Wii Pre-Orders at EB Games and Gamestop 233
Punkster812 writes "Tomorrow, Friday October 13th, EB Games and Gamestop will begin taking pre-orders. They say they have very limited numbers and will do a first come first serve. A $50 deposit is the minimum down payment for a console and they suggest for you to call your local store for availability. Their online pre-order information will be released at a future date. For full information, visit EB Games or Gamestop for full details."
tomorrow? (Score:5, Funny)
Success!! (Score:2)
Preordered the following:
-The Wii (1 control, Wii Sports)
-An extra controller set (WiiMote and Nunchuck)
-Zelda
-ExciteTruck
-Red Steel
There was only 1 or 2 more people in line than they had systems, and they said they *might* be getting more. It looks like Nintendo is getting out enough to satisfy as many people as possible, which I think is fantastic.
I'm psyched!
-Trillia
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-Trillian
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-Trillian
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Pre-ordering probably won't be necessary for someone willing to get up a bit early and head to a Best Buy or Walmart that Sunday morning.
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That said, I still pre-ordered my Wii at the weekend (UK). Just like I pre-ordered my DS Lite. I'm a born-again fanboy, I can't help it.
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I've been trying to track down a pre-order for weeks (in Canada). No luck. EB has been taking pre-orders for weeks, but only if you trade in ten games. Future Shop is not doing pre-orders. Best Buy hasn't made a decision yet. Toys-R-Us took a small number of pre-orders right when the price was announced. And the best (read worst) part about th
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a true gaming hero (Score:2)
I see. All the "real" gamers get their gear at Target and Best Buy.
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Re:Huh? (Score:5, Insightful)
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I had to wait until the next big shipment a week later -the day of the FFIII launch, had to stand in line for 45min, and got the last Enamel Navy they had.
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Summarize, dammit! (Score:5, Funny)
How simple would it have been to replace that "Tomorrow" with a [Today]? I was panicing. I thought, for a moment, it was still Thursday. That's a shock you don't want on a Friday before coffee.
Re:Summarize, dammit! (Score:5, Funny)
Unfortunately, Uncle Scrooge is a major businessman, and when he was convinced that it was Friday, he "corrected" everyone. Since he's so respected, everyone else was convinced it was Friday too. This caused major disruptions in financial contracts, which rippled through the economy.
That morning, by the time the nephews got to the mall to spend their "early" allowance, the global economy had collapsed and they couldn't buy anything.
Re:Summarize, dammit! (Score:5, Funny)
Close, but not quite. The nephews really wanted a scooter, and there was a sale until Friday. Which meant that they needed to get their allowance on Thursday if they wanted to be able to afford it. Their shenanigans backfired when the store clerk was also convinced that it was Friday, and thus the sale was over.
Oops.
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After they proved the calendar date, they almost got a seco
That's okay, I'll pass (Score:2)
Nintendo has been churning these things out for, what, two or three months now? And they've said that production has been ahead of estimates?
I expect to be able to walk into Fry's at 9AM Sunday morning and buy one with no problem, just like I did with the Gamecube. I only do pre-orders if there's some kind of cool pre-order swag, and so far I've only done that for Windwaker, when I would have happily paid the $5 deposit for the Ocarina disc anyhow, even if there wasn't a pre-order attached to it.
They only fooled me once... (Score:2)
...so shame on them. The collective "them" that is.
I'm an animation fan (watching and creating and discussing), so way back when Fantasia was going to be released the first time (this was pre-DVD, I think), they were taking pre-orders because the demand seemed really pent up. So I preordered. Went to the store when the call came, and there were about 9000 copies of Fantasia piles up to the ceiling. (rolls eyes) No skin off my nose, but what was the point?
However a complex gaming console is not analogous
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There's nothing stopping them from opening up for additional pre-orders next week, either. They are simply being responsible to their customers and not promising what they aren't sur
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Only Eight (Score:3, Interesting)
I'll be first in line (Score:2)
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No, it will be a big sale item on ebay
Where are all the replies? (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, wait.
Drops laptop, runs to store.
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I hope it was a cheap laptop.
- John
Re:Where are all the replies? (Score:4, Funny)
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If you live in NYC.. (Score:3, Insightful)
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Sold out (Score:2)
I work right next to a Gamestop (Score:2)
Lik-sang already taking worldwide Pre-orders (Score:2)
http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=3883 [lik-sang.com]
Pre-ordered report from Baltimore... (Score:3, Informative)
7:30am - Arrive to meet friend. One person is already in front of us.
8:00am - Four more people are behind us. Manager is already there to make sure things are okay. Tells us there are 12 units for pre-order (and 2 which the store is allowed to let employees pre-order.) Also informs us they are openning up at midnight on the day of the Wii launch.
8:15am - Some guys join the line, they came from a line of 20 people at the Game Stop in the "Hunt Valley" mall area.
8:30am - Line is full. Manager tells people in line that anyone else who shows won't be able to pre-order.
9:00am - Some hard core games show up and tell us it's crazy they don't have more pre-orders because "5 million units are being produced"... walk away very pissed.
10:00am - Manager opens to the doors and we rush in; not so much to pre-order... but also because we were all freezing. (Temp started at 37 and only rose to 50 by 10am.)
$50 pre-order. $30 for a 1yr warranty.
Everyone in line was getting one for themselves, except for one mother... determined to get a unit for her sons as a Christmas gift.
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The $3 game warranties are the real ripoffs from EB, I hate how pushy they are about selling it to you.
i saw them waiting this morning (Score:5, Funny)
they were probably like "stupid sony fanboy", little do they know i was just pissed they beat me there..
Lousy Day, Lousy Time (Score:2)
I got the call yesterday, they were recomending I be there at 6:30am. As much as I would like to get a Wii... I can wait a few weeks after release.
My Gamestop didn't have enough (Score:2)
Around 9:40 a guy from the store came out and counted people and cut off the line and sent about 10 people (including me) away. There were probably about 40-50 people there when I got there.
Now, I'm not too disappointed though, becuase like others hav
In lieu (Score:2)
VideoGamesPlus sold all their preorders last night (Score:2)
At about 9pm the games started appearing on the site, which got slower & slower over the next hour or so, obviously as hundreds of idiots [domino.org] repeatedly pressed the refresh button.
To
Who's preordering it/waiting/not buying? (Score:2)
EBGames - 9:55 (Score:2, Informative)
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That Gamestop (Latham Farms in Latham, NY) is definitely getting more of my business.
Well, if they actually come through on ship day. =P
Been there, done that (Score:2)
I got in line, only to be told that I was number 13 of 12 (number of people in line, number of units to pre-order). The sadness! But a mall across the street had not only another Gamestop, but an EBGames as well, so I had twice as many chances to stand in line outside of the store without being in the bitter cold.
I was able to get in line at the Gamestop (number five in the line),
for Canadians (Score:2)
I'm gonna head over to EB at lunch just to check it out anyways.
I would rather line up on the 18th though. It'd be much more fun. I would imagine that a lot of the people in THAT line up would have a DS with them. That would be some fun wifi gaming
Rather wait (Score:3, Insightful)
I would rather wait for Costco Wii console bundle, which the price will probably end up just below $250 with a game and an ccessory or two.
You should have seen how fast 360 Bundle went last christmas. Just below $500 and you get a game, charger and two wireless controllers. Of course, it still available today.
So screw you Gamestop, I'll stick with my local wholesaler.
I Just Placed Mine (Score:2)
Bah. Yer all puppets of marketing hype (Score:2)
Seriously.
Last year.
New old stock from a small town Radio/TV repair shop that was shutting down (retirement) after 40 years in business.
It completely freaks people out when I connect it to my tuner card and play it on my computer!
Another EB sob story (Score:2)
The EB games at Northgate Mall in Seattle told customers that if they preordered a Wii game (for which preorders were available weeks ago) that you would be called the day before the console was able to be preordered. If you confirmed that you wanted one and could come in and pay before end of day Friday (as if anyone wouldn'
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Kinda makes the whole point of preordering the game pointless... I'm sure gamestop is happy to invest my $5 though
Ya pays yer nickel, ya takes yer chances (Score:5, Informative)
That's not a reservation, it's a carnival game. I was going to preorder a Wii at the EBGames that's less than half a mile from my house, but screw it. What's the point?
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So? Why is that ok?
Without that clause, if EBGames doesn't have the system they promised me, then we have a problem. If they don't have it because Nintendo promised to ship it but didn't, then EBGames and Nintendo have a problem. EBGames has to make good to me somehow, and (not that it makes any difference to me) Nintendo probably has to make good to EBGames somehow. That's how b
What are you getting? (Score:2)
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However, our store had about a 16 limit on orders. We started about 15mins to 10:00am and they where all gone by 10:00am.
I am glad I have mine. Though, I'm surprised orders are so low, given Nintendos statements of a large number of orders available. I would guess Wal-Mart or BestBuy might be getting large quantities.
Cheers,
Fozzy
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Just empty shelf that said Nintendo Wii at the top.
I bet they are getting a large handful, since it was the first display I have seen for the Wii anywhere (including Gamestop).
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And I was there at the second at 8:35.
This thing went FAST.
First store had 8 preorders (4 orders for employees), second store had 14.
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I've found the absolute best place to get consoles on launch day are stores like Costco and Sam's Club. Mo
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I have a first generation GameCube. It has yet to fail. I haven't heard anything about problematic drives. I have heard quite a bit about failing first-generation XBox optical drives and even more about failing PS2 optical drives into generations well beyond the first.
1st What? (Score:2)
I think you mean 1st rev of this generation, not 1st generation. This is Nintendo's 5th gen console. Not to mention that the previous 4 generations of consoles all have good reputations for being well-built, even the 1st revs.
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And? I'm sorry but I just don't see why this is a problem. PC manufactuers have been doing just this since 1981 when the first IBM PC came out. Today, you can but a Dell box (or even a Mac now) which is nothing more than a much faster version of that first machine from 1981.
The Game Cube had some really good games and a decent library size so the fact that there is a ready selection of games at low prices makes
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same thing in a shinier package, better animation and slick soundtrack. don't forget the higher pricetag.
who has come out with something "different" in a console system in the past few years? other than the DS (dual screens + touchscreen) i can't really think of anything. faster cpu/gpu/blu-ray/death-ray just don't cut it for "innovative". a "pointer" may not be innovative, but it's a first
Re:Mod Me Off To Nintendo Hell... (Score:5, Insightful)
I may be alone, but I feel that Sony's EyeToy was fairly innovative. It may not have been the first camera system for on-screen gaming, but they did a nice job with ease of use and supporting it with some fun games. Very much in the same vein, Apple may not have made the first portable digital music player, but they made a nice software/hardware package that made the thing mainstream.
I would show the EyeToy to folks who are non-gamers, and they thought it was interesting enough to buy a Playstation 2. Mind you, these were folks who would never consider playing typical console games. If Sony had packaged an improved EyeToy with the PS3 (maybe with a Fitness Game), I think they would have gotten a lot of good coverage from the mainstream press.
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If the second screen, the stylus, wifi and the mic on the DS were standalone products, it would just be one more handled, because you'd have two games using them since developpers would know that players most probably don't have them.
Likewise if the eyetoy was included from the start with every ps2, you could bet half of the game would have found innovative uses for it that would really make a difference in gameplay
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Ditto. I got my mom a PS2 w/ Eyetoy:Kinetic, and she loved it so much she showed it to a neighbor, who then got it, and I just found out the other day that that neighbor showed it to her cousin, who has now gotten it.
Sony should be paying *me*
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(Oh, you thought Nintendo invented motion sensing controllers?)
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Hate to break it to you....but (Score:2)
Now, what is new about the Wii compared to the Gamecube? Yeah, see. Gamecube Turbo or not, it's still the only console actually attempting something different. That's the hook people are interested in.
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Toysrus.ca offer (Score:2)
$279, includes the Wii, 2 games (I assume one is the pack-in), and an extra controller.
For a system that will likely sell for $299 in Canada, this was an amazing deal. They pulled it after about a day, though
Either way, as others have pointed out, pre-ordering this system is stupid. There will be millions on store shelves come December 1st. Might be a run on them at xmas time if the hype machine works itself into a
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It was the same here in Indianapolis. The EB store I called only got 4 Nintendos and they got 15 PS3s. I was lucky enough to be #7 for the PS3, and I personally don't want a new Nintendo, but this tells me that the shipments of Nintendo will probably be less than was told.
This started me thinking some more. I heard that the Wii was having some major issue
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And the people who don't post links to such news when they do find it. Do you have any sources for the controller issues?
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However the fact remains that the average Gamestop/EB didn't have as many preorders as PS3's. If I was a Nintendo fan I would be very worried about that. Now perhaps there is a great explanation for it, and this is a non issue, but aga
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