blog.wired.com - 11/13/2008
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Wiimed Looking to get a Wii for Christmas? Act now. Last night at the Lich King launch , I got the chance to speak with a GameStop exec who pointed out that Wii was currently in stock at the San Francisco downtown store. In fact, he said, the retailer had secured enough Wii consoles from ...
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Wii stocked well for the holidays?
GoNintendo —
... be able to walk into your favorite game retailer and pick one up. Sales are still just as strong, but supply seems to be normalized. It would be nice to see this trend continue on through the holiday season, but I wouldn’t expect it. This is likely a case of Nintendo bumping supplies for the holiday season, and then letting things die down afterwards. On the flip-side…if you are looking for Wii Fit, you may be out of luck. Seems that supplies of the exergame are still very limited. Link This entry was posted on Thursday, November 13th, 2008 at 2:45 pm and is filed under ...
GameStop: Wii supply should last until early December
Joystiq [Nintendo] —
Filed under: NewsChris Kohler attended the launch event of some Warcraft game at a San Francisco branch of GameStop last night, and ended up discussing the state of Wii availability this holiday season with a company executive. To the relief of parents up and down the land, the suit echoed GameStop's assurances from September, revealing that there should be enough Nin-Tend-O Magic Motion Boxes to go round until the first week of December. As Kohler points out, that date means GameStop has enough consoles to last beyond ...
National Wii Nightmare Over?
Gaming Nexus —
... NEWS - While perusing a few game stores and big box retailers like Best buy over the last few days I've noticed something I haven't seen before...piles and piles of Wii's ready to be purchased for the holiday season. Ben was able to pick one up last week without any problem and it looks like that's the case all over the country. No longer will people have to lurk at their neighborhood Best Buy waiting to purchase white boxes of over-hyped gaming goodness. ...
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