I want one, I have looked everywhere to find one and there are none. There are none in real stores and there are none online unless I want to pay three times what they are worth and I don’t. The day after Christmas there will be gobs of them in stores and online. I’m willing to wait since it’s for me anyway.
Why can’t Nintendo make enough of what it sells? They have been making these consoles and games for decades, they know they are popular, what is the problem? This doesn’t make me want the game more it makes me mad. Yesterday I went to Target, Walmart (I hate Walmart), Circuit City and Best Buy. They all said I could order it online or I could come back when they got their next shipment and wait with a bunch of greasy haired nerds I don’t think so. Not that there is anything wrong with greasy haired nerds, I have one for a son, but I don’t want to wait in line with them for a stupid game. I am above that. I also don’t speak their language and I end up feeling lonely and rejected around them. It doesn’t help that I could be their mother.
I think it would be nice of Nintendo to remeber that people like me were the first customers they had. I bought the first console back in the 80’s. I bought game after game and when they made a new console I bought that. I had to since the new Zelda game couldn’t be played on the old console and Zelda raocks! Every time a new Zelda game came out I bought the new console and now I have a Wii. I have been a loyal customer, I have spent lots of money for a lot of plastic over the years and I think they could remember me and give me a damn Wii Fit without making me wait in line. I’m sure if I had Wii Fit I would be a lot less cranky.
You should get buyer loyalty priority shopping or something like that.
Use it like a pass to get to the front of the line at every Disney ride.
The same thing happens with Sony’s Playstations. I think the companies COULD predict the amount of units they need to produce and ship for the holidays, but I don’t think they WANT to.
Artificial scarcity makes people think that the consoles are more valuable, and spreads out their sales into January and February. It also leads to free publicity as news outlets run stories about long lines and sold-out items.
Yes, you’re pissed off (and it makes me furious), but I’m sure there are five other shallow jerks out there for every person like us who think “hard to get” means “status symbol.” Have you seen how much those things go for on EBay? People still want them, and actually support buying them at those outrageous prices.
Yes, Nintendo could make it easier for us to get their consoles around the holidays, but bet that they don’t think it’s worth their time to bother.
I have no opinion on this topic.
Just so you know.
I hope you find one. We really like ours but had to get it off of craigslist. We didn’t overpay but it wasn’t the holiday season at the time. Good luck.