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Posted By Austin Yorski about 8 months, 1 week ago
Why not offer both models in both colors?
Update: The Wii U continues to fly off the (future) shelves. It looks like Best Buy is completely sold out of pre-orders for the console, as pointed out by commenters and confirmed by the retailer’s online storefront. It looks like the only place left in North America to reliably ensure a next-gen Nintendo platform is Toys R Us.
Good luck.
Original Story: If you were planning on pre-ordering a Wii U console you might want to hurry up. Reports are coming in that Gamestops everywhere are already out of the black $349.99 “Deluxe” Wii U model, while reserves of the “Basic” $299.99 are “dwindling.” This only seems to apply to pre-orders, so it is unclear if there will be any in stock come November 18th.
Other retailers still have Wii U systems to claim, but strangely, this doesn’t include Amazon. The massive online retailer is currently not accepting any U.S. pre-orders for the new console, although you can still put money down on Wii U games. It is apparent that something is going on behind the scenes between Nintendo and hardware retailers, but the exact machinations are unclear. Is Nintendo purposefully creating a shortage? Is the Wii U really that anticipated? Did Amazon do something to anger The Big N?
We will let you know as soon as possible.
Source: Kotaku
I’m still trying to figure out why Amazon (in America at least) is not taking pre orders for the console itself when they have several listings for pre orders for the games (though I should add, until recently, many of those games were priced as $99.99, making me have a mini heart attack that has since been rectified).
I do hope that Amazon puts it up on their site before too long. I don’t have easy access to places like Best Buy, Gamestop, Toys R’ Us, Walmart, and so forth, and most of those places only reserve the console from what I remember; they won’t ship it to me, which is a little disheartening when you live on an island and your entire daily schedule revolves around a ferry that stops running at 4:30 in the afternoon. T.T
I agree. What is going on, Amazon and Nintendo?
Also, watch out for those zombies at night. Just wait for those stoners with a great dane to fix that.
… Yes, I just made a reference to Scooby Doo on Zombie Island. I am a dork.
Supposedly it’s due to the fiasco that occurred during the 3DS’s sale on Amazon, from what I heard.
Ah well, I broke down and decided to go the rout of Toys R Us. The shipping and tax prices from their online shop suck (ended up tacking on an extra 25 bucks for the final sales price) but hey, I gots me a new console to look forward to. That numbs the pain a bit.
I doubt Nintendo is producing that many until they see demand. Nintendo is launching in mid November so that the opening rush is barely over when Christmas season officially begins.
Smart move, too: the Wii U is expensive, and this keeps inventory low, manufacturing constantly moving, and an occasional “we’re out!” to increase the customer’s perceived value. Really, Really cagey business planning.
That’s surprising. The system looks awesome but the launch lineup doesn’t really. Zombie U, Mario whatever, Pikmin 3, and some recent cross-platform games. The lineup looks like it’s an injection of “catch up” which will allow Nintendo to start releasing cross-platform games almost at the same time as 360 and PS3. Which is good in the long run, but for me offers little at launch.
I’m gonna wait, and watch intently.
BEST BUY IS SOLD OUT ON ITS LIMIT ON DELUX.
ahem sorry for caps.
I said this else where…but the fact that the controller is a “”"”tablet”"”"….scares me. I broke one and to see it be that easy…*shudders* I’m PASSING.
well it looks good for nintendo atlest and as i got it nintendo has upp production of units over the wii launch and has also had a longer production time than the wii had so even if it sells out during chistmas i do not think we are going to see that one year of no units around we had with the wii. more likly jan-fab the coming year you will be able to get one easy.
also the wii launch was stupid my city of over 74k people got a total of 100 units spread out before chistmas. that is nothing but insane
Not even sure why they bothered to sell the 299.99 version since the Deluxe version is a way better deal the standard one will just end up taking up shelf space at stores.
Cheapskate parents, uninformed buyers, take your pick.
I’m neither a cheapskate parent or an uniformed buyer. I’m just poor. Also I already have an external hard drive. A 250gb hard drive. Why pay more when I can just use that?
It comes with a retail game, stand for the system and controller, and 10% off digital purchases for 2 years while also earning points on said purchases to apply toward more stuff. Not just a larger flash drive, which is more useful as something to download things you are unsure of keeping long-term so you don’t push the hard drive to exhaustion or store stuff that you don’t want to disappear if the hard drive should break.
I understand being thrifty and you can’t spend that much, which is fine, but it’s overall a WAY better value.
Plus, I meant those as being the main reasons why the two SKUs exist.
“…and 10% off digital purchases for 2 years while also earning points on said purchases to apply toward more stuff” Correction on this – You basically, from my understanding, get a 10% ‘voucher’ from every purchase that can go towards another purchase.
So you aren’t getting 10% off the purchase itself directly, but after buying $100 worth of stuff, for example, you would have built up a $10 credit to spend on something else.
Huh. If this goes that fast, it looks like my decision of whether to get one on release or not will be made for me. Which may turn to be for the best I suppose. Oh well.
Well, for all the fanboy rage, particularly at Bayonetta 2 being exclusive, that sure happened fucking quickly lol. Sad that I can’t afford to preorder it for myself, though =(.
We have all already learned from the Wii. If you havent pre ordered one already, have fun waiting until Christmas next year to get one.
Amazon UK ARE doing pre-orders.