The Wii is starting to find its way onto retailers' shelves. If you're vigilant you may just be able to get your hands on one before Christmas.
Word snuck into SPOnG's inbox that one of our friends had managed to get one of the oh-too-scarce consoles yesterday. Since the release on December 8th, Wiis have not been available without a pre-order for ill-advised affection nor money. Of course, we gleefully got on the phone to investigate. The store where the system that our mate ordered from was a Game outlet in Castleford, so we duly spoke to them.
At the time of the call (12:45pm) it had one left on its shelves and had sold around seven in the last 45 minutes. We were informed that the Wii is starting to appear in Game stores, particularly in the North, for the non-pre-ordering public.
Realising that even with our GTA-honed driving skills we would never make it in time to snag that last machine, we turned our attention closer to home. Game in Wakefield reported that it had been graced with 15 units this morning, many of which are filling pre-orders, but several of which had been available to Joe Public. Naturally, it had sold out by the time we managed phone contact. If, by some freak of nature, any of the pre-orders haven't been collected by 5pm tomorrow they will go on general sale. Game is hoping for more Wiis before Christmas.
We spoke to other retailers in the area and were told by several outlets that they had batches this morning but were still filling pre-orders. HMV in Wakefield told us there's a rumour going round of two more consignments for them before the weekend. Nice.
As we're not the only people in the country after a Wii (and we know how much regional bias infuriates folk) we decided to try HMV's flagship store. HMV on Oxford Street, however, reported a sell-out not only there but in all its stores.
So, if like some of our more nonchalant staffers, you didn't get your name on a pre-order list, you might yet have a Christmas miracle and see a Wii under your tree by Christmas Day. Assuming, of course, that you don't have anything better to do than ring round all your local stores every morning, like having a pesky job or a boss with no sense of perspective.
Word snuck into SPOnG's inbox that one of our friends had managed to get one of the oh-too-scarce consoles yesterday. Since the release on December 8th, Wiis have not been available without a pre-order for ill-advised affection nor money. Of course, we gleefully got on the phone to investigate. The store where the system that our mate ordered from was a Game outlet in Castleford, so we duly spoke to them.
At the time of the call (12:45pm) it had one left on its shelves and had sold around seven in the last 45 minutes. We were informed that the Wii is starting to appear in Game stores, particularly in the North, for the non-pre-ordering public.
Realising that even with our GTA-honed driving skills we would never make it in time to snag that last machine, we turned our attention closer to home. Game in Wakefield reported that it had been graced with 15 units this morning, many of which are filling pre-orders, but several of which had been available to Joe Public. Naturally, it had sold out by the time we managed phone contact. If, by some freak of nature, any of the pre-orders haven't been collected by 5pm tomorrow they will go on general sale. Game is hoping for more Wiis before Christmas.
We spoke to other retailers in the area and were told by several outlets that they had batches this morning but were still filling pre-orders. HMV in Wakefield told us there's a rumour going round of two more consignments for them before the weekend. Nice.
As we're not the only people in the country after a Wii (and we know how much regional bias infuriates folk) we decided to try HMV's flagship store. HMV on Oxford Street, however, reported a sell-out not only there but in all its stores.
So, if like some of our more nonchalant staffers, you didn't get your name on a pre-order list, you might yet have a Christmas miracle and see a Wii under your tree by Christmas Day. Assuming, of course, that you don't have anything better to do than ring round all your local stores every morning, like having a pesky job or a boss with no sense of perspective.
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majin dboy 18 Dec 2006 16:00
1/6
mine and billsons mate ciaran,is in this perdicament,Gamespot are getting some in this week,but not allopwing pre-orders on them,so he will have to go down early.
zelda truely rocks.
zelda truely rocks.
Joji 18 Dec 2006 17:25
2/6
Looks like my act of goodwill by letting my preoder go has been paid off. If Lost Planet special pack doesn't get in my way I'll get one next month.
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king skins 19 Dec 2006 10:37
3/6
Joji wrote:
Looks like my act of goodwill by letting my preoder go has been paid off. If Lost Planet special pack doesn't get in my way I'll get one next month.
I was thinking the same thing about picking one up next month. Although the only reservation that I have is that I haven't seen or heared of any amazing games coming out within the next year...
DoctorDee 19 Dec 2006 14:24
4/6
king skins wrote:
Although the only reservation that I have is that I haven't seen or heared of any amazing games coming out within the next year...
Put aside your reservations. We have all the consoles, we get all the games. But for the last three weeks we've played nothing but Wii.*
If you have mates, Wii Sports is all you need.
£179. It IS worth it.
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majin dboy 19 Dec 2006 15:05
5/6
there truely is no better form of "craic" than wiisports and a few mates over.
in fact,the wii will be playing an integeral part of my birthday celebrations.it was on the 17th but billson and co are coming over this saturday.
in fact,the wii will be playing an integeral part of my birthday celebrations.it was on the 17th but billson and co are coming over this saturday.
billson 20 Dec 2006 03:24
6/6
so, hahahahahahahhahahaha, yes, yes, its 3am and im very drunk!!!