Will Wii have a demand like the PS3?

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2006-11-17 11:56pm

What do you think? Will they sell out and go in ebay for tons of money too?

Dominus Atheos · Post by **Dominus Atheos** » 2006-11-18 12:05am

I think he means demand.

But no, Nintendo's shipping a lot more Wii's then Sony shipped PS3s

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2006-11-18 12:08am

Dominus Atheos wrote:I think he means demand.

But no, Nintendo's shipping a lot more Wii's then Sony shipped PS3s

Yes, demanD. Thank you. hehe

Ah...

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-11-18 12:16am

Yeah much of the insanity for the PS3 is due to the laughable number of total units available. 360 wasn't like that, Wii won't be like that, because there's more than a million units in the whole world (or whatever tiny volume Sony has).

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2006-11-18 12:26am

Stark wrote:Yeah much of the insanity for the PS3 is due to the laughable number of total units available. 360 wasn't like that, Wii won't be like that, because there's more than a million units in the whole world (or whatever tiny volume Sony has).

It was, to a lesser degree.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-11-18 12:31am

All launches are crazy. I don't remember $10,000 360s on eBay, though.

Post by **Dalton** » 2006-11-18 01:03am

Since there will be a greater number of systems released, I doubt the demand will be as urgent.

LMSx · Post by **LMSx** » 2006-11-18 01:20am

If I remember right, Sony gave Taiwan, a nation of 22 million, about 500 PS3s.

If you're a US fan waiting for a PS3, just remember it always could be worse.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2006-11-18 01:43am

Stark wrote:All launches are crazy. I don't remember $10,000 360s on eBay, though.

I do remember a 360 selling for that much, actually.

Shinn Langley Soryu · Post by **Shinn Langley Soryu** » 2006-11-18 01:47am

LMSx wrote:If I remember right, Sony gave Taiwan, a nation of 22 million, about 500 PS3s.

If you're a US fan waiting for a PS3, just remember it always could be worse.

I wonder if the situation in Taipei would be similar to the one in Fresno, California, this morning. They had to call in the police in order to break up a stampede of prospective buyers, IIRC; I sincerely doubt that it'd be THAT bad in Taiwan, however.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-11-18 02:14am

I dunno, they have punchups in parliament in Taiwan.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2006-11-18 08:12am

Not unless Nintendo only sells the US 10,000 Wiis.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2006-11-18 06:35pm

The local best buy will have upwards of 60 Wiis available at launch. Target I know is getting just as many, if not more. That's just two stores out of more than eight I know of plan on carrying it on launch. I doubt it will be that hard to find.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2006-11-19 11:45am

Last night I saw about 50-75 people lining up outside a Best Buy in Dublin, California. At first I thought i was for the Sony, but it must have been for the Nintendo release. I suppose if you are young with plenty of time on your hands it might be a fun to camp out with a few gaming buddies and talk wait to get your hands on the new system. But all my friends that intend to buy either are waiting.

I'm not too familar with either system but juding from the news exposure it seems that the Ninendo has less interest than the Sony.

Davis 51 · Post by **Davis 51** » 2006-11-19 12:03pm

I saw Wii's on eBay for about $500-$800. Not nearly as much as the PS3, but still at least twice the system cost. Nintendo had about 4,000,000 units worldwide, while the PS3 had 800,000 units. Because the bulk of everyone who wants one gets one, there isn't a mad rush to sell on eBay, and the next shipment will be relatively soon. Nintendo still sells out and makes a large profit. People who try to sell on eBay may have some luck, but there won't be exorbient prices.

Max · Post by **Max** » 2006-11-19 12:05pm

The Wii is sold out everywhere. So much for less interest lol

Davis 51 · Post by **Davis 51** » 2006-11-19 12:16pm

Max wrote:The Wii is sold out everywhere. So much for less interest lol

It's not so much less interest. It's more interest, but with more supply too. It was the opposite with Sony. There was less interest in the actual game console, and more interest in capitalizing off it. There was also far less supply, therefore causing chaos at stores.

Count Dooku · Post by **Count Dooku** » 2006-11-19 01:19pm

Davis 51 wrote:I saw Wii's on eBay for about $500-$800. Not nearly as much as the PS3, but still at least twice the system cost. Nintendo had about 4,000,000 units worldwide, while the PS3 had 800,000 units. Because the bulk of everyone who wants one gets one, there isn't a mad rush to sell on eBay, and the next shipment will be relatively soon. Nintendo still sells out and makes a large profit. People who try to sell on eBay may have some luck, but there won't be exorbient prices.

I do believe the PS3 had 500,000 units availible in North America and Japan, combined. The Wii had, on launch, 2.5 million units, and they're still sold out everywhere I've looked. I did get the chance to play the new Zelda game, and it was pretty awesome.

Xisiqomelir · Post by **Xisiqomelir** » 2006-11-19 01:52pm

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Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-11-19 01:56pm

Count Dooku wrote:
Davis 51 wrote:I saw Wii's on eBay for about $500-$800. Not nearly as much as the PS3, but still at least twice the system cost. Nintendo had about 4,000,000 units worldwide, while the PS3 had 800,000 units. Because the bulk of everyone who wants one gets one, there isn't a mad rush to sell on eBay, and the next shipment will be relatively soon. Nintendo still sells out and makes a large profit. People who try to sell on eBay may have some luck, but there won't be exorbient prices.
I do believe the PS3 had 500,000 units availible in North America and Japan, combined.

That was estimates.

Actual totals seem to be that Japan had 80-90K, while U.S did not have more then 250K.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2006-11-19 01:57pm

Count Dooku wrote: I do believe the PS3 had 500,000 units availible in North America and Japan, combined.

It was supposed to. The real figure might well be closer to 300,000.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2006-11-20 01:31am

Y'know what's just as hard to find as the console itself? Extra controllers!

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2006-11-20 01:45am

The GameStop guy warned me he expected a controller shortage so I wisely preordered 3 extra Wiimotes. Everyone on some forums I went to told me that was speculation and heresay and to ignore it.

I laugh in their face while I play four player Wii Sports

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2006-11-20 01:55am

Nintendo expects to ship 4 million Wiis before Christmas - that's another 1.5 million down the pipe or so.

KrauserKrauser · Post by **KrauserKrauser** » 2006-11-20 11:32am

I made a weak attempt at getting one yesterday and they were all sold out.

They told me they were getting another shipment next week so I wasn't worried. Overall a much less hectic feeling when trying to get a Wii as compared to the PS3.

Go go increased Supply!

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Will Wii have a demand like the PS3?

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