Nintendo sounds Wii-free Xmas warning
'Buy early,' it suggests. 'Where from?' readers demand
If you’re hoping for a Wii from Santa’s sack this Christmas, don’t get your hopes up, Nintendo has said. The console company today warned that there could be a worldwide shortage of its console this holiday season.
Despite the company already disappointing Wii fans by confirming that DVD support won’t be ready for the console by Christmas, news of a possible console shortage could send the high street into frenzy as hopeful buyers battle it out for a Wii.
Nintendo attempted to allay gamers’ fears - it claimed it’s working its factories at maximum production capacity. However, because “seasonality demand trends are being broken” and since “demand for Wii hardware globally has been unprecedented” then it’s possible that “demand for Wii hardware may outstrip supply”.
Except, according to many Register Hardware readers, it already has. Even now, well ahead of the Christmas buying surge, Wiis are hard to find.
At the time of writing, UK chain Game had no Wiis in stock. Argos' web store was out of them, as were the ten Argos stores in the London area. DSG's PCWorld and Dixons.co.uk sites didn't have any to offer, and John Lewis' website was no help either.
The company claimed it currently produces up to 1.8m Wiis each month and that it aims to have shipped 17.5m consoles around the world between April this year and March 2008 - 3.5m more than the company forecast back in April.
COMMENTS
ebuyer has 36 as i type....but
they're horribly expensive (£290). the bundle consists of:
Nintendo Wii Bundle Wii Sports Excite Truck Mario Strikers Charged Football + Wii Remote Steering Wheel Accessory
Argos again
We got our replacement, no trouble - six hours earlier than expected, and nary a question asked.
Carphone Warehouse has wii's available
They've got it on the homepage so they must have some...
Plenty in France
You can order them from places like Amazon.fr (who still have plenty o' stock) and have it shipped to the UK for almost the same as the UK RRP.
amazon.de
We just got a wii from amazon.de delivered to the UK for 248euros or about GBP180.
All we had to do is buy a £2 eu to uk plug adapter.
Dont get ripped off!
