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Sqrl on 02 July 2008
koffieboon said:
Sqrl said:

 

Seriously pictures or it never happened. I don't at all doubt they got Wiis or that they didn't sell out immediately its the 300 thing that I'm not buying. Actually, this picture sums up how I feel:

 

Because even if you're 100% correct, your story still makes no sense.

 

I have seen stacks of Wiis in a few different Media Markt stores recently as well, so I don't think MikeB is wrong. Maybe 300 is really only 200, cause without actually counting them it will be a pretty rough guess, but it is definitely possible for these stores to get a big shipment of Wiis. However, it is to be seen if they get another one if the current one is quickly sold out.

Like I said, I don't doubt that they had Wiis or that they were in stock for a couple of days or even a week.  Its the 300 number that I don't buy.

 
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ph4nt on 02 July 2008

I haven't seen a Wii in store since launch, you must live in a unique city where Nintendo magically ships all the Wii's.



kirby007 on 02 July 2008

^ look at my post thx



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dib8rman on 02 July 2008

IF this is relative around the US then their could be a huge spike in Wii's sold in the US, which would show the system sells on it's own independance of just software.



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okr on 02 July 2008

My local Saturn had exactly 24 Wiis and 12 WiiFits on shelves last Saturday. Yes, I counted them and it was already around 5 pm. (Media Markt & Saturn campaign as if they were rivals, but they both belong to the Metro Group).

Wiis in stock is not unusual in Germany (at least where I live). I don't understand why they don't send some Wiis from Germany to other European countries.

I was there to buy Soul Bubbles for DS, btw.
(DS was the only system that was completely sold out that day. The DS games shelves in all markets I visit grew from tiny to enooormous dimensions during the past three years).



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trestres on 02 July 2008

I want to see a pic of those 300 Wii's



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MikeB on 02 July 2008
Sqrl said:
koffieboon said:
Sqrl said:

 

Seriously pictures or it never happened. I don't at all doubt they got Wiis or that they didn't sell out immediately its the 300 thing that I'm not buying. Actually, this picture sums up how I feel:

 

Because even if you're 100% correct, your story still makes no sense.

 

I have seen stacks of Wiis in a few different Media Markt stores recently as well, so I don't think MikeB is wrong. Maybe 300 is really only 200, cause without actually counting them it will be a pretty rough guess, but it is definitely possible for these stores to get a big shipment of Wiis. However, it is to be seen if they get another one if the current one is quickly sold out.

Like I said, I don't doubt that they had Wiis or that they were in stock for a couple of days or even a week.  Its the 300 number that I don't buy.

 

 

Excuse me but I haven't counted them by hand as some personal gave me weird looks.

But I got most of them on camera:

The smaller stack behind the PS2s:



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MikeB on 02 July 2008

Plenty more on various shelves:





They were all over the place.



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Neos on 02 July 2008

approx 150



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okr on 02 July 2008

That's impressive, MikeB.

The question is now: Have all these Wiis been sent to one market by mistake?