Nintendo slightly underestimated their own capabilities again.
Grr. I want to get one of these before Christmas, or even at Christmas, but i have to get a car this Christmas so I'm looking at a maybe January Febuary buy for me.
I'll be amazed if they could actually sell that many, that fast. Considering your average person/casual gamer doesn't know anything about the Wii right now.
I highly doubt that few people know about it. Every single game store in the UK has a Wii E3/GC video playing and a pre-order offer, and Nintendo doesn't even do well in the UK usually. If game stores in the US aren't doing something similar then I'd be extremely surprised.
Game stores in the US are all about appealing to HARDCORE PEOPLE WITH HARDCORE HALO SKILLZ.
They definitely won't sell that many that fast, gotta agree with Ant on this. But still, that's a **** ton of Wiis and could only ensure they satisfy everyone who wants one.
It a launch in a holiday period, it's an extremely appealing console with plenty of availability with a very low price. It might not sell out, but it will sell through those initial units very quickly.
In two months? I don't know. Could happen, but I'll definitely be surprised.
There also won't be any PS3s? Demand for it is sure as hell greater than demand for 360 if you look at how well it's been selling and condsider the fact that most people are split between PS3 or 360 but will also get a Wii. I'm quite convinced that Nintendo will sell as many Wiis as they can make in it's first year. Wii is basically DS, but with a decent launch and a great followup.
I'm sure this is a stunt. They were manufacturing them back in September, and they only thought they'd have two million by November? Come on.
Well if it is a stunt then I'm not complaining. Underpromising and over delivering is cool.
Rather than delaying your system for a year and a half? :)
You're forgetting that it's not just the US and Europe buying them, it's Japan too. There are only 100,000 PS3s for Japan on launch, Wii is the only option, and Japan is Nintendo NUTS right now.
Yeah, I figure they'll sell out no problem down there. EU and US won't be any slouches either. But man, that's a lot. That's all I'm saying. I'll be happy as hell if they make it though. It's one hell of an accomplishment. I don't think anyone has ever done it before. Even five million would amaze me, actually.
I think selling through all those units will be unlikely but the Wii will certainly sell well. Blame on the holiday season or the fanboys if you will.
I hope it doesn't sell out, that way I'll have a chance to get one after the holiday season if I choose to. But chances are I won't get it for a long while so it doesn't matter too much. Like once it has something good on it besides a bunch of ports and Zelda, which I'll just get on gamecube.
[quote=Last Fog]I hope it doesn't sell out, that way I'll have a chance to get one after the holiday season if I choose to. But chances are I won't get it for a long while so it doesn't matter too much.
They're gonna make more after Christmas, moron.
We should call the DHS.
...what.
Yeah, it's Madden. So? By that logic, NHL 2k7 is the same game as NHL 07.
Precisely.
[quote=Last Fog] How soon after Christmas, cause there's no way they're selling 9 or more million is two months.
Oh, not for a good 2 years at least. They have to let their legions of trained gibbons rest for a bit.
Are you stupid? They're gonna keep producing Wiis right after the holiday season, all throughout the year.
[quote=Last Fog]And here we go with the controller again, I was gonna mention that in my last post, guessing someone (probably you) would bring it up. They're still ports. Madden by any controller is still Madden. When I say ports I mean a game that's been on one platform for awhile, brought to another. Its bull**** to say that well they added new features so its not a port. It's customary now to add something to most ports, otherwise no one would want them. Like RE4 on PS2, regardless of a few new weapons and costumes, it's a ****ing port.
All versions of Madden are ports of the original Genesis version because it's the same game just bumped to different systems with improvements.
Difference is you're acting like the ports on Wii are bad, as if they're straight ports with absolutely nothing added to them, like most of the ports the GC got from PS2. You're wrong, gameplay is vastly improved because of the controller and they all have extra features built into them. Even COD3, the most half-arsed port on the system is said to play as "an entirely different game", for the better.
You do realize that not everyone in the world is going to prefer the new controller. Just because something is new and different doesn't make it any better. Yeah, Madden uses the Wiimote, I get it. That doesnt mean ****. You can't say all these games will play better with the Wiimote. You haven't even used it yet. And if when you do your opinion stays, that won't speak for everyone. I honestly think the majority of games that will truly work well with it are those made for it.
[quote=Last Fog]I honestly think the majority of games that will truly work well with it are those made for it.
You're quite wrong, the majority of games that will work well are those that aren't made for it.
Everyone that's used it has preferred it. Sorry. :(
I may just ban you for your inability to understand sarcasm!:)
Yeah, even I would've caught that :(
9 million in 2 months? The Gamecube has only 21 million total. There is no way they will even sell half the 9 million in that period. Xbox 360 sold out, but there wasnt 8.5 million people who missed out at launch.
Althogh it would be nice to see Nintendo get off to a great start I dont see it happening with no mario, metriod or SBB. I see the Wii building as the DS has, limited sales at launch, then a "everyone game" comes out and everyone buys one.
Most people arnt early adoptors of technology, most like to actualy see what the product is and does before they buy it, and a poster on a wall cant possibly show what the Wii is cappable of.
The only way Nintendo are selling 9 million Wii's in 2 months is if Speadfreak buys most of them.
That is true. Most people don't easily adapt to new technologies without first being exposed to them and getting used to them. I've met a few people who fear a change in gaming and classic methods of playing due to the innovations of the Wii. There are many who have years of experience with the regular controllers and don't wish to see them change anytime soon. The Wiimote scares them.
I just want to nun-chuck it into someone's head... it seems so much more appealing. But that doesn't mean I won't get it and try it, just an impulse at first glance.
Anyhow, I see it as possible that the Wii will sell so many, especially after Xbox 360's stunt with under stocking (Premeditated or not.). It seems like a logical move for them to overstock even. The only bad part about over stocking though, is that the first generation systems sometimes have major issues in their construction that are weeded out as time goes by.
I find it wierd people complain about the Wii's price. As far as I know older consoles were priced roughly the same.
A lot of people expected $200, so anything higher is too expensive.
The people actually expecting $200 (and not just hoping) were idiots, though. Less than $250 means $249.99.
...you're going to pull up a post proving I said it would be $200, aren't you?
Also, I knew a few people who were excited over getting a 360 when it was launched and the hype was up, but after short supplies they had to wait, and by the time they were able to get one their hype and excitment was gone, therefore they never even got one. :(
Yeah but for every person that did that, there was at least another one that bought it because they went into a shop and it was magically in stock, so grabbed it when they had the chance even though they didn't want it.