Console Wars!

[miss.myra]

Seriously, I guess it's a "smart marketing idea" for all of these amazing new consoles to come out in small numbers, but it's frustrating for all the rest of us that just want to buy one.

And when you think about it, this "smart marketing idea" is putting more money in the pockets of resellers who inflate the price of a wii or ps3 just because they can by hundreds of dollars instead of going to the manufacturer!

I just want a wii, damnit. I'm sure even if they released a large number of these things so people could easily find one, they'd still be selling well.

[Lee]

On a side note. We shipped out an assload of PS3's yesterday and today(I work at the Bestbuy/Futureshop Warehouse). Some stores got more than 60 of them, close to 120. But then some only got 10 haha

[bebu*funfun]

i hear ya.. i wanted/want a wii really badly too, and if i could get my hand on one i woulda bought one, but instead we just picked up a game cube on the weekend that will do the trick for the time being. still want a wii though... :(

[miss.myra]

Aww Bev, gamecube is good times, probably one of my all time favorite consoles! don't get me started on how animal crossing once ruined my life..haha

I think we should have a regent gamecube night sometime in the near future! I'll bring sonic the hedgehog! :)

[dj_soo]

i want a wii cause it's also backwards compatable and i skipped the GC.

This "artificial shortage" is more on the ps3 side and that's more incompetance rather than any attempt at some stupid marketing hype. PS3 simply wasn't ready by nov and they pushed it out anyway since it would have been market suicide to lauch after xmas.

Nintendo launched with some 500k units and shipped and sold over a million within the first month, so it's less creating a shortage and more that it's the new "it" item this xmas.

There are *always* shortages everytime a new console gets launched - happened last year with the 360, happened in '01 with the xbox and gamecube, happened in '00 with the PS2, and happened in '99 with the Dreamcast and it's going to happen in 5 years when the next generation shows up.

[miss.myra]

I got a GC when it came out and it wasn't nearly as much of a headache trying to find one, although nintendo released the wii in larger numbers, I definitely think that knowing the demand and time of year there could have been much more released. I know part of the reasons stores have not had any over the weekend is because they want people to come and shop at their stores this week as opposed to getting what they want over the weekend and not coming back.

It's sad, I'm contempating getting the bf an xbox 360 because 399 is a lot less expensive than the going price for someone reselling a wii.

[Séguin]

I'm happy with my N64 and original Playstation...

[Pussy*Kat]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

Aww Bev, gamecube is good times, probably one of my all time favorite consoles! don't get me started on how animal crossing once ruined my life..haha

I think we should have a regent gamecube night sometime in the near future! I'll bring sonic the hedgehog! :)

Animal Crossing is sooo addcitive. I play it for hours on end

[wishbone]

i have a gc here now with mariokart and pikmin...i'm told pikmin is addictive and i'm about to get into it today.

[robyn]

pikmin is so heartbreaking jeff don't do it

[dj_soo]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

I got a GC when it came out and it wasn't nearly as much of a headache trying to find one, although nintendo released the wii in larger numbers, I definitely think that knowing the demand and time of year there could have been much more released. I know part of the reasons stores have not had any over the weekend is because they want people to come and shop at their stores this week as opposed to getting what they want over the weekend and not coming back.

It's sad, I'm contempating getting the bf an xbox 360 because 399 is a lot less expensive than the going price for someone reselling a wii.

really doubt thats the case - all this consipricacy theories about creating a shortage are silly - why would they not want to make money (stores and console makers?). On top of that Wii is really the only system on the market that actually makes any money from hardware sales (unlike xbox and ps3 which take a loss and hope to gain back revenue from software).

There's just only so many consoles a company can produce before their launch date - especially since much of this hardware is never really finished or ready until the nth hour (pretty much the case in the games industry across the board).

And really the biggest reason is that the Wii is *the* gift to buy this year. Similar to tickle me elmo or the 360 last year or the ps2 6 years ago. Even the Ps3 doesn't really count since it had such ridiclously short supplies and it seemed that people were more interested in buying one to flip on Ebay than they were to play with the hot new shit like the wii...

[wishbone]

Originally Posted by robyn

pikmin is so heartbreaking jeff don't do it

how, what?

it's janice's gamecube she left it before she went to kelowna. I WIN!

[robyn]

because the pikmin are so cute and they die trying to help you

hey has anyone ever tried to end a relationship by sending an 'i want to break up' letter to their so's character in animal crossing? i only thought about it.

[Pussy*Kat]

^ No. Im stuck in the game. All I can do is shake trees

[robyn]

^no i mean someone you actually lived with in real life who's only marketable skill was having a gamecube

[Zêus]

I only play pong.

[bebu*funfun]

can u play ps2/ps1 games on the ps3? the wii is smart to have it backwards compatible, same reason why i want it. boo :(

if anyone has extra gc control/controls or even games they're selling let me know :)

[Filo]

check out craigslist 2-3 times a day.... last week i hooked people up with 2 different wii systems for 350 each sealed with receipt

[miss.myra]

I check a few times a day, all I've seen is 5-6 hundred and must travel to surrey to get it...nooo thanks haha

I think I'll just wait a few months, I got my bf an xbox 360 instead.

[bebu*funfun]

^^what a good gf! such a hot bf xmas gift this year.

350 sealed?! i dont believe it.

[Webber]

if they ever make super smash bros. for the wii i might buy one

[Lazy-Rich]

It's on the way.

[Filo]

i was lookin on there around a week ago. Supply and demand and those fuckin vultures are makin money off Christmas

[thechix0r]

I was in EB the other day in Pacific centre and they had Wii's there... that was Tuesday. I think you just have to find a place that still has a couple kicking around