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I haven't seen any Wiis personally. And this article just came out about that.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_en_ot/wii_demand;_ylt=AtS2GJPa4XAh.m7o8gGiQLumG78C

Still no Wii's in NY. Even Yahoo had to take a shot at PS3...hahaha!!!



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Im a store manager for game crazy in Houston and we get 12-15 Wiis a week, a month ago it would sell out in 2-3 hours, now it sells out in 1-2 days its slowed but not enough to say its meeting demand by far.



In San Diego I havent seen a Wii on a shelf in over 3 months now. Ive seen them on a shelf exactly twice since launch. There were 2 at Target about 3 months ago and I saw a half full pallet once at Costco before that. I assume I was there the same day they received their shipment but they were all gone next time i was there (note that I dont go to costco that often). Since then, I have not seen a single one anywhere. None at Frys, Costco, Target, Circuit City, Best Buy, EB Games, Toys-R-us, or Walmart.



I guess it depends where you go. You can find them in the suberbs and smaller cities easier. Big cities like New York and Tokyo will still be tough for awhile. I live in Edmonton Canada and have only seen 2 in the wild and they were jacked up in price. I've been told though that you can find them at Zellers in the smaller parts of the city. Best Buy is a no go unless you call the night before to find out if they have a shipment and are willing to line up.



 

 

Haven't read the whole thread, but actualy yes. You can get your hand on a Wii here in Sweden were easily. But Sweden seems to be PC nation if anthing looking at the last months sale statistics.



 

 

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Ok, got pics :P

Here is it the first store, its a quite large department store, by the way at the time they have huge sales discounts :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/FAZZ010S/DSC00092.jpg

No Wiis in here :/ .... once I saw like 10 Wiis here, and I went out, then went back a couple of hours later and they were gone lol


Second store, this is a small videogame store chain...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/FAZZ010S/DSC00108.jpg

Wii display boxes :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/FAZZ010S/DSC00093.jpg

And Wii stock with free games :D crappy games I think

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/FAZZ010S/DSC00096.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/FAZZ010S/DSC00097.jpg

Stock for Xbox 360 and PS3... they always have LOTS of 360... and those are the same PS3 they have had for like six months :P

 

EDIT: WHAT mother*ucking thing it didnt post the pics.... what are they thinking >_>



All major stores have had the Wii and PS3 is stock for months now. I asked one employee a few weeks ago, and he hadn't even heard of there ever being a shortage.

The clerk in my town's only specialized gaming store said the Wii is still selling extremely well, although the Xbox 360 and PS2 are still moving more software.



fazz said:

Ok, got pics :P

Here is it the first store, its a quite large department store, by the way at the time they have huge sales discounts :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/FAZZ010S/DSC00092.jpg

No Wiis in here :/ .... once I saw like 10 Wiis here, and I went out, then went back a couple of hours later and they were gone lol


Second store, this is a small videogame store chain...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/FAZZ010S/DSC00108.jpg

Wii display boxes :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/FAZZ010S/DSC00093.jpg

And Wii stock with free games :D crappy games I think

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/FAZZ010S/DSC00096.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/FAZZ010S/DSC00097.jpg

Stock for Xbox 360 and PS3... they always have LOTS of 360... and those are the same PS3 they have had for like six months :P

 

EDIT: WHAT mother*ucking thing it didnt post the pics.... what are they thinking >_>


 Did you take all those pics?  Because I'm fairly sure I saw that first one back in January.  As for the Game Crazy ones, those type of stores put empty boxes on display whether they have the product in stock or not.



twesterm said:
 

 Did you take all those pics?  Because I'm fairly sure I saw that first one back in January.  As for the Game Crazy ones, those type of stores put empty boxes on display whether they have the product in stock or not.


 Yeah I took them this friday :P

The Wiis above the games are actual Wiis, because some of them had games taped to the box... the one from the movie about animals in a forest or something



I live in NY and I really havent seen any. Once and a while, but not really.