Can't Find A Wii? Blame College Football - Kotaku Comments

Can't Find A Wii? Blame College Football

V I |Z U $! — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:20:24 MST

Go Gators! Good thing I got my Wii on the 3rd week of release.

Can't Find A Wii? Blame College Football

WasabiJoe — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:43:41 MST

Oh come ON!
No one said it before me?
NO ONE?

Sigh, WII are the champions, my friends. That is pretty crazy though, I'd expect most of them would be Xbox Madden players but now they can be Wiimaddeners.

WasabiJoe

Can't Find A Wii? Blame College Football

Br00klyn-Grenade — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:32:22 MST

They couldn't have just gave them more copies of Madden?! :P

Br00klyn-Grenade

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Purple Dave — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:57:49 MST

Giving Wiis to football players? Can they even pronounce the name?

Purple Dave

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JohnnyLA — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:23:02 MST

750 out of 1.6 million a month?

Not that big of a deal.

JohnnyLA

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Benjo — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:31:27 MST

Can the BCS do a few more things to completely destroy our society?

Benjo

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chriscamp — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:58:51 MST

Why isn't there any Wii's for the drama clubs production of Cats!?!? This is an outrage.

chriscamp

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majortom1981 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:44:22 MST

come on , I am sure they probably contacted nintendo directly. With that many need they prob got direct from the factory.

majortom1981

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theJesusHorse — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:37:03 MST

Come on, do you really believe that Nintendo can't manufacture enough Wii's to fulfill demand? Of course they can, they just don't want to! People always want what they can't have, so Nintendo is intentionally making them scarce to keep the hype going.

theJesusHorse

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Sparx — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:32:46 MST

Go Buckeyes!

Sparx

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taidan19 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:16:53 MST

And this is another reason why us poor college fans will not see a quick end to the BCS.

taidan19

Can't Find A Wii? Blame College Football

captronj — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:07:02 MST

I'm not going to even start the rant about how the BCS system is ruining our world... first screwing up college football even more and now this? This is the last straw!!!!!!!!

captronj

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KaneTaker — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:01:54 MST

Ugh. Football AGAIN? Take off 20 pounds of that padding THEN show us how tough you are. Rugby team would own their asses. Oh, and eat my flame-resistant underwear.

KaneTaker

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Lono — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:40:19 MST

The two loves of my life, Gator football and video games, on one post? I can die happy now.

Lono

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MURDERFACE — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:35:20 MST

They are mad cause you can only play Madden on a Wii and not their shitty college fooball ones. LOL

MURDERFACE

Can't Find A Wii? Blame College Football

Super_Nintendo_Chalmers — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:15:16 MST

@rastaman4200: The Bowl system will make millions on these kids. Giving them a Wii or an iPod Touch is peanuts compared to the money being made from the college players. Plus, this is through the official BCS system, not a local business giving a player a $60,000 a year "internship."

Super_Nintendo_Chalmers

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Rastaman4200 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:09:29 MST

that is ridiculous...they can go buy a wii anytime and they are given one for playing in a bowl game...i thought we couldnt pay college atheletes?

Rastaman4200

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KM91 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:58:37 MST

Don't even think about it.I'm a Florida Gator fan.

KM91

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Fonzy — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:56:05 MST

Wiis? What happened to just getting a medal or trophy or memento of some kind? The money behind CFB is a very shady thing..

Fonzy

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guy_jin — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:24:51 MST

Just another reason to hate jocks.

guy_jin

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mva5580 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:19:46 MST

The "rules" college football make absolutely no sense.

The head coach of the team isn't even allowed by rule to so much as take a kid out to McDonald's for dinner, but these corporate entities can throw all of that stuff in kid's faces without a problem? I just don't get it. And you're telling me there's not a "little extra something" stuffed inside some of those said travel bags?

I absolutely love the game of college football, but their systems are so, so screwed up. Whether it's the BCS or stuff like this, they are very strange.

mva5580

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Sailorcancer — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:54:38 MST

I blame most of the worlds problems on College Football.

Sailorcancer

Can't Find A Wii? Blame College Football

Super_Nintendo_Chalmers — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:54:37 MST

There is no Wii shortage, it's just a preventative measure to keep Tebow from killing the entire planet if he tosses a wii-mote.

Super_Nintendo_Chalmers

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jayntampa — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:51:13 MST

Yay! Gators! My alma mater! Much love for the picture choice, Luke! :D

jayntampa

Can't Find A Wii? Blame College Football

Plastixblue — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:32:39 MST

I would love to have gotten a console when my team made a bowl. But then again we didnt make any Bowls when I was in school so there you go. The price you pay when you are on a middle of the pack Big Ten Team.

And if it was a console that was in as much demand as a the Wii is I would have sold it in a heartbeat. 400 bucks would have ben nice and with the NCAA only letting is make $175 a month at the time,it was tough to have walking around money. Luckly I met my wife my Soph year and she had a pretty good job. lol

Plastixblue

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sadkermit - soon to be banned for standing up to the ummm nazi. — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:22:00 MST

AND?

It's not like they did it just to smash them all up. Also not like the jacked a shipment from Japan either.

sadkermit - soon to be banned for standing up to the ummm nazi.

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naturcrafte — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:14:58 MST

I'll simply pretend all those people I play on SSBB (when it comes out) are all the people who recieved a free Wii or sold one (or more) on Ebay. Kirby'll eat anything. Even offensive linemen.

naturcrafte

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mind in rewind — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:22:18 MST

At least the 'Horns are getting some Wiis.

mind in rewind

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DELETED — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:21:38 MST

I wonder how many of those went on ebay?

DELETED

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MJDeviant — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:07:11 MST

My Buckeyes can keep the Wiis as long as they don't embarrass themselves this year. And I ope they don't get them until after the game....PRACTICE HARD!!!

MJDeviant

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Frank — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:03:38 MST

Freaking jocks get all the breaks in life. =_=;;;

Frank

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Eltigro — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:29:16 MST

I'm sure that they are only getting them Wii's so that they can work out over the off season... right?

Eltigro

Can't Find A Wii? Blame College Football

Vileyaser — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:56:10 MST

so what.

Vileyaser

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ca$h — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:43:27 MST

No FCS love, eh?

ca$h

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Soldier_CLE — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:36:02 MST

I'm a little biased, since I graduated from Ohio State, so I'm happy for my Buckeyes to be getting Wiis this year.

Though I'm still having a hard time picturing James Laurenitis playing a game of Mario Party 8 with Jim Tressel. Maybe that would be cause enough for a commercial of it's own?

Soldier_CLE

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Anemone — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:34:21 MST

@InsomniaBob: Pretty much so ^_^ lol.

Anemone

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Insomnia Bob — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:28:29 MST

@Anemone: ...wow, any excuse to unleash the inner audio-nerd, huh? :P

Insomnia Bob

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Anemone — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:21:55 MST

@RagnarokAngel: Lucky for you, then you can buy a good set of headphones instead! All joking aside, if you want headphones your best bet depends on the type you want. For sub $100 non-earbud types the best are Koss Porta-pro, Sennheiser PX100, and the Grado SR60. The specific one depends on the type of music and look you're going for. The Kosses are from the 80's and look it. The Senns are rather nice for general use in my opinion, and the Grados are best for rock music. For inner ear types, well, I don't know I don't really enjoy inner ear ones, but I hear good things about Etymotic Research for what it's worth.

Anemone

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Anemone — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:11:19 MST

@Ghede: You actually don't need your spleen. It's just nice for fighting off infections.

Anemone

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RagnarokAngel — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:09:19 MST

@Baff:
Which is exactly what my room mate will be doing. And selling those absolutely sick Skullcandy Headphones he got...And he wouldn't even consider giving me a discount...Football - pshhhh.

RagnarokAngel

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silkylove — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:04:00 MST

I think it's cool that they're getting Wiis, but then again, I've had one since launch8)

silkylove

Can't Find A Wii? Blame College Football

tornaydo — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:00:57 MST

The real question now is how much is going to cost to build the bridge. Y'know, the one you can use to get over it.

tornaydo

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theherlihyboy — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:54:40 MST

*gets his torch and pitchfork*

Burn them...Burn them ALL!

...>_>

theherlihyboy

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El-Suave — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:52:16 MST

Most of these will end up on Ebay anyway. Aren't most of the recipients the core Xbox demographic after all?

El-Suave

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Baff — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:44:32 MST

Don't worry, you can vent twice. Most of them either already have a wii or don't want one, so they will be popping up on ebay real soon...

Baff

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darkzero — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:33:46 MST

Boo football, i got my wii already before this happened. watching football on tv sucks and boring at the same time.

darkzero

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MrXmas — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:26:45 MST

Hm, so my entire college team and staff are getting Wiis? I should've been a walk-on.

MrXmas

Can't Find A Wii? Blame College Football

Shockeh — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:24:11 MST

I'd probably be happy to vent in person. After all, this is the sport where my cynical English self must mock the players as they strap on three metric tonnes of padding. Damn pansies.

Of course, this is in no way validated by my ability to sit 6,000 miles away, anonymous behind the Internet. Honest.

See those little dots in the background? That's the sight of 750 Wiimotes flying into the air as all the straps break simultaneously.

Shockeh

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holytramp — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:17:45 MST

That's only 750 Wiis out of tens of thousands. Agreed scalpers are the worst party out of this Wii fiasco, even then I'll be keeping my spleen to prevent it going on eBay for more than the MRSP.

holytramp

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Molbork — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:15:40 MST

Man, I really want to sell my Wii since it will be a while before another game comes out worth playing and that my friend is a manager at gamestop and I would pretty much know the moment they drop off the truck(ask the manager nicely and reserve alot of stuff he does it for good customers).

But the freakin thing is tied to My Nintendo crap and I have VC games that I can't transfer. Which I shouldn't have bought since emulators exist....anyways it makes it a lot harder to part with.

Molbork

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Insomnia Bob — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:11:41 MST

No, I think I'll save my spleen for the Ebay scalpers.
But then, I've owned a Wii since the summer, so my rage is tempered.

Insomnia Bob

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VenoMuS — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:11:25 MST

i'll boo them in person, i can take care of anything.

NERDS!!!!

VenoMuS

Can't Find A Wii? Blame College Football

akashhhhh — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:11:17 MST

I'm sure those 750 Wii's paid for a nice bit of advertising.

akashhhhh

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Ghede — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:07:44 MST

Huuurgh... Uuuurk... SPLEEEEEEEEEEEEN!

...

Oh god, I think I went past venting and went straight into ejecting. You don't need your spleen, right? Ri-*thud*

Ghede

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Fyren — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:06:08 MST

I got love for college football. I am sure they had tremendous troubles securing their portion of wii's as well.

On the other hand, If I get to see brady or moss handling the nunchuck, I am all for the shortage.

Fyren