Did you Order Your Nintendo Wii? |
GameStop, which is probably the biggest video game retailer in the US, said on it will be accepting limited pre-orders for the Nintendo’s Wii video game console yesterday (Friday), one per household. If you haven’t gotten your order in, you better get on it.
All you need is 50 bones to reserve, but many stores were reporting to be out of availability within minutes. Maybe it’s hype, but you can call your local Gamestop store first to see if they have some left. No online pre-ordering is/was available, but they say they will have something at a later date.
Nintendo expects to supply 4 million Nintendo Wii units to stores by year end, and Sony expects to ship 2 million PS3s in the same time period, so by my count if you missed the pre-order you just might be ok.
The Wii’s one-hand controller may not turn out to be quite as cool as the tried and true controllers we’ve been using for years. It’s a cool novelty, but more than likely if this was the design that worked best for more games I think we would have seen it by now, and new games that utilize the controller best may be a little ways off.
“Wii controllers are cool and the future of gaming, and Chet is stupid.” [edit by Quagmire]
Nintendo’s aim with the Wii was not as targeted to the hardcore gamers with this device, but to entice more game novices with innovative but easy-to-play games, which opens it up to younger kids (hence the McDonalds toys), which is the same concept that helped the Nintendo’ DS handheld machine far outsell Sony’s PlayStation Portable.
PreOrders Info [GameStop]
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YEP GOT THERE AT 6 OPENED AT 10 3RD ONE THEN THERE WERE 23 PEOPLE ONLY 15 PRE ORDERS THEN I WALKED TO SCHOOL AND CALLED THE SCHOOL GOT THERE AT 10 302 AT 3 PERIOD BEST DAY EVER
I bribed my dad to go to GameStop at 9:45 AM. There was 1 person in line (its really cold in Chicago right now and this GameStop is no where near a mall). So I was 1 of 8 who got their preorder in, I was unbelievably happy when I found out that I had a preorder for Wii (I didn’t find out till 3:15PM)
“… if this was the design that worked best for more games I think we would have seen it by now…”
Wow- that is
Laugh.
Outloud.
Stupid.
Thank god people didn’t say the same thing about cars or electronic calculators! Or the Commodore 64!
Yeah- we should probably pretty much get rid of all the R & D outfits in the world- I mean, if they didn’t figure everything out BY NOW then there probably just isn’t anything else to figure out.
i was 11th in line at a Gamestop and at 9:30am the guys came out and handed tickets… they must’ve had 10 consoles because they only gave out 8 tickets so I was out of luck.
I too am in Chicago
“Nintendo’s aim with the Wii was not as targeted to the hardcore gamers with this device, but to entice more game novices with innovative but easy-to-play games, which opens it up to younger kids…”
Nintendo’s strategy with both Wii and the DS is to expand the market by offering non-traditional games. That market expansion includes women and older adults. They’re not only aiming at younger kids.
“The Wii’s one-hand controller may not turn out to be quite as cool as the tried and true controllers we’ve been using for years.”
What is that statement based on? Nintendo invented the D-pad, and now it’s commonplace. The N-64 was the first console to offer “rumble” force feedback and also the first to utilize an analog stick. Again, both features are found everywhere. I wouldn’t be surprised if the 2-piece, remote-like controller becomes what we call “tried and true” in the next generation (and you’ll probably be saying that the next Nintendo innovation is just a gimmick)…
“… if this was the design that worked best for more games I think we would have seen it by now…â€
Wow, the console has yet to even launch. Give it a chance, the second generation games have a really good chance of being great. So do the first generation games for that matter.
YAYEEE!!!! I got one of the pre-orders that my local Gamestop offered. i was number 14 out of 16. All 16 people and then some were there before the store even opened…
BTW, this article is biased against Nintendo. It starts objective, but the last paragraph is aimed at hitting Nintendo directly. However, baseless criticisms will simply slide off of Nintendo’s back without effort after the Wii launches…
Until you get your hands on the controller you won’t fully understand it, even I won’t until I get to play it at the Nintendo Fusion Tour. So you cannot say