on top of extra storage and nintendoland.This makes no sense to me. 32GB is dogshit for storage and its only about 27 after OS. The white unit is more than enough for someone who buys only disc games and wants to save progress. The Black is for someone who might buy a few digital games before they need an HDD. The only real value proposition is Nintendoland and maybe color. It is not worth it at all if you don't want that game.
What they should have done is made the same guts for both units and kept the package deal as is, rather than confusing people into thinking that 32GB of flash is somehow worth something. It probably costs them more to have 2 different SKUS assembled than they "save" by gimping the flash in one unit.
I think some kids may come under the impression that the white one is somehow inferior, ask for black, and either be dissapointed when they get white or when their parents come home with nothing because they passed up the white when it was available.
I'm in agreement with this, and won't spend anything over $5 - $10 on the nintendo store until its fixed/modified
i find sony's to be pretty reasonable
First off NO, Sony's isn't reasonable. There are PSN games that require you be online to play (offline play games with no netcode), which is bad enough BUT
They took away how many consoles you could have it on. It is one thing to launch without functionality, taking functionality away is a huge no no, and people just let it happen. On top of that PSN has the worst customer service I've ever personally used (I've tried contacting them over 3 issues and never had it resolved or worse, the e-mails I tried for all 3 never got a reply)
I'm not sure how any part of that can be construed as sexual... Likely some tight wad minister's wife who saw it on her child's wii U and freaked out and flagged it and Nintendo just siding on caution.
So according to Gerstmann it's still easy to find Wii U in stock even after Black Friday. What IS going on?
why does it matter how many console activations they removed? 2 is more than enough for anyone and you're free to activate and deactivate those two accounts on any number of consoles.
about the online games, that's not sony, that's capcom and their stupid decision to require online activation for bionic commando and a few others. no others require you to be online to play them.
They took away something you previously had, that is wrong. It is not something to defend in any shape or form. Imagine if they patched the launch systems (you know, the expensive ones) to remove BC just because no one else had it?
GameStop had these in yesterday and was trying hard to sell them. I bought some wii games during b2g1 and they said I should upgrade to Wii U. I said yeah I got 1 that's why I'm finally getting the good Wii games. They had at let 4 that I could see.
As someone who has played 500+ hours of Xenoblade whilst using the CC Pro, the Wiimote/Nunhuck and a 360 controller on Dolphin, my answer to you would be
hell no.
You lose camera control if you just use the Wiimote combo during battles. A massive no no, especially during the later battles.
You also get a 10% discount for digital games on the black unit which can more than make up for the $50 price difference on top of extra storage and nintendoland.
Yeah, after you spend $550 it'll make the difference. That's why I didn't get a Deluxe even though I plan on getting all my games digitally, I doubt I'll spend more than $550 on Wii U games in the next 2 years.
Maybe it's because Germany is totally different but the more interesting thing will be how it sells in the longer run. The launch is super soft here and neither DS nor 3DS were selling out in the slightest when they launched either. DS had huge stockpiles and no one was interested when I picked it up at Mediamarkt, 3DS midnight launch at a flagship Saturn was a graveyard. Felt kinda bad for the Nintendo reps.So according to Gerstmann it's still easy to find Wii U in stock even after Black Friday. What IS going on?
Yeah, after you spend $550 it'll make the difference. That's why I didn't get a Deluxe even though I plan on getting all my games digitally, I doubt I'll spend more than $550 on Wii U games in the next 2 years.