Well never got it but there are plenty being offered on ebay and other online sites. These guys must have bought them right off of the truck.

Peace

In the US alone, you’re looking at:

52 million households ready for the Wii
vs.
About 8 million for the PS3 and XBox

Now, if you owned a game company, which one would you develop for?

When a game can take up to 10 million bucks to build…which market is more likely to give you a return on that?

You’d be developing for the Wii, the PS2, and the XBox (in that order) — the ones with the biggest install base. The PS3 is too high of a risk — dev is too expensive, and it has clearly lost the console wars, so it’s “Game Over” there. Don’t tie your raft to a sinking ship, as they say.

The PS3 and to an only slightly lesser extent the Xbox are dangerously close to falling between two stools. Wiis for casual gaming on the one side, computers for ‘hardcore’ gaming on the other. The price advantage consoles have is being eroded by better technology, higher disposable incomes and increased use of computers in the home. In the West, most households except the very poorest are going to have a computer, and if you’re going to have a computer and you’ve got gamers in the house, you might as well spend the extra few hundred quid to have one that can play games.

you can use WiiAlerts.com , it will TXT you when Wii in amazon, bestbuy, etc. avail.

BTW, http://wiioffers.com/nintendo-.....m-1-dollar

g/l

http://www.buyawiionline.com

everybody else is continuing to do what they do, and there’s nothing wrong with that. they cater to the traditional, young male, video game demographic.

but with Wii, Nintendo is bringing it/appealing it to the masses…hence their sharper demand curve

Thanks,
TC Reader

Here’s some more detailed info: http://blog.compete.com/where-.....come-from/

Compete says “console demand based on the number of U.S. consumers who shopped for the respective consoles at leading online retailers.”

Max @ compete says the users are uniqued, but how reliably can you unique a user across several web properties and/or several days? Unless the sites are all using the same cookie-based activity tracker (or you track by IP, which is dynamic for most people), I don’t see how the shortage isn’t skewing the numbers to some extent.

Sites like moowee.tv provide the ability to watch YouTube, Daily Motion, etc. videos through the Internet Channel on your TV.

After a full day on the computer it is a relief to sit on the couch and search.

I expect a Wii to be kinda household now, like a T.V or something. It is kinda cool to visit someone and they’ve got a Wii set up.

I got one on in November, and it’s been a BLAST! I love that darn thing… It’s such a visceral experience on a Wii. You’re totally IN the game, in an active (I’ve even lost a few lbs playing the Boxing game), rather than passive (joystick, chip-munching, booty-growing couch potato) way.