Where's the Game of Virtual Waiting In Line?

[eggwards]

Last night Chris and I went out half-hartedly looking for a Wii. Really, i wasn't too into it, even though I liked the test that we did at the Game Stop in the mall. The controller really is quite different, and really, it's the stupid, complicated controller that keeps me away from a lot of games

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[bendawg]

Man, y'all would've had it easy out here. Even the Fred Meyer Marketplace across the street from my apartment had 9 Wii's in its electronics department (but several signs emphasizing NO PS3's). There were several stores that had a 12:01 am special opening party too.

[eggwards]

Yeah, had we had the fortitude to go out to one of the smaller towns, I'm pretty sure we would have picked one up, but we weren't that serious about getting it.

Seriously, it's a lot of hype for machines that will be much easier to get over the next 4-5 years.

[winbear]

This has been a very interesting week for serious gamers. I didn't even realize the PS3 was shipping until I heard a friend of mine was camping out at a Target for one. He was #6 in line 36 hours in advance and it turned out they only had 4 units. His buddies were #4 and #5 and decided to team up to buy to the "ultimate bundle" of every controller and a select set of games for an eBay auction

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Sony I think really rushed to get this in the marketplace this year...after being a year late. Still, I think they are going to see the Wii triump this year. That's got to be a big problem for them as they are having a lot of trouble selling their non-gaming products these days. The PS3 also seems to be overpriced (I'm sure the components are expensive) when you look at the competition, and that's a big problem.

Sony probably could have made more units, but getting the hype of being the impossible to find toy is really more of what they wanted, I think.

I've seen some of the retro consoles, and the trouble is, they don't have a great selection of games - most likely because they only come from one group - generally Atari. What made the 2600 great was games from Namco, Activision, etc. I'm almost thinking about getting on ebay and finding an old 2600.

[eggwards]

I don't think Nintendo did themselves a disservice, really. They will find that there are a lot more Wii's under the tree this year than PS3's, and that can make for a lot of customer good will. I think a lot of peopel will think the PS3 is overhyped, and expensive. it will also be a year before there's enough games for it to give it much attention.

I think that's the thing, it isn't the graphics with the Wii, it's just a different spin on gameplay. At least they tried something new.

[geisel]

It's worth finding. I'm sure the second shipments will be much calmer... Keep up looking!

[eggwards]

Yes. I suspect we'll come across one in the next week or so. Of course, we found out that our local Target got 100 Wii's on launch date, but when we found out on Tuesday, they were already gone.

Now if we would have driven out past Denton or somewhere, I'm sure the getting would have been easier.

[dedos]

I waited for several hours for one. :)

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And in the cold too! Crazy Chicago boys!

So how are you liking it?