Worldwide Wii stocks discussion

[Bodhesatva]

jlauro said:

kn said:
Here's a question for the U.S. types: Why won't EB/Gamestop take preorders for Wiis? It seems silly that they would turn away a sale but they won't do it. For all they know the buyer could find one at Toys R Us, Wal Mart, Target, Best Buy, etc. and they will lose no only the sale of the console, but any accessories and games to go with it. At this point taking preorders would allow them to capture an otherwise possibly lost customer...

I think it's silly too, as it shouldn't be that hard to offer. However, it's apparently their policy for all things though. They will only let you preorder things that haven't launched yet. Things are rarely supply constrained for long, and so they are just not setup to deal with it. So if you want an elite 360 or whatever they are called, and it's sold out, you can't preorder it either.

That said, I think the real reason is they like to sell "bundles" now. We have no simple wii, but... you get this bundle with wii, wii play, and two more games of your choice for $395 and I think we can special order that for you...

 

 

Again, this works for things that are in high demand. No question. But super, insanely high demand? No. We could literally have a pre-order list so long that we'd be sold out for years by now. I have no hesitation in saying that our pre-order list would be over 4000 people long by now. That would take years to complete. Years.