atarian63 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/19/the-hype-is-real-consumers-are-scooping-up-every-available-wii-u/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emehr Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 It's The Great Manufactured Shortage of 2006 all over again. It was fun the first time. I think I'll sit this one out. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Seems like it happens every launch that occurs around the end of the year. Apparently people tend to buy stuff towards the Christmas holiday. Go figure. The Gamestop near me had a stack of them. To be honest though, I'm not sure if they were actual units, or a display of empty boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Don't worry. You'll see hundreds of them on ebay for only $1000 each. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKC Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I pre-ordered mine which is currently in the mail but I was in Best Buy on Sunday to pick up some Christmas gifts and saw a half dozen or so of the basic bundle. All sold out of the deluxe and also the black pro controller. Seems to be selling well then again though, like Emehr said, perhaps it's a manufactured shortage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wood_jl Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 My local Wah-mah had two 32GB Deluxe and one 8GB standard edition, a few hours ago. I thought about buying a Deluxe (or 2?) for Ebay re-selling, but then I saw they seem to be going for $420 to $460, mostly..... (completed listing search with "&_LH_NOB=1.." added to end) http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5574883395&toolid=10001&campid=5336500554&customid=&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_from%3DR40%26_nkw%3Dwii%2520u%252032gb%26rt%3Dnc%26LH_PrefLoc%3D0%26LH_Complete%3D1%26_LH_NOB%3D1.. ......and that doesn't leave much room for profit. They're not going for $500+. Add in the Ebay fees, plus the possibility that you'll get scammed with a chargeback/etc. and it ain't worth the risk. Good news is, you can get one for $350 down the street at Wah-mah. Once again, I chuckle at pre-orders. Pre-order is a willing service FOR THE STORE, not for the customer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Is it a manufacturing shortgage or just resellers doing what resellers do? A basketball game can sell all it's tickets without all the seats being full. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Man I'm still just not even remotely interested in this console. First time that's EVER happened. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 This is the first game system where I don't even give a crap. Do I want it? Sure. I'll try any game console. Can I wait, yes. I have over 100 games from this generation that I haven't even played yet. They are making it faster than I can even care to keep up with. I get more curmudgeonly every day. In with the old and I don't care about the new. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Same old same old. I'm confident however that when I decide I'm going to buy one (i.e. over the next 3 years or so) that I will have absolutely zero problems finding one. Then again, if I walk into a Target in May 2015 and there is no Wii U's available, I'll owe exactly 10 of you a dime. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Is it a manufactured shortage? Maybe. Does it need to be? No. In the last 10 years, game consoles have really become hot general-purpose Christmas gifts, in the same category as digital cameras and iPods. Back when all this gen's systems were still new, I remember a LOT of people would come into the store wanting to buy a Wii for Aunt Suzy and her 56 kids. If the Wii was sold out, they'd take a PS3. If the PS3 was sold out, they'd take a 360. If the 360 was out, they'd take a PS2. But dammit, they were going to have ONE of those game consoles, and it didn't matter which one. Consequently, it became impossible to have any game-playing hardware in stock around December. Things have changed a little. The economy has been struggling longer, and smartphones are a bigger factor now. However, Christmas is still Christmas and I'm betting a lot of these consoles are disappearing just so someone can check a name off their shopping list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Yeah I remember the crap with the DS lite systems the year I gave one to each of my four kids. Got three fine. Then the fourth was impossible because they were out everywhere. It wasn't even new. It was just the holidays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 By the time good games start coming out there will be units available. I don't think you'll see shortages lasting as long as the Wii one did. Nintendo got caught off guard with the Wii, they've learned with the Wii-U and won't make the same mistake twice. This is just the normal launch time/holiday shortage. Everyone console has that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wood_jl Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 By the time good games start coming out there will be units available. I don't think you'll see shortages lasting as long as the Wii one did. Nintendo got caught off guard with the Wii, they've learned with the Wii-U and won't make the same mistake twice. This is just the normal launch time/holiday shortage. Everyone console has that. Agreed. Plus, although the population continues to grow, the population's gaming interest is spread over 10x more devices than it was, when the original Wii came out. Add to that the fact that the Wii U isn't comparatively cheap (vs. original Wii, or the competing consoles) and there's just less demand than there was, 6 years ago. The original Wii shortages were simply stunning, as long as they went on for. Considering my speculative facts here, I question whether we'll ever see anything like that original Wii shortage, again. Perhaps for an iPad-type device, but I doubt it for ANY game console, in this modern era of Entertainment Overload. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Theres no economic downturn here. Things never slowed down. Cept our mutal funds that sank cause of the wall street/US ties to our markets. Were all ready to buy the wii u buy the dozen..Looks great you can use the wii motion controller. I can never go back to a pad for a modern system. I tried ps3 with the dark muttled background and the controller yuk. Who cares about the graphics when I am moving a stick around to shoot someone. I would rather point my wii shotgun and kill em and yeah I play games always standing up .. I never play a game longer than 30 min anyways... dont have time.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Was at Wal-mart today. They had both models (DOZENS OF THEM) and no one was looking, buying, or playing the demo... NO ONE. The display case was 100% filled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 (edited) Hmm none here selling for 800.00 on classifieds. Wonder if I can import them to canada? Might be like the wii never got one till 08 when I could easily find them on the shelves.. I never rush around or line up for nothing. why? Its come one of these years. it will be new to me. Too bad they dont make enough for demand. Market b4 christmas is the key I guess. Edited November 21, 2012 by Jinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Well, I want one, but it aint happening any time soon, based on the old bank balance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarian63 Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 (edited) both local toys r us are sold out. have not checked anywhere else yet but have to relatives who want one so will start checking tomorrow again. Edited November 21, 2012 by atarian63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Happen to drop by a Target, GameStop, Best Buy and Walmart. No Wii U's anywhere to be found. Target had two pre-orders sitting in the back that had not been picked up yet. Gamestop said that they were still filling their pre-orders and people on the waiting list might not see any till January. BestBuy the guy said he had just sold the last one (white) an hour ago. There were plenty of release games there available for sale, as well as some accessories. Walmart.. the guy seemed kinda clueless. But he claimed that they had not even received any Wii-U's yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Well Tennessee sales tax is 9.75% but they have em in McMinnville, TN - PLENTY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Well that's a bit out of my way. Breezed by a few more stores.... bone dry.. Apparently they didn't make it to this part of the states. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Phruby Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 This is just Nintendo's way of building up demand. They are purposely holding back product to get free publicity. It worked last time for the Wii. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAtari2600 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Master is right however nobody will publicly say this so the general public understands the tactic.. so it will probably work again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbid Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 i stopped at a best buy last night, there was a bunch of opened cartons in front of the display and two deluxe models on the display. i picked up one of the two. i think there will be shortages through the holidays, but they wont be impossible to find. and kudos to nintendo for shipping with an HDMI cable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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