Wii were robbed!

[Alex]

Not literaly, but i can't resist the pun.
My girlfriend, who suddenly decided despite the fact she doesn't like videogames, HAD to play the new zelda game, and wanted to line up to buy a Wii.
She was going to buy me one for my birthday at the end of the month, and she was still paying, so i had no problem going somewhere after work. I get off at 10, figured "eh, two hour wait, that ain't too awful, i've never done it before, might be fun." Best Buy, toys r us, all local video game stores, gamestop, etc, weren't doing a midnight opening thing.
So, i drive to walmart, where i see a line outside. First off, why the hell did they make people wait outside? It's Walmart, the store is huge, and it's cold out. The Walmart guy informs us, before we lined up, they only had 29 units availble, and there are 40 people in line.
So, we try the other Walmart, and see only 20 people, yay!
After an hour, a walmart guy comes out, and tells us they are only getting 20.
BOO!
Why, on the launch of a system thats been getting insane press coverage, would the nationals largest retailor only have 20? Well, i asked another walmart worker, who i happent o know, and he told me "Actually, we have more then 20, but we can only sell 20 at midnight."
So i waited an hour for nothing....4 million units shipped didn't help me at all.

[Silliw 2]

That's crap. What idiotic reason was there for such a limit?

You should be playing the Wii right now. Stupid Wally-World.

[Sanagi]

That's funny, I also failed to get a Wii despite my girlfriend's encouragement. I didn't have to wait, though, at the stores I went to they just told me at the door that they weren't going to have enough.

I hope they'll get some more before Thanksgiving break.

[MaxofSteel]

So its officially released in the U.S. now then huh? Meh I'll wait it out.

[blackdragon6]

i tried getting it online but all i saw was these insane high priced bundle packages....and i was like fuck that.i guess i'll have to go into the trenches this week in search of my Wii.

[Jmacq1]

That's crap. What idiotic reason was there for such a limit?

You should be playing the Wii right now. Stupid Wally-World.

I bet the reason is that Wal-Mart plans to put it in one of their upcoming "ads" so wanted to have a few to keep in-stock for when said ad comes out.

Yes, it's still idiotic, but stores have been known to hold back on items that are on their upcoming "plan-o-gram" or whatnot.

[Silliw 2]

Those commie bastards and their blue aprons of death.

[Serik]

Patience shall be rewarded, tadpole :)

[drwho]

At least they were considerate enough to tell you they wouldnt have enough and not leave you waiting.

[PerfectBrak]

Are more Wii shipments arriving at any specific time, or just randomly until the end of the year?

[Novaya Havoc]

I don't think anything is guaranteed, though I am sure there will be future shipments.

My boyfriend is in a plane outside of our reality right now; he wont stop playing Zelda/the Wii. Not even for... mii. :(

[Nomad]

I live in Juneau, Alaska. Only one store, (Fred Meyers) was even getting Wii on launch. The only other store that will sell it in the future is Costco, and I refuse to buy a bundle. There was a midnight launch party at our local store, but since my roomies and I don't have a car, we skipped that. I phoned at 6AM to see if they had any left in stock, they had 8. We called for a cab, got there at a quarter to seven, rushed in with a bunch of high school aged kids, and picked up the second to last Wii. Turns out, three of the eight had been water damaged do to the big storm here. It is so snowy outside, that you can't even see the mountains from the highway, and we live in a valley at sea level. We are only a city of 35k, but our store got sixty Wiis. SIXTY! I don't know if there is supposed to be a limit for retailers at launch, but Walmart only getting twenty seems peculiar. The downside, unfortunately, was that they had only a few games, (Fred Meyer often does this) and no nunchuck controllers. I picked up a Wii, one extra Wiimote, a 1 gig memory card, Zelda and Monkey Ball. The only other games they had were Rayman, (which I decided not to get after looking at the package), Grand Turismo, that excite truck game, Sponge Bob, Dragon Ball and I think that was it. Slim pickings. However, I am pleased to say that while the games are over simplified, Wii Sports and Monkey Ball have EXCELLENT mini-games for making use of the new controller. We have been playing since eight AM, and I am very pleased with my purchase. I absolutely love the remote controller. I'm so sorry to hear about you folks that couldn't snag one, they are supposed to be all over the place. A guy did offer me 500 for my Wii while we were waiting for the bus home, but after chilling in the snow for an hour and getting up at 5:30, I turned him down.

[Black Atom]

I don't think anything is guaranteed, though I am sure there will be future shipments.

My boyfriend is in a plane outside of our reality right now; he wont stop playing Zelda/the Wii. Not even for... mii. :(

Heh. The true reason for your Zelda hatred is revealed. ;)

[nervmeister]

One more reason why I'm switching to PC.

[Nomad]

One more reason why I'm switching to PC.

I'm a big PC gamer. But why is that "one more reason" why you're "switching?" PC gaming is the best experience there is, but it's also the most expensive, (by far) and the most frustrating, although probably the most rewarding.

About the Wii launch- there is no shortage, with only a little bit of planning, most people should have been able to secure one. This isn't the PS3 launch.