Will the shortages continue in 2008?

[Red-Blue]

Originally Posted by Leonidas

Except the next nintendo will be backwards compatible, so try 10-12, at which point we'll have fiber optics and you'll be able to buy Wii games on VC, so it's more like until the end of time.

Time is such a fad though.

You can stop now...

The shortages are a real bummer. I own a wii, but people bought 4 before the shortage at xmas (at £180) and are now selling them at like £300, much like the ebay business! Wish i had done that now as well, made a lot!

[Descendency]

Originally Posted by Neon Genesis

Yeah. Long lasting. I see the fad dying out in about 4-5 years or so.

Yea, they will have the next console on fast track by then and Wiis will be 99$.

[thedude41]

As for shortages of Wii's continuing into 2008, I haven't seen any Wii's in stock at any of the stores where I live. They're almost impossible to come by here.

[cmdr_keen]

I was in the store last week, just checking out the games. There was a man who was asking for a wii, and the store gal said that they didn't even hit the shelves. Even though they get a larger shipment, because they buy larger amount of (crap) games, they just can't fill in the demand.

Alot of people who wanted one for christmas/ny will be getting one in the next couple of weeks. I don't see the "fad" dying yet

EDIT: i guess the wii will slow down when xbox gets another pricecut, effectively placing the arcade below the wii at pricepoint. As microsoft pricecuts after sony, this is a on-hold until ps3 needs another boost (resulting in an even larger boost for both xbox and wii when they need to pricecut)

[DarkSky]

well, here in Germany there aren't many lying around, but at least one is in every store i looked. Perhaps the shortage is in the US only?

But we totally have a Wii-Mote shortage. Only via Amazon I could get another one.

[Leonidas]

Just buy another wii.

[Chibi Kitsune]

why pay 250 for another remote?

and it's not like someone's gonna buy the Wii from you without the remote

i got my wii before the christmas rush so i don't know. but i am guessing that their waiting for brawl for people who don't have wii's. when brawl comes out some people wii be picking up a wii as well

i don't think that the x-box 360 wiil be selling much even if they do do a pricecut thanks to brawl

Originally Posted by cmdr_keen

I was in the store last week, just checking out the games. There was a man who was asking for a wii, and the store gal said that they didn't even hit the shelves. Even though they get a larger shipment, because they buy larger amount of (crap) games, they just can't fill in the demand.

Alot of people who wanted one for christmas/ny will be getting one in the next couple of weeks. I don't see the "fad" dying yet

EDIT: i guess the wii will slow down when xbox gets another pricecut, effectively placing the arcade below the wii at pricepoint. As microsoft pricecuts after sony, this is a on-hold until ps3 needs another boost (resulting in an even larger boost for both xbox and wii when they need to pricecut)