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more about #shortages rainofwalrus: I know casuals that never bought a single game, they only play Wii Bowling. more » stranger: So, when will they start making games for it that someone other than a soccer mom and her kids would want to play? Oh, that's right. Once a year, some... more » ThisCharmingMan: Just wait until Wii's come in more colors...PWNED. more » LucasReis: In Brazil we always had Wiis in stock because they´re so ridiculously overpriced that no one buys them (sane people only buy them in grey market stor... more » Matt0505: Gamestop is the worst possible company to talk to about supply meeting demand, considering Gamestop only defines "demand" as someone who pre-orders a ... more » HenryHSH: Drop price to $100 and I'll think about getting one. My friend's Wii turned gray a few months ago. more » MadExponent: I was always in the, "thats fake ass supply figures" boat. I thought and still think that Nintendo kept the production down to create a false sense of... more » KillerBee: And by next year there will be so many Wii's out at retail that they will be piles of them gathering dust. more » Befitzero: Oh great now maybe I can get one!...... Oh wait I longer want one. more » Demonbird: No, wii supply met demand, and surpassed it three weeks after christmas. Sales droped off heavily at our stores, and they keep sending us more. We c... more » Zac Shipley: good job, now let try meeting demand on games. for instance, I demand a game worth playing for more than 5 minutes. more » kazooiedog: Yeah I just noticed this yesterday. I went in to a Gamestop and saw they had 6 (6!) Wiis sitting on a shelf in the back. They had less PSXs in stock. more » hobblinharry: it's actually only been 2 and a quarter years :| more » TheHeeyyy: Let's see how long it takes for them to meet Wii Fit demand. more » DoomDoomDoom: The economy PROBABLY has something to do with this. You know, people losing jobs or getting reduction in hours. Video games aren't exactly priority wh... more » Eric Hecht: Is this an indication that the recession is hitting the wii hard or is it just that most people that want one now have one? In Japan the Wii has been... more » The Most Interesting Man In the World: What the heck is Nin going to do with all that overcapacity now? more » WarlockSoL: Well yes, when you fail to release good games in almost a year, demand does tend to drop off :P more » -
#wii
GameStop: Wii Supply Finally Meets Wii Demand
Video game retailer GameStop finally has enough Nintendo Wii consoles for everyone, and it only took around three and a quarter years to get there. More » -
#fingerpointingfun
Nintendo Denies PR-Induced Wii Shortage Stories
Maxconsole pointed out that two UK newspapers ran near identical stories...too identical (hit jump for big pic). Identical like...the sub headline is exactly the same: "A shortage of one of the year's must-have gifts is sure to cause tears and tantrums on Christmas morning." The quotes are the same...the exposition is mostly the same. Look, they're the freaking same story, for all intents and purposes. Maxconsole implied that Nintendo must have fed a press release to the two publications...which, reading between the lines a bit, might imply that Nintendo had not so indirectly written these two news stories. Nintendo has gone on record to state that, despite accusations, their PR did not supply the story to writers. More » -
