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Forums - Sales Discussion - Massive Wii Anti-Shortage on it's way to the UK

Myahon on 14 May 2007

 UK retailers are reporting “the biggest shipments they have ever gotten since Wii Launch” And after the UK comes Europe and then THE WORLD!

Thank God for the extra Wii factories Nintendo put in China so we can FINALLY start getting some Wiis on the shelves.

Move over massive stacks of unsold PS3s you're about to have company cause now all 3 systems will be in stock until the fall shopping season......

 

Source: http://www.jolt.co.uk/index.php?articleid=8729



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shams on 14 May 2007

Cool - supplies are finally coming through :) Maybe this means we will see some new games released...



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Myahon on 14 May 2007

New games are not gonna change schedule. Still a few in the summer and most EVERYTHING in the fall.



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360 Live SN: Myahon

PSN: Myahon

 

 

 

DonWii on 14 May 2007

I bet they cant sell them all in one day. It would take 2 days to get that many people through the registers.



Steve 3.2 on 14 May 2007

Is this shipment enough to satisfy demand or will it quickly sell out?



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Avinash_Tyagi on 14 May 2007
Steve 3.2 said:
Is this shipment enough to satisfy demand or will it quickly sell out?

 I'd say the latter, but who knows



 

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Zucas on 14 May 2007

Just in time for Mario Strikers.



TheBigFatJ on 15 May 2007

Huge shipments are great, but it's unlikely to satisfy the demand.  The Wii is like a virus: it's a self-marketing system.  The more Wiis that are sold, the more people there are showing Wiis off to their friends.  Sure, this happens with all consoles, but with the Wii people *always* ask, "how much is that?  Oh, really?  I should buy one.   What do you mean I can't?"

And this isn't just gamers, this is everyone.   People literally say, "I don't know how to do video games" and two hours later they're trying to find out where they can give Nintendo $250 to buy the damn thing.

Some people suspect that once the Wii's supply increases sufficiently to meet demand, sales will slow significantly and it may not even continue outselling the 360.  That's silly -- the system's popularity seems to be only increasing, especially with casual gamers or non-gamers.



FishyJoe on 15 May 2007

I think that casual users get hooked usually after they have played with the Wii. More units in the hands of the public means more opportunity to hook people. If anything, availability will drive demand even more.



DRJ on 15 May 2007

I actually saw Wiis in stock at Frys this weekend. First time since November that I have seen them available. They had a promotion going "Wii love our mom" for Mother's day. Buy mom a video game console, that has to be a first.