Wii lines just as long as PS3

[terry78]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061119/tc_nm/media_nintendo_wii_dc


Isaiah "Triforce".

 

[Spidey-Bat]

The difference is no one got shot and just about all of them left with a Wii in their hands.

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

^^meaning no one really wants a ps3 that badly. seriously there were mobs for ps3 and ps3 has alot more publicity then the wii. seriously i have'nt seen one commercial for that junk.

 

[The Ether]

after all the news of the what happened with the ps3 buyers. no one who wanted the wii wished to die so they made a list of people who's going first and stuff. it was fun

 

[DACrowe]

Did you call Wii junk? Funny, considering it is hosting what most call the best game of the year on it then.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

^^meaning no one really wants a ps3 that badly. seriously there were mobs for ps3 and ps3 has alot more publicity then the wii. seriously i have'nt seen one commercial for that junk.

I'm assuming you meant Wii in that sentence.

Anyway, that is not the case. People aren't crazy about the Wii because it is available. You know you will leave the store with one. With the PS3, it was really only the first 5 people who were guaranteed one. Plus the Wii buyers weren't really harcore gamers that were waiting for it for 3 days. They were parents, grandparents, some Nintendo fans, and some casual gamers. They aren't the crowd that would go nuts on each other.

BTW, they have had commercials.

 

[The Ether]

toronto is basically sold out of wii right now, and don't know when the next shipmen will come out

 

[Shifty]

IGN » Games » Wii » News
GameStop Reveals PS3 Attach Rate
New systems expected in stores weekly.
by Hilary Goldstein

November 21, 2006 - In its quarterly financial statement call, GameStop revealed some surprising attach rate numbers for the PS3 and Wii. Sony's latest console saw a low attach rate of 1.5 games per console sold, with Madden NFL 07 and Resistance: Fall of Man the best-selling titles. Wii saw a "surprisingly good" attach rate of 3.0 games per system sold. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Red Steel were the top sellers at GameStop and EB Games.

GameStop executives believe the low attach rate for PS3 is do to the "large percentage of PS3s resold at a huge premium." It is believed that once the PS3 is in the hands of "real gamers," PS3 titles should see a growth in attach rate.

Unbeknownst to anyone who has wandered into a GameStop, but second shipments of PS3 and Wii have arrived, either in warehouses or in stores (and therefore already sold out). It is expected that new shipments of each console will arrive weekly through the end of the year

 

[terry78]

Which is why I sincerely am skeptical about the whole thing with PS3 being higher in demand. Obviously morons want what they can't have. And Sony isn't really getting that extra cash that eBayers are making.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

I think the high price of the PS3 and games as well as poor launch library has more to do with a low attach rate than Wii.