GameStop CEO says his stores won’t be stocked with Wii for the holidays


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How long has this modded GameCube been out? Oh, right, it’s been two years and they’re still hard to find.

BIZ: What are your thoughts on Wii, a console that’s still impossible to find after two years?

DD: I’ve never seen this type of demand before. I know they’re making more, but we’re still short like everybody else. I think we’ll have a continued shortage this Christmas.

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Mitch (Who am I?)

“modded gamecube” is not only unoriginal, it’s pointless. Why the negativity? It’s a fine console, is fun to play, has some good games, and people like it. Let go of your anger.

 
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Devin Coldewey (Who am I?)

Amen. Bite my shiny metal ass, peter.

 
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thebonafortuna (Who am I?)

Supply is so low because Nintendo is shipping most of them to Europe, where profit is much higher. They also seem unwilling to ramp up production. I don’t care what they say about “doing their best” - its been two years, they’ve had ample time to adjust for demand.

Can’t speak for Devin, but that definitely causes some negativity on my part towards the company.

 
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thebonafortuna (Who am I?)

Sorry, meant Peter.

 
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Alex (Who am I?)

Don’t hate on the Wii:

http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/28/why-every-guy-should-buy-their-girlfriend-wii-fit/

My Mother-in-law has one.

There will be no video forthcoming.

 
Jason

thebonafortuna, Nintendo has gone from 800K to 2.4M a month. That’s triple the original production. Not even the massively popular PS2 was selling that many a month. Nintendo is just too conservative for their own good. But what would you expect from a company that was slated to end up dead last this gen by all of the analysts?

 
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Fry's Guy (Who am I?)

I work at Fry’s in california and we get a shipment of a couple hundred every week and are pretty much always in stock. Of course we sell them in a bundle package.

 
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Fry's Guy (Who am I?)

I work at Fry’s in california and we get a shipment of a couple hundred every week and are pretty much always in stock. Of course we sell them in a bundle package.

 
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Rogbog4299 (Who am I?)

Why is the Wii console so hard to find anyway? A friend told me its because that’s the way they want it. That makes it more desirable and thus more of a demand. Sounds like he maybe right.

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