Actually, you might be able to buy a Wii - Nintendo
Even without a pre-order.
Nintendo UK has responded to claims that it will be near impossible to get hold of a Wii before next year if you haven't pre-ordered.
"There are many hundreds of retailers across the UK who do not take pre-orders and as such will have stock available from launch," a spokesperson told Eurogamer this afternoon.
"We are pulling out all the stops to replenish stock in the run up to Christmas with regular multiple deliveries to all retailers across the UK in the hope that we can supply Wii to everyone who wants one this Christmas."
This after Hamish Thompson of DSG Group - the parent company of High Street retailers like Currys and PC World, as well as dixons.co.uk - told our sister site GamesIndustry.biz that he expected all subsequent 2006 deliveries to go towards fulfilling backed-up pre-orders.
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Please name one in London!
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* nunchuck
* rgb cable
* classic controller
* super monkey ball
though. I've never understood why this happens with console launches, surely now is the time to provide the extras while people are laying out a fair sum of money?
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Bizarre.
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Its an outrage i tell you, whoever is responsible should be bought to justice!
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Peej
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'Cutting edge' isn't just about who has the most polycounts and gigaflops and mippety-maps and hippety-hops, yaknow.
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have you played one yet?
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Don't get me wrong, I use to own a PS2 (and then caught myself on), and they're were a few good games for it, plus there looks to be a few good games on the new console, but not that many.
I think I'll be buying an Xbox 360 as my second console, in about a year or two, not going anywhere near that PS3.
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Zomoniac : I've got two pre-orders in, one from Woolies, one from Comet. Haven't heard a peep out of Comet, unsurprisingly.
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My gf is getting me the Wii as an Xmas present, and we're picking it up from game tomorrw, but now I have to see if I can get over £200 + worth of games and accessoires, that I had previously ordered from Play.com. I'm really annoyed with them, I thought tey were mre professional than that.
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Oh yes Nintendo are only doing it for the love of gaming and any fuckups can't possibly be their fault. It was probably the evil US retailers hijacking Euro shipments and diverting them that meant the US had such a good launch and we're getting the shaft...again.
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My local Asda isn't getting any.
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The only thing I wasn't able to reserve were any additional Wiimote's or nunchucks, as they said they weren't sure how many they were getting. But they do have copies of Wii Play, one of which I've added to my bundle, so I'm happy.
When I pop in, I'll just see what they have and maybe try to get another two Wiimotes and another nunchuck. But at the moment two Wiimotes and a single nunchuck is all I need. I'd rather not spend too much on a bunch of Wiimotes that I'm not going to use that much at the moment anyway.
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I got it eventually mid/late January.
They also cocked up my oblivion preorder.
Now I'll go to a highstreet shop if I want anything on launch day.
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I'm not telling but if I found one (I've only been in england for a year) there must be more than one.
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I sure as hell can't think of one, but now Nintendo have let me down by getting mine stuck in Germany I have all day to search for one in the stores.
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* nunchuck
* rgb cable
* classic controller
* super monkey ball "
all wrong on that except the RGB cable.
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so i will be there before it opens hopeing to get one of the 8 they have.
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sorry to here that mate, i've been using play for years and have (touch wood) never had a problem with them...
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Game and Gamestation said no chance and that they had two two pre-order lists, one for the launch day and one for the next shippment. WHSmiths said that they were only getting one and they had three preorders to fill and Currys said they had 5 consoles and all of them has been preordered.
I'm not gonna run about or hang around in queues to get one so I'll just wait it out until maybe jan, feb or even march.
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Also see NES vs MasterSystem, Super NES vs Megadrive, N64 Vs PS or even PS2 vs GC/XBOX.
There's also other factors that come into play like cost, useability, features, timing, availability, marketing and ease and cost of development for 3rd parties.
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Not me though...I'm staying up playing Portable Ops online, waiting for the postie to get some Wii on my carpet!
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On the night got a Wii branded scarf (fleece and warm) a silver heat blanket. A rubber monkey ball and a white and blue wii baseball cap. There was free pizza and once inside a glass of wine to wash it down.
A few guys pushed into the queue. I had one of them thrown out as there is the "Oh look a mate near the front" which we all try so kudos for that and then the "I'll talk to a guy near the front and then go in with him!" bollocks that this guy tried.
So I have my Wii and Zelda. Haven't opened iot yet as I have no component cable and I have a hi-def TV so don't want to view this in fuzzy vision non widescreen!
I spoke to some guys in the queue as we waited (since 5pm after work!) and found then to be cool and just as geeky as me. The queues were going strong as I left just after 12pm and some lucky sod won a wii with 5 games! Got gift cards for the first 100 there (of which I was one) but mine had 1.80 on it while the guy who I handed my card to had 18 pounds on his. Couldn't find out who got the 180 quid ones!
All in all a good launch. The Wii is the only console I would have gone to a launch event for so I'm well chuffed it went so well.
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(so no second wiimote), but got Zelda. Should keep me going to xmas
me thinks.
Oh yeah, was told there were no component cables available in Ireland
yet. Bummer.
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*Goes to pick up preorder*
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Game would have sold out of peripherals during pre-order. We got given a tick list as we entered last night and simply handed it to the staff at the counter. Most people read it and ticked controllers, nunchuks, zelda (we joked that zelda should have had it's tick printed on the form already as everyone would want that).
I'm guessing that by the end of today there will be few remotes and nunchuks left in england!
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Given that Play, Amazon & Gameplay have all let me down on the accessory front, could you enlighten me on how I'm completely wrong?
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Cheers for that, i wasn't offered the option to pre order any peripherals, but really should have. Can't grumble though, was third in line this morning, and have Wii Play and Zelda. Lol about the tick list and Zelda though. Everyone i spoke to today was buying it. Reckon Wiiplay will be close on its heals though, just because of the wiimote. Smooth operation at game this morning. No problems whatsoever, and after an hour of wii sports i already feel like its the best £180 i've ever spent. Now i just have to manage to get through the day!
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God speed Wii men/women"
Are you a bit retarded or something?
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• 2 copies of Zelda, (1 for my kid bro for Xmas)
• 2 Memory Cards, (Again 1 for my kid bro for Xmas)
• 1 Wii Play
• 2 nunchuks, (Yes you guessed it right, one for my bro)
But I forgot to get an extra Wii Remote for my bro, but have one booked on Play.com from months ago, so should get one after Xmas.
It sucks though, I'm in work now and won't get home till bout 7 this evening! But my boss bought one this morning as well and he said he was gonna set it up to the tv later!
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DS: 918,000
PS2: 664,000
GBA: 641,000
XBox360: 511,000
Wii: 476,000*
PSP: 412,000
PS3: 197,000**
* Nintendo had reported 600,000 sold. After the NPD report came out they clarified this to be "for all the Americas" rather than just the USA.
** about what EA predicted and half Sony's target
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Not sure why so many PS2 got sold. I imagine people will not be too chuffed to get that for christmas. Also suprised at the PSP sales figures as i know quite a few people in the states and they all say there isn't any demand for it anymore due to the crap games.
360 is doing well, though we all kind of knew it was going to be a 360Wii christmas. The PS3 is disapointing nearly every one who buys it regardless of how fanboy there are. There are few in England even bothered that it exists and the undercurrent in the USA seems similar.