All the Wiis are Gone...
And the sky is grey.
Man, it's tough to try to write about the Wii without making some lame pun-filled title.
I'm mainly writing to say that I was very shocked at how difficult it was to find a Wii on launch day. Given how many machines were actually shipped in America, I thought there would be some chance of walking into a store and getting one. But maybe the area I live in is too far populated, but as Derek predicted for me, I was unable to obtain one. In fact, Derek is probably mocking that I am so shocked, considering he warned me long ago. At the Best Buy I checked, the employee stated that they had 102 Wiis and there were enough people in line by midnight to purchase them all. At the CostCo, they had 42 consoles and were sold out in 15 minutes. After checking about 4 different places, I could see the writing on the wall. The only way for me to get a Wii was to find a store farther out from where I live. So I gave up the chase, knowing full well I'd be okay not getting one right away. I did get a copy of Twilight Princess, but no console to play it on.
And once again, I performed my eBay check for the Wii this time, only just for curiosity. I swear it is like staring at a car wreck on the freeway, seeing just how far the re-selling madness has gone. At one point today, there were almost 30,000 results when looking for Wii Consoles and clicking on "Systems." The PlayStation 3 had reached similar numbers. But of course, it is noteworthy to mention that while the numbers are similar, obviously a larger percentage of people buying the PlayStation 3 had the intention of reselling it. So it makes me happy to see that a larger percentage of Wiis purchased were actually purchased by people who intended to play and enjoy the system. But regardless of percentages or whatever, even having 28,000 results come back from an eBay search is insane. It's complete madness. I just have to wonder to myself: if eBay had never come into existence, would as many people go and buy these things just to flip for profit? I mean, would they even have an avenue available to them to sell these things?
Regardless of how many are selling on eBay, though, I can pretty much guarantee you I'll wait it out until I can just buy the console myself personally from a store. Zelda is the only game, right now, that I really want to play, and I've got plenty of games to keep me busy in the mean time (like Final Fantasies XII, V, and III for starters, none of which I've actually started yet). So I'm not particularly eager to begin a game that reportedly takes 100 hours to beat.
Anyhow, I'll be continually on the lookout for an opprtunity to get myself a Wii. In the meantime, I'll have to make do with being at least very happy to hear the console doing so well.
- James
Man, it's tough to try to write about the Wii without making some lame pun-filled title.
I'm mainly writing to say that I was very shocked at how difficult it was to find a Wii on launch day. Given how many machines were actually shipped in America, I thought there would be some chance of walking into a store and getting one. But maybe the area I live in is too far populated, but as Derek predicted for me, I was unable to obtain one. In fact, Derek is probably mocking that I am so shocked, considering he warned me long ago. At the Best Buy I checked, the employee stated that they had 102 Wiis and there were enough people in line by midnight to purchase them all. At the CostCo, they had 42 consoles and were sold out in 15 minutes. After checking about 4 different places, I could see the writing on the wall. The only way for me to get a Wii was to find a store farther out from where I live. So I gave up the chase, knowing full well I'd be okay not getting one right away. I did get a copy of Twilight Princess, but no console to play it on.
And once again, I performed my eBay check for the Wii this time, only just for curiosity. I swear it is like staring at a car wreck on the freeway, seeing just how far the re-selling madness has gone. At one point today, there were almost 30,000 results when looking for Wii Consoles and clicking on "Systems." The PlayStation 3 had reached similar numbers. But of course, it is noteworthy to mention that while the numbers are similar, obviously a larger percentage of people buying the PlayStation 3 had the intention of reselling it. So it makes me happy to see that a larger percentage of Wiis purchased were actually purchased by people who intended to play and enjoy the system. But regardless of percentages or whatever, even having 28,000 results come back from an eBay search is insane. It's complete madness. I just have to wonder to myself: if eBay had never come into existence, would as many people go and buy these things just to flip for profit? I mean, would they even have an avenue available to them to sell these things?
Regardless of how many are selling on eBay, though, I can pretty much guarantee you I'll wait it out until I can just buy the console myself personally from a store. Zelda is the only game, right now, that I really want to play, and I've got plenty of games to keep me busy in the mean time (like Final Fantasies XII, V, and III for starters, none of which I've actually started yet). So I'm not particularly eager to begin a game that reportedly takes 100 hours to beat.
Anyhow, I'll be continually on the lookout for an opprtunity to get myself a Wii. In the meantime, I'll have to make do with being at least very happy to hear the console doing so well.
- James
posted by jchensor at
12:35 AM
1 Comments:
I'm in the same boat as you; I have a game--Zelda too--but no system to play it on. Did any of the stores you went to have a bunch of empty Wii boxes lined up on display because they think it's fun to toy with people? I never knew Toys 'R Us could be so sadistic... :(
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