Nintendo WII pre order only £180

punkgirlyuk

Has anyone got their Wii from Virgin? Pre-ordered mine in November, 8th on list and told they were getting 25. They only got 3 and haven't received anymore since!! The stupid thing is that it is the Manchester store, they were the first to have a Wii on display in the UK!!! Is it Nintendo or the Head office of the retailers that allocate stock?

GoldenEye

punkgirlyuk wrote:

Has anyone got their Wii from Virgin? Pre-ordered mine in November, 8th on list and told they were getting 25. They only got 3 and haven't received anymore since!! The stupid thing is that it is the Manchester store, they were the first to have a Wii on display in the UK!!! Is it Nintendo or the Head office of the retailers that allocate stock?

I didn't order from Virgin but I read somewhere on the internet that The Trafford Centre may be getting stock in tomorrow. I would assume Manchester would too?

letsgobilliejoe

hey everyone. I just got a call off Currys to say that their stock was in now but my card was rejected. They gave me a number to ring them back on before 12 tomorrow. Only problem is...I've gone and not saved the number in my phone....damn.

Anybody got it?

platterfish

Woolworths should, well are banking on, getting around 4000 to SELL through stores from early next week, allocation wont go to all stores just the larger ones and the ones that sell alot of games.

Also, White DS consoles apparantly on there way to stores.

Worth checking with your local store monday/tuesday this week.

Hope this helps if you still need one!

letsgobilliejoe

platterfish wrote:

Woolworths should, well are banking on, getting around 4000 to SELL through stores from early next week, allocation wont go to all stores just the larger ones and the ones that sell alot of games.

Also, White DS consoles apparantly on there way to stores.

Worth checking with your local store monday/tuesday this week.

Hope this helps if you still need one!

didn't think the DS were in short supply. Plentiful in my local tescos.

Nilrem

Raggie wrote:

Not quite, as there are at least two compaines in the loop, posibly three.

Nintendo Make the Consoles @ £82

Amazon et all sell at £179.99

So Amazon need their cut, Nintendo take their cut and someone in the middle will be paying for wearhousing transport etc..

If amazon look to make 30% Gross margin on the console that equals £54 , from that they have to pay staff for picking shipping etc, probably leaving them with a retiand profit nearer £25 per console.

This leaves 179.99-54-82 = £44 for getting the goods to the stores, transportation etc..

if we assume those transport costs/staff etc come to £20, that leaves Nintendo with a £25 profit per console.

Now with 1.3 million sold to date that is quite a nice number...

Don't forget that about 17-20% of the end price in the EU will be taxes,

Even so it is a nice chunk of change for Nintendo, even before they've sold any games/extras for it.

royalsteve

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Not that it helps anyone actually get hold of a Wii but here is info on what Nintendo makes per console http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/20061215092033.html

It costs $160 (£82) to make so on a price tag of £179.99 they are making £97.99 per console.

It's a very good christmas for Nintendo then.

Not a very good article, in fact, its shockingly bad.....based purely on build cost v retail cost...hmm....surely the shippers/distributors and retailers will take their huge cut. Then Nintendo has to pay its advertisers and ist own development costs as well as paying the stipulated sub contractor costs.....id surprised if nintendo makes much at all on the consoles, not until certain targets are passed, costs are reduced, etc

khizman

Raggie wrote:

Not quite, as there are at least two compaines in the loop, posibly three.

Nintendo Make the Consoles @ £82

Amazon et all sell at £179.99

So Amazon need their cut, Nintendo take their cut and someone in the middle will be paying for wearhousing transport etc..

If amazon look to make 30% Gross margin on the console that equals £54 , from that they have to pay staff for picking shipping etc, probably leaving them with a retiand profit nearer £25 per console.

This leaves 179.99-54-82 = £44 for getting the goods to the stores, transportation etc..

if we assume those transport costs/staff etc come to £20, that leaves Nintendo with a £25 profit per console.

Now with 1.3 million sold to date that is quite a nice number...

You must remember, to put together a box of tricks like the Wii in the first place isn't cheap.
You are paying for R&D not manufacturing.

masonl20

I ordered a wii with littlewoods on 18 nov stated delivery 18 dec. however now states delivery 25 jan 07 phoned them a number of times with no help what so ever. anyone still waiting for orders of wii through cataloge companys?

walleth_2

Where is the best play to find a wii play with remote at the moment? Got an order in with Tesco but they not expecting to get any in till the 22nd! When I ordered was under the impression they had them in stock. grr