- Joined
- May 29, 2004
- Location
- South Carolina
I can confirm that there wasn't a shortage of wii's or their controllers where I live. And I don't live in some backwater town with no gamers.
-
Welcome to Overclockers Forums! Join us to reply in threads, receive reduced ads, and to customize your site experience!
Nintendo says "NO!" to Cross-Platform Games
- Thread starter rainless
- Start date
OP
- Joined
- Jul 20, 2006
- Thread Starter
- #22
I think it's not so much the Wii's success as Microsoft's complete and utter FAILURE to even come close to capturing the Japanese market. If you were to nix Japan Nintendo would still be behind. But they're ahead because of Microsoft's arrogance.
And I don't think the word I was looking for was "sold" (in regards to the wiimotes). That's the one thing that WASN'T happening.
- Joined
- Apr 5, 2001
- Location
- St. Catharines, Ontario Canada
Europe got much nicer packaging than we did 
FudgeNuggets
Member
- Joined
- Mar 2, 2006
- Location
- Gone Racing
Europe got much nicer packaging than we did
Yeah, but you think we pay more in CDN $ than US $ ? They pay WAAAAAAAAY more in Euros (after conversion) than we would ever think about paying.
FWIW: When I got my Wii, I had to run all over town to find a nunchuck controller but they're a dime a dozen now. I even see some of out EB stores with banners up proclaiming "We have Wii!!!". There have been a few occasions when I have been in a store in Hamilton, Toronto or Buffalo and have seen them on shelves too. I think the "shortage" will soon be over.
- Joined
- Jun 28, 2002
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ USA
Wii: 10.57 Million sold (3.46M Japan, 4.24M America, 2.87M Others)
Xbox 360: 10.51 Million sold (0.43 Japan, 6.75 America, 3.32 Others)
PS3: 4.32 Million sold (1.13M Japan, 1.87 America, 1.32 Others)
From your own link the 360 has outsold the we in the US and "others" but its Japan that is the killer at 430k vs. 3.46 million.
Which of course wouldn't be the case if Nintendo would quit doing things like tieing 3rd party developers hands. Hell they could have 20 million sold if they had a decent 3rd party lineup and a few gritty non-"family" games like GTA.
- Joined
- Feb 26, 2003
exactly what i was thiking, you dont outsell your competitors by purposely shorting, you get them out thre door to sell.
Also, you dont know how many Wii's they had made for original shipment around the world.
FudgeNuggets
Member
- Joined
- Mar 2, 2006
- Location
- Gone Racing
You should see the computer cases in Paris...
...puts the U.S. made ones TO SHAME.
I don't speak French, so what do you say to me and you taking a couple thousand bucks and painting the town red in gay Paris after tax-time? Either that or Vegas..... I've been itching to return to there.... staying downtown this time instead of on the (EXPENSIVE) strip, or too far away off-strip.
OP
- Joined
- Jul 20, 2006
- Thread Starter
- #29
F*** it dude. I'm down with either one. Vegas is my favorite place to visit in America (though it loses a lot of points for not being what it used to be.) I have a free return-trip to Paris coming. but I don't know if I'll use it. I have a feeling that, if I returned to Paris, I'd end up staying there another five years.
- Joined
- Oct 26, 2005
- Location
- San Diego, CA
Per the "controller shortage," here in San Diego, CA, you couldn't find a controller in any store anywhere until about 3 to 4 months ago; they'd sell out in a matter of minutes any time a store received a shipment. Plus, I have only seen a Wii on a shelf once since launch and they sold out all 30 of them in a hour or 2. It does, however, seem a little ridiculous that Nintendo would purposefully not send enough controllers or Wii's to San Diego (6th largest US city and one of the highest per capita incomes anywhere), but send way too many to Paris where they weren't selling. Just sounds like mis-calculation to me. As for Vegas I'm down any time
OP
- Joined
- Jul 20, 2006
- Thread Starter
- #31
Per the "controller shortage," here in San Diego, CA, you couldn't find a controller in any store anywhere until about 3 to 4 months ago; they'd sell out in a matter of minutes any time a store received a shipment. Plus, I have only seen a Wii on a shelf once since launch and they sold out all 30 of them in a hour or 2. It does, however, seem a little ridiculous that Nintendo would purposefully not send enough controllers or Wii's to San Diego (6th largest US city and one of the highest per capita incomes anywhere), but send way too many to Paris where they weren't selling. Just sounds like mis-calculation to me. As for Vegas I'm down any time
Multi-billion dollar corporations don't make miscalculations. ESPECIALLY not in the sales department. (Bugsy had Vegas right on the money...)
- Joined
- Jun 28, 2002
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ USA
I love Vegus. Its like a giant adult Disney Land.
FudgeNuggets
Member
- Joined
- Mar 2, 2006
- Location
- Gone Racing
- Joined
- May 29, 2004
- Location
- South Carolina
It's a small world after all. It's a small world after all. It's a small, small world.
- Joined
- Jun 28, 2002
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ USA
- Joined
- Jun 17, 2001
- Location
- The Lone Star State
I was reading somewhere a few weeks ago about how Nintendo has a shortage of PCBs, and sensors. The article also said that they will be short of Wiis again this holiday season.
- Joined
- Aug 2, 2007
- Location
- Denmark
i sure am glad that i pre-ordered my wii, and got it the day it got out
OP
- Joined
- Jul 20, 2006
- Thread Starter
- #38
Yeah. You've had almost a whole year now to "relive the magic" of Zelda over and over again...
Have you perfected your Wii Sports Golf game yet?
- Joined
- May 29, 2004
- Location
- South Carolina
The Wii had other launch titles. Like Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaihici 2.
- Joined
- Jun 28, 2002
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ USA
Exactly Rainless's point.
Many, many of us had great fun with Zelda and nothing more
heh, paper pario was good for a few days of entertainment.
TGIM (Thank god its Metroid)
