What a moron. "The Wii U will fail", "The Wii U is priced right", "I just don't get the Wii U and I don't think gamers will as well", "The Wii U had a healthy launch and now it will be sold out until March". I swear this guy flip-flops more than a fish out of water. I think he does this so that if the Wii U failed, he could proclaim the he all told us so. And if it succeeded, then he pretends like he saw it all along.
Well eBay is supply and demand remember when ps3 launched they were selling upwards to 1000$ dollars on eBay because of the shortage there also multiple deaths and robberies rather it way launch or around the time it was pandamonium
But as far Wii U it will be fine there will be artificial shortages to stimulate sales that's the politics with new hardware and new hardware always sells out at launch but will it be able to keep up the momentum that is the question we'll just have to wait and see.
It's really mind boggling that he has a job like this when he's so incompetent at it, kinda makes you wonder what kind of people are running this industry.
If Wii U is sold out, then why do 2 Walmarts, Target and Best Buy have multiples of both versions just sitting on shelfs where I live ??? Here comes the fake hype Nintendo loves to create...
Really!? I need to go over there for when I buy my Wii U console. I only have AC3 for it, but I haven't bought the console yet due to $$ over-budgeting. Where I live at they are sold out & I'm not bulling. This man came in with his wife and said he looked all over the city and couldn't find one. He then went to Hastings, where they only had 2 left and he bought one. I'm sure someone got that last one. They are sold out at Gamestop, Walmart & Hastings where I stay at.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you say you weren't going to buy one anyway? And if so, why should you care about how much consoles are manufactured by Nintendo?
You do know manufacturing consoles cost money right? You do realize that there is never a guarantee that something will see right? You do know nintendo isn't stupid and won't over produce on the off chance that it won't sell right?
Welcome to the world of business. You have to guess how many to make to one not spend a lot until you regain some of the money spent and that if you don't sell well you don't have a warehouse full of things that nobody wants. Yeah it's a Nintendo product so it's guaranteed to sell like hotcakes but it is also a new system not many people know about, unsure if it is worth it and a new controller that is alien to people right now so a lot of people will hold on a purchase until they get to demo it, see it live in action, or know that there are games that will justify their purchase. Obviously the only thing someone in their shoes could do is guesstimate and hope that it's enough. They are selling the system at a loss so they can't produce too much and risk ruining themselves by gaining a debt they won't be able to get out of. Being sold out until March maybe over exaggerating a lot but it's look like the Wii launch again and finding a system will be hard for a long time.
Really where do you live, how about some photos from your phone showing the systems in the store? Yeah, the wii u IS SELLING OUT EVERY WHERE, COME ON ALL YOU FOLKS WHO SAY our stores have plenty of wii u's .. PROVE IT! WERE DO YOU LIVE SO WE CAN CALL THE STORES OUR SELVES, WHERE ARE THE CELL PHONE VIDEOS THAT SHOW THE WII U NOT SELLING..
WHAT ? NO PROOF? THEN STOP LYING AND GET THE HELL OVER IT.. THE WII U IS A SUCCESS!!! get over it!!!
Crow, at my local Walmart, they put empty boxes inside the display case. They even had to put a note on the outside saying that those weren't real Wii U boxes.
Not saying that is the case there, but just something to note.
Oh, no. It's selling incredibly well. I was just showing you guys. ^_^ These were the actual consoles, by the way. Every other store in town is completely sold out, btw.
I'll give it 48 hours before he contradicts himself in another interview. Why does the gaming press respect this buffoon so much, or is it simply because he talks a good headline?
It's starting to feel like Pachter is trolling us and getting paid in the process!
They don't respect him, they just report what he says so slightly annoyed people like you or me go onto their website to read whatever drivel he said now and get sweet, sweet ad revenue.
This guy is a fool, but people still always pay attention to him for some reason. It's like on the news when they always try and scare people into believing there's gonna be $8 gallons of gas, been hearing that every year for the past 3 years.
My store has a grand total of 1 preordered! it had 2 but i cancelled mine. Meanwhile I sell 4 or 5 xboxs and ps3s per day. The interest in the WiiU is just not here. It'll take a lot of momentum to build its sales in ireland
I have never seen an 'analyst' that does more side-stepping in regards to the stuff he writes about than Michael Pachter.
It's gonna fail, It's gonna be successful, Nintendo is doing things wrong, Nintendo does everything right, blah blah blah blah blah.....seriously think before you speak.
since when did nintendo higher that clown to claim wiiu will be out of stock until march and that only 3 million will sell......as usual patcher is trying to push people away from buying wiiu by saying system will be out of stock..that hater and haters like him
What an idiot.
But as far Wii U it will be fine there will be artificial shortages to stimulate sales that's the politics with new hardware and new hardware always sells out at launch but will it be able to keep up the momentum that is the question we'll just have to wait and see.
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Welcome to the world of business. You have to guess how many to make to one not spend a lot until you regain some of the money spent and that if you don't sell well you don't have a warehouse full of things that nobody wants. Yeah it's a Nintendo product so it's guaranteed to sell like hotcakes but it is also a new system not many people know about, unsure if it is worth it and a new controller that is alien to people right now so a lot of people will hold on a purchase until they get to demo it, see it live in action, or know that there are games that will justify their purchase. Obviously the only thing someone in their shoes could do is guesstimate and hope that it's enough. They are selling the system at a loss so they can't produce too much and risk ruining themselves by gaining a debt they won't be able to get out of. Being sold out until March maybe over exaggerating a lot but it's look like the Wii launch again and finding a system will be hard for a long time.
WHAT ? NO PROOF? THEN STOP LYING AND GET THE HELL OVER IT.. THE WII U IS A SUCCESS!!! get over it!!!
Walmart and target, i don't need to prove anything, doesn't matter what you believe me or not, doesn't get me a free wii u
I think it's the gaming experience it will/won't provide that people are questioning atm
There are two in there.
http://imgur.com/QAdeX
Not saying that is the case there, but just something to note.
for $300 (versus 350 for the deluxe) you only get 8gb of memory, no stands and no game...
informed people would hold out and get the deluxe, where for only $50 more, you get a game, extra memory and all the stands and charger...
Although, I'd still be willing to bet that those two systems sitting there won't last the weekend..
O wait that's right I have a ps3.
http://m.gamestop.com/catal...
besides that, Zombi U and Nintendoland, you can play pretty much every game for the wii u on an xbox or a ps3...
There's really no new games coming out for several months... I think pikmin 3 and rayman legends are set for march...
I bought a wii u, but I love Nintendo products.... otherwise... I would have waited..
It's starting to feel like Pachter is trolling us and getting paid in the process!
It's gonna fail, It's gonna be successful, Nintendo is doing things wrong, Nintendo does everything right, blah blah blah blah blah.....seriously think before you speak.
Guy is a joke.
If Wii U was really in such high demand, these new shipments would have sold out within minutes.(Wii U was restocked last night at Gamestop.com)
This just shows you how resilient this industry is even with all the negativity being thrown around.