Gaming No more Wiis until the end of March?

[Hooya]

Just a rumor I heard from someone I shouldn't trust at all (an EB Games employee). He said Nintendo wasn't sending out any more Wiis until the end of the month to do a kind of nation-wide re-launch.

Anyone else heard anything even remotely similar?

It doesn't make sense from a marketing standpoint for Nintendo, it's not like they need publicity or to encourage more interest in the console or anything...

 

[kristijan08]

key words "eb games employee", i wouldn't believe it, nintendo will crank em through the retailers as soon as they are ready to go, a relaunch would be stupid considering how many people are still eager to buy

 

[Hooya]

Yeah, I thought it might just be EB stocking up for a month or something. The same guy didn't know about the supposed Wii sales for Target and Toys R Us this weekend either.

 

[Golin]

Just a rumor I heard from someone I shouldn't trust at all (an EB Games employee). He said Nintendo wasn't sending out any more Wiis until the end of the month to do a kind of nation-wide re-launch.

Anyone else heard anything even remotely similar?

It doesn't make sense from a marketing standpoint for Nintendo, it's not like they need publicity or to encourage more interest in the console or anything...

Software Etc. (Gamestop affiliate) employee said they're getting 3 Wiis a week. And he had no reason to lie.

 

[Little]

It is possible that Nintendo are going to give (well sell) consoles in similar numbers to the launch figures soon. (Which was about 200 per large store in the UK). Its what I heard as a employee somewhere

I heard they are planning a "they are now back in stock" type of campaign!

 

[The Teej]

Personally, I think a "Wii is back in stores!" campaign would work well in the UK considering a certain console is launching in a couple of weeks...

 

[Harsky]

I wonder if it's too late in buying the Wii that's okay to mod? I still haven't got one and I'm sure by the time I buy one, it will have it's board changed to something different to not allow mod chips to be installed.