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Wii U Launch
Symptoms0fMercy:
--- Quote from: tiktektak on November 19, 2012, 02:50:09 PM ---Any stock problems in the US?
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Every place I've tried here in RI is out of stock. The Gamestops around here sold out pre-orders within 24 hours of taking them, and have been keeping a Wii U wait list since (basically pre-orders for batch 2). I'm near the top of that list...
tbonesteak4dinner:
--- Quote from: Staf on November 19, 2012, 12:13:48 AM ---I picked up a Deluxe at midnight and it was bricked upon me opening it. When I press the power button the blue light would just blink and that was it. I called Nintendo support and I'm having to send the system to them. It will be 5-6 business days from the time I send it in to the time I get it back.
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Man, that's no fun. Well nintendo support kicks ass (I know the experience of others may differ :D), and 6 business days of total turnaround time for shipping, diagnosis, and replacement isn't half bad. At least you don't have to put it in a towel and bake it in the oven on high for 10 min or put pennies and new thermal paste onto a burnt out GPU alla Xbox 360. ;D
--- Quote from: Symptoms0fMercy on November 19, 2012, 10:43:19 PM ---Every place I've tried here in RI is out of stock. The Gamestops around here sold out pre-orders within 24 hours of taking them, and have been keeping a Wii U wait list since (basically pre-orders for batch 2). I'm near the top of that list...
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CO was mostly out of stock too. Everywhere was out of Pre-Orders in 24 hours as well, but I was able to get mine by waiting out in front of my local Best Buy two hours before it opened. They had about 10 Deluxes in stock - apparently it was the only store in the state to actually have sizeable launch day stock. I remember getting my original Wii where each store only got in 3 at a time. :D
JDavis:
I was off work today, but as of closing yesterday (launch day) we still had 5 Basic Sets in stock at the store I work at here in Oklahoma.
games-go-round:
At the Target where I work, in Columbus, OH, we had 32 Basic sets and 16 Deluxe sets in stock on launch day. I work the night shift, and when I got to work at 11 PM on Saturday night, we had two people waiting in line outside the store. By 6 AM Sunday morning, that number had grown to four people. I got off at 8 AM, when the store opened, and noticed that we had, maybe, 8-10 people in a line at the electronics department buying their systems. I walked outside to scrape the ice off my car, and noticed someone pull up, park quickly, and dash inside the store. He looked like a college kid, so I assumed he was there right when we opened to get a system.
As of this morning, Tuesday the 20th, we still had 6 Baisc sets and 2 Deluxe sets in stock. I thought about getting one to list on eBay, but I figured that, since we didn't even sell out of our stock after two full days of release, demand must not be that high.
I honestly and truly had no idea when the system was coming out! To me, it seems like Nintendo did a terrible job of promoting it, since I work in and around the electronics department, and aside from the demo unit we got a few weeks back, I didn't know the system was getting released until the night of. No posters, no pamphlets with a release date.
I hope it does well, but where I live, the demand is surprisingly low.
larryinc64:
How is everyones Wii U?
Some things I'm curious about.
When are they going to sell the GamePad separately? I saw on Wiki 2 are supported.
When transferring Wiiware and VC games from a Wii, does it remove it from the Wii? how is transferring done done?
Can a Classic Controller be used in place of a Pro Controller?
How do Wii games look in 1280p?