Nekojin

upstart

No word about why it was delayed or for how long.. absolutely nothing. Even Opera's website still lists November 19th and December 2nd for their browser's launch for US and Japan respectively.

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hageshiku

yurlittlepony

DDRLord

wolfpackguy2002

NO one needs, a console, THAT bad, to buy it for 3xthe price....

NO ONE

retards >.>

sailentshadow

Why did you have to call it "black Friday"? Couldn't you just say "Friday"? Racist!

Adam In Texas

So you'll know not to stand near the blacks and Ukranians next time, lest you find yourself in the middle of the fistfight. Fair enough.

harkonnen

Gagamus

RiceBandit

aestheticity

harkonnen

What does their ethnicity/nationality have to do with their fighting over a PS3? And how do we get any better sense of them fighting by knowing that?

hegemonyhog

Props to our armed servics reader who got his. Enjoy!

PetiePal

@ petrieslastword
I have no doubts about that! That mall is crazy. I left the theater there on Black Friday Eve around 11:45pm, and people were already going at it in front of the Circuit City. Some lady got trampled at Best Buy according to my friend's brother who works there. She refused medical attention because she "needed to shop."

Anyways, my point remains $100-150 is small price to pay in order to avoid that kind of shit, for those who can afford it and cannot find a Wii in stores.

robo2112

Kia

So screw it, skip the frustration of the bundle and roll the dice on getting a decent price on Ebay.

I however did not think that Wii Ebay sales would be good. But the demand is high. And it seems that anyone that plays the Wii, wants a Wii.

CaptCaveman

The PS3 would have been huge whenever it dropped down - there was no reason for Sony not to delay the launch until 12.12 or something and have twice the number of systems available.

hegemonyhog

The same thing happened at both the Circuit City and Best Buy over at Carousel, well, except no Ukrainians were involved as far as I could tell. Circuit City bombed the Wii launch like nothing I've ever seen (save for the PS3).

petrieslastword

Daxed

I personally would never buy a new console on eBay, but that's mostly because I couldn't afford to pay $400-$500 for a Wii.

reddevil3

It's an interesting situation. The PS3 eBay prices crashed hard, but if the supply is so low, the prices should be going up - unless demand has lowered, which is possible (people may think that paying $1000 for a console is just too much right now).

I'm curious to see what happens come Sunday morning when the latest round of Wiis go on sale. I've got 2 coworkers looking for some - will this be something everyone can get their hands on, or will the expectation that you can get your hands on it drive up demand so high that, even by Christmas, few can?

Either way, Nintendo is coming out looking very good this holiday season.

johnhummel

Laconic

socrates

There something you want to say about Ukranians and blacks? You know, because "people" would have sufficed.

harkonnen

A lot of those were not for PS3 but just had "PS3" in the heading.

Avinash_Tyagi

And they are that rare - I've hit every department and electronics store on my way home from work since launch day with no luck. (I obviously don't have kids. Or a life.)

$100-150 to secure the Christmas your kid wants without killing yourself? Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

timothymichaelclark

In defense of the article's author, there are areas in the country that did not sell out immediately (I know the New York Nintendo store had thousands initially and still had a little stock for about a day or so), and somebody from BFE posted that their walmart had some still... and somebody in L.A. posted they had stock at their best buy...

But generally as soon as people find out, the things disappear within an hour as the finder calls their buddies.

I only got mine through a generous friend who sat with 2 family members at a Costco line from 3AM - opening, then till 11AM to be processed, and picked up 3, sending me one Fed Ex.

I'm really hoping to get one for my brother when the inevitable shopping fatigue hits the mob in early December, and I can sneak in at that 2 million supply from Nintendo.

dcartist

Good Luck Wii hunters, glad I no longer have to hunt!

UpIrons

EtherFreak

If you know anyone that lives close to Mineral Wells they have every game in stock and multiple classic and nunchuck controllers.

My wife just called the Super Target in Weatherford to see if they had any Wiis in stock. First time she asked for the electronics and the operator hung up before she could ask. She called back and asked for the electronics department and the operator got all bitchy and asked what she was calling for. My wife said she was looking for a Wii and the operator was like, "We don't have any and we don't know when we'll get any." So my wife asked if she should just call back every day or so to check back and the operator said, "I guess so. Everyone else is." Bitches.

Adam In Texas

Yes they are that rare. People just this last Sunday lined up at each bestbuy here in Dallas. 100 people at each location. I camped out for 5 hours and got the last one 52 of 52 availible.

Not only that but controllers, and Zelda are also impossible to find around here.

jpelles

Adam In Texas

My extra $100 bought me not getting into a fight over a $250 piece of electronics and the convenience of being able to continue studying and not running to and calling my Wal-Mart here (the only place that would sell it within 40 minutes of driving) twice daily to see if they have any yet! Very worth it IMO.

robo2112

I personally wouldn't pay a $180 markup... but it's only about a 50% markup from the take home price you'll pay anyway for a fairly basic setup ($520 vs $340)

$40 controller (buy retail - good luck on finding nunchuck)
$50 1 game (buy retail)
$250 Wii (pay $180 markup to $430)

So you pay out $340 if you wait in a massive line and pay retail. Or you pay out $520 to get it on ebay, and pick up accssories/games locally.

But I don't know where you get the idea that they're not "rare" as in hard to find.

In northern VA, the TOYS R US midnight launch easily had double the number of people as consoles.

The next morning, I did drivebys on almost every major dept store and toy store (target walmart bestbuy circuitcity compusa kmart sears - didnt bother with ebgames) in my area between 7:00 and 9:00 AM and NOBODY had a line that you could join and have any chance at one.

I then called EVERY one of those brand retailers up (all stores in 30 miles) and all had sold out in their original line.

There was NOTHING out there.

$180 markup is nothing, for a wealthy or upper class person with a job. It's worth $180 not to have to wait in line all night to get one.

I've called at least 5 retailers every day this week and nobody has managed to keep restock.

The only people I personally know around her who have them waited in line a minimum of 8 hours.

Yes, I know that there will be a bulge in supply in early December, but if you want one now, they're scarce, at least in No VA, and probably many other places.

And heck, $430 is still cheaper than a low end PS3 retail.

:)

dcartist

jErrt

Queasy

If you can find them anywhere. Thats the whole point of ebay.

darkcambria

Have you tried buying a Wii lately? Yes they are that rare!

I don't see how it is anymore stupid to buy an over priced Wii on Ebay than a PS3. If anything it's a little less bad seeing as your being ripped of for somewhat less money.

cakeordeath

And they're holding a drawing in a WEEK to see who will be lucky enough to be ALLOWED to buy a PS3/Wii from the limited stock (like, 2) they managed to get.

So no, I don't feel particularly stupid for spending $100 extra to get something that is otherwise denied me by circumstance. Some people have literally no choice but eBay. Thanks for generalizing.

Nekojin