Dante Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 With the Holidays just around the corner desperate parents are looking everywhere to find a Wii for their kids just in time for Christmas. Their chances of actually finding one are pretty slim though, as retailers across the world report incredible demand which they sadly can’t satisfy. For example, last week, when the stock at Amazon was finally renewed, 1.400 Nintendo Wii were sold in just ten minutes, and Dixons.co.uk sold thousands of consoles in just 2 hours. The global shortage of Wii consoles made its price skyrocket on sites like Ebay, where some people are selling them for somewhere around $600 (second hand). And they actually might sell them since the only places where you can find a brand new Wii these days are the shops that are bundling them with 5 games at a very high price. And it’s not like Nintendo isn’t producing enough consoles fast enough, poor guys are working their butts of to ship out 1.8 million systems a month but it’s just nowhere near enough. I’d hate to be in the shoes of a parent telling his offspring he couldn’t get him what he wanted the most. It’s not like children understand about shortages, demand and such. www.gameater.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emasher Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 I’d hate to be in the shoes of a parent telling his offspring he couldn’t get him what he wanted the most. It’s not like children understand about shortages, demand and such. Especially when they think "santa" builds the toys in his shop. Could just get them something smaller for christmas, and then a picture of a wii and tell then that they're going to get them one when they can find one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerMonkey Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 buy the wii box and inside put a piece of paper saying "OWNED!" Merry fucking christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCK Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 I wonder what Wii sales would really be without this production bottleneck. Nintendo could up production with 50% and still be short if it's really this bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero-of-Time Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 buy the wii box and inside put a piece of paper saying "OWNED!" Merry fucking christmas LMBO Post of the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 buy the wii box and inside put a piece of paper saying "OWNED!" Merry fucking christmas Simply awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triforcemario Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 buy the wii box and inside put a piece of paper saying "OWNED!" Merry fucking christmas WINNAR! Or is he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Most kids today are spoilt brats. Parents need to learn to say no to kids, like it should be. When I was a kid I did not have everything I wanted. And people should learn to manage their finances in stead of buying every piece of crap kids want. Of course you have to buy toys for kids, I'm just saying not everything they demand. Kids must hear a few "noes" in order to become proper balanced adults. And balanced kids also. I see way too much shit from kids today and their stupid parents do nothing to educate them better. buy the wii box and inside put a piece of paper saying "OWNED!" Merry fucking christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolness Bears Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 buy the wii box and inside put a piece of paper saying "OWNED!" Merry fucking christmas LOL!!! You have one the thread!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmellow Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 LMBO Post of the day! Nah... Post of the month! Brilliant post BeerMonkey! May sell my Wii on eBay if people are getting $600 for 'em... I haven't played it in a month. May get one later when some good games are out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerMonkey Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 looked eariler and a wii with wii sports sold for just over £300 not going to thou as wanna get GH3 for the wii soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zechs Merquise Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 buy the wii box and inside put a piece of paper saying "OWNED!" Merry fucking christmas lol truly awesome. Great sales too, to say a year old console still sells out in minutes says a lot about the change in this market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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