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fuhraud on 10 August 2007
Summaro400ex said:
It was probably a combination of many different factors and i'll give you my take.
I would be shocked if 10 was close to what they were shipped. I work in one of the smallest gamestops i have ever seen and we get shipments of 9 and 15. I would be surprised if a store like target would get the same sized shipment as a tiny store.
There seems to be a very strange phenomenon that occurs at my store that could very well happen else where. Whenever we get Wii's one of two things happen, either they sell out before i open the box, or 1/10th of the amount of people who normally ask for wiis a day ask that day. sometimes it seems like the only time that i dont get asked 30 times a shift for a Wii are when i actually have some.
also being midweek during the end of the summer normally results in less customers. This is the time when camps are ending and kids are getting ready for school aka this is vacation time for families.
The demand at my store is huge. That doesnt mean it is everywhere. theres a chance that deamnd has finally been met in your area...

 It's likely that they were shipped more than 10.  They had 81 at launch and it varied between 50 and 120 all the other times I inquired.  

I don't think demand has been met, however, your suggestion that it is the vacation lull is what I was missing.

It's sort of the other answer as to why the summer months are slow (that and less big game releases). 

I'm going to drop by tommorow and see if they are still there and then ask the guy if there are more in the back.

 I own nintendo's ADR and the stock price has been pretty volatile lately but I'm thinking it has more to do with the interconnected state of the worlds economies.

 Still, I am all about research and anecdotal evidence

 and I thank you for your perspective

 



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Kasz216 on 10 August 2007

Amazingly I saw a Wii for the first time around me. They had a single one at the Toys R US. First one i'd ever seen in a store. I almost missed it because it was in the display case behind the counter at the bottom, seemed like there was space for atleast 3 more wiis there. They has 2 PS3's which filled the PS3 shelf space. 2 Cores, with one empty spot, 3 Premiums and 2 Elites with a space left that could of fit one.

 Amusingly only the PS3 and 360 Elite had shelf space that was eaisly visible. 



Katilian on 10 August 2007
BenKenobi88 said:
It's a paper sleeve in the US.

 Maybe they decided that with all the extra profit they'll make in Australia given the strength of the dollar that the 10 cents worth of plastic for the dvd case would make the price of the Wii seem more reasonable.



twesterm on 10 August 2007
Katilian said:
BenKenobi88 said:
It's a paper sleeve in the US.

Maybe they decided that with all the extra profit they'll make in Australia given the strength of the dollar that the 10 cents worth of plastic for the dvd case would make the price of the Wii seem more reasonable.


I printed out my own cover and just stuck it in a DVD case; I hate the white sleeve. :-p

And yeah, I've seen Wii's in the wild a few times (about 3 now) but I don't think I've ever seen them last longer than a day. It just varies by area and luck mainly.

-edit-
And I wouldn't take this as the Wii is a fad or that the Wii is slowing down, Metroid Prime 3 comes out next week and they'll become hard to find everywere again.



 

ItsaMii on 10 August 2007
BenKenobi88 said:
24.95 for ONE nunchuck? That truly sucks...

 In my country stores sell nunchuck for the same price of Wii remotes = 100 dollars.

That is 3rd world for you Ben. 



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Cobretti on 10 August 2007
BenKenobi88 said:
24.95 for ONE nunchuck? That truly sucks...

and it's on sale don't forget that lol. Yer we do suffer abit hwoever about 3-4years ago our dollar was only like 50US cents so naturakly everything cost double. No one reulates the gaming market so even though our dollar is 85US cents now they don't give a shit. However one thing I noticed is that the wii always has some sort of sale in some sore here so the prices drop down to what they should be normally. In the end we are use to it by now.

 Feel sorry for the xbxox360 and PS3 owners. Most games are $110-$120 AUS.



jstam on 10 August 2007

true that, although a lot of wii games are going for $99, which is quite ridiculous



shams on 10 August 2007
Cobretti said:
BenKenobi88 said:
24.95 for ONE nunchuck? That truly sucks...

and it's on sale don't forget that lol. Yer we do suffer abit hwoever about 3-4years ago our dollar was only like 50US cents so naturakly everything cost double. No one reulates the gaming market so even though our dollar is 85US cents now they don't give a shit. However one thing I noticed is that the wii always has some sort of sale in some sore here so the prices drop down to what they should be normally. In the end we are use to it by now.

Feel sorry for the xbxox360 and PS3 owners. Most games are $110-$120 AUS.

Yeah, that's right.

One of the nice things that has happened here, is you can get NEW Wii games for $80 - sometimes even $70AU.

Virtually everyone of my GC titles (all 30 of them) was bought at $99.95 - the "old" standard release price point.

First-party PS3 titles are usually around $99, but third-party ones can still cost $119(AU). Games like Lost Planet or Def Jam Icon. 

 



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Katilian on 10 August 2007

Places that do UK imports (or in the case of the PS3 or some 360 games, US imports) can usually have a much better price. I bought 2 Wiimotes for $50 a peice from DVDCrave which actually ended up being japanese imports. In fact, a decent portion (maybe 1/3) of my new games come from them.

Though with the big retailers now dropping prices they are becoming less competitive. DVDCrave currently lists Super Paper Mario for $79, not as an import, so I can see Big W/Kmart/Target selling it for a similar price anyway



Just_Ben on 10 August 2007
fuhraud said:

Tonight I dropped by the very Target where I bought my Wii @ launch and for the first time since launch I actually saw a Wii behind the glass. 10 of them, to be precise.

I asked an employee when they were put out and he said yesterday (Tuesday).

Now I went to this Target at least once a week through June and have only been there once since then so I can't say that the Wii have been sitting for more than a day in between June and August, but definitely not before June.

I wonder if there were a lot more units and now they are down to 10.
I wonder if this was supposed to coincide with this particular location getting Strikers Charged (sometimes they don't get new games for a week or two).

I wonder why they were there.
Is it indicative of the time of year, the lack of games, or perhaps this is the first midweek shipment they've received and it wasn't in the flyer. Through June they only had the Wii on Sundays to coincide with it being in the flier.

Any other reasons you guys can think of?


Which country are you talking about? U.S.A.?

Would be cool if im right with my increased shipment theory :)



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