amazon stops taking wii pre-orders... sold out.

[Don Seer]

Wii pre-orders snapped up on Amazon
Posted Sep 18th 2006 9:01AM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: News

On September 15th, Amazon began taking preorders for the Wii ... and on September 15th, Amazon stopped taking preorders for the Wii. No, Nintendo didn't announce manufacturing troubles or delays. They didn't move the release date back. There was no crisis reported.

They simply sold out.

Analysts, both armchair and professional, have been all over the place when it comes to the Wii since the revolutionary new console was first announced. Predictions have ranged to impossibly enthusiastic to cautiously optimistic ... and down to those who swore the concept was too gimmicky and the Wii would fail. Even fans reacted to the recent announcements of price points and world launch dates in a somewhat lukewarm fashion, and even so, people are still rabid to ensure they'll get a copy of the system on launch day.

Wiiii! Here's to the "underdog." Looks like Nintendo is moving up in the world.

source: http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/

[Bomb-A®]

god damn....i told my sister to buy it the moment she sees it



peace

[Javier]

Damn, I'll be posting up at Best Buy for sure. 

[Don Seer]

http://news.punchjump.com/article.php?id=2987

now they're taking pre-orders again

[Don Seer]

official word from amazon...  they didn't sell out, coz they dont know how many they have.. but they got scared coz it was so popular..


"the offer was pulled from the site because the rate of pre-orders "dramatically outpaced what we had anticipated." The popular web store doesn't yet know how many systems they'll be getting from Nintendo, so they temporarily stopped pre-orders to avoid over-promising the system."

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/19/amazon-speaks-on-quick-wii-pre-order-sell-out/