Ok Nintendo, Mii and you have a Wii problem

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Ok Nintendo, Mii and you have a Wii problem

Post by Jongamer »

Ok nintendo is really starting to piss me off :evil:

Them and their Damed Marketing stratagy is really pissing me off, only shipping like 2 or 3 Wiis to Big stores across the country when they are fully capable of Shipping al least 10-25 Wiis to major stores acrossed the Country (United States BTW for you Europeans) Nation availability for a Wii right now on Itrakr.com is a measly 4% and the Wii has been out for MONTHS.

I don't beleive that they arnt producing enough, and I don't beleave they are running out of room to store them till they are shipped, they are just doing a F*en half-witted Marketing stratagy that is selling more xbox 360s than Wiis, because people are getting so damned tired of waiting to get a Wii they go ahead and buy a 360

The only people that seem to be snatching up Wiis are the Ebay fagets and people just stumble into the store when they just got a shipment ans say "Oh this looks nice!" or "Did'nt Billy want one of those?" and they snatch it up.

It seems like people either with no lives, or that love to wait in the bitter cold in front of a store for people to stare and and say they are crazy, or are just so damned luckly/ or have cash flowing out of their pockets to buy them off Auction sites(Ebay/Amazon), are the only ones that seem to be able to get them.

Hell I had a better chance of getting a Wii on Release day then now.

OK just thought I'de get that off my chest, so I'm done with my rant now :D
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Post by jeroen »

You say there perfectly capable. But i'm not sure bout that. And those peopel that you say say didn't billy want one of those? Don't they have equal right to a wii as you?
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grow up this is the big world of marketing, and BTW everyone is so baffeled why I have a Wii, I went down to gamestop, made a decent relationship with the guys behind the counter, and they hooked me up by telling me when they started taking pre-orders, get over it the only reason you don't have one is your fault
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jeroen wrote:You say there perfectly capable. But i'm not sure bout that. And those peopel that you say say didn't billy want one of those? Don't they have equal right to a wii as you?
I'm not mad at them I'm just saying they are just freakishly luckly to find one, if they ever because I F*en Ebay entrepenures (I spelled that wrong) In a 40 mile raduis around my home town, there are over 47 Ebay auctions for wii, and probably another 50 people selling em on Amazon.
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Krepticor wrote:grow up this is the big world of marketing, and BTW everyone is so baffeled why I have a Wii, I went down to gamestop, made a decent relationship with the guys behind the counter, and they hooked me up by telling me when they started taking pre-orders, get over it the only reason you don't have one is your fault
No not really I have a Life, I go to school, I study, I have no car or ride to take me where ever and whenever I want, I have no time to guess when they are getting shipments and calling 20 plus stores a day just to get the same answer.
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Well stil. Grow up. Maybe I shouldn't be saying this I have a wii. But I pre-orderd mine in time. And got it 2 weeks later. Did you even try and pre-order it? This is a big market. If nintendo chooses to take it easy and get lesser units to stores as a marketing strategy that's their right. You can't be mad at them for trying to make more people buy it.
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I DIDN'T do ANY OF THAT! READ MY DAMN POST!

I didn't GUESS I KNEW!

I didn't call, I visted when they announced PS3 pre-orders and I though hey the Wii comes out ONE DAY afterwards and they could TELL ME WHEN and BTW the PS3 announcements were on friking FOX NEWS!

And I am taking 17 hrs. of a demanding college work-lod and holding down Two yes two jobs! I haven't really played my wii enough to count for anything! Hows that for a life!

Now I am going to refuse to post anymore since this is considered flaming and I don't feel like getting in trouble!
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Krepticor wrote:I DIDN'T do ANY OF THAT! READ MY DAMN POST!

I didn't GUESS I KNEW!

I didn't call, I visted when they announced PS3 pre-orders and I though hey the Wii comes out ONE DAY afterwards and they could TELL ME WHEN and BTW the PS3 announcements were on friking FOX NEWS!

And I am taking 17 hrs. of a demanding college work-lod and holding down Two yes two jobs! I haven't really played my wii enough to count for anything! Hows that for a life!

Now I am going to refuse to post anymore since this is considered flaming and I don't feel like getting in trouble!
Ya but not everybody know somone that can hint them on where and when they can get one.

geez can't a person get pissed anymore with getting the Hell flamed out of em.
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jeroen wrote:Well stil. Grow up. Maybe I shouldn't be saying this I have a wii. But I pre-orderd mine in time. And got it 2 weeks later. Did you even try and pre-order it? This is a big market. If nintendo chooses to take it easy and get lesser units to stores as a marketing strategy that's their right. You can't be mad at them for trying to make more people buy it.
What so I dont have the right to get mad?
Meh I'll get a 360 sooner than I'll get a Wii.
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Re: Ok Nintendo, Mii and you have a Wii problem

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Jongamer wrote:It seems like people either with no lives, or that love to wait in the bitter cold in front of a store for people to stare and and say they are crazy, or are just so damned luckly/ or have cash flowing out of their pockets to buy them off Auction sites(Ebay/Amazon), are the only ones that seem to be able to get them.
Hey, I camped out, are you saying I don't have a life?

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Re: Ok Nintendo, Mii and you have a Wii problem

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Super Cameraman wrote:
Jongamer wrote:It seems like people either with no lives, or that love to wait in the bitter cold in front of a store for people to stare and and say they are crazy, or are just so damned luckly/ or have cash flowing out of their pockets to buy them off Auction sites(Ebay/Amazon), are the only ones that seem to be able to get them.
Hey, I camped out, are you saying I don't have a life?

-Super
No I am not sayin' that, Im just saying somethings come up and I wasnt able to camp, and the thing accually involved life which prevented me from getting a Wii by camping.
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Post by Triton »

this is a stupid thread, recent numbers show that the wii is outselling both xbox360 and ps3. its all about supply and demand, there is MASSIVE demand for the wii and a limited supply. i HIGHLY doubt that nintendo is holding back wiis. its a plain fact that more wiis are going to go to more populated areas (california new york etc) and that more rural places and smaller cities are going to get less wiis. i highly doubt this is a marketing stratagy at all

info!
http://kotaku.com/gaming/stats/graphing ... 238655.php
http://gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=22913
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Post by Jongamer »

Ok ok, srry bout the rant, I should have kept it to myself. Ok Ill admit it I dont have a life and I probably never will, but things happen In life that forced me to be unable to camp or reserve a Wii.
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Post by bgnome »

sounds like a bunch of excuses to me. i got my wii on launch day but they pop up on online retailers every week or so since. you just need better resources..
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Post by jeroen »

I got my wii two weeks after launch. (yup limited supply) It's just that we didn't have camp outs like you americans. Just learn to pre-order in time.
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