Great Freebie when you pre order Nintendo Wii

prophecy_grrl

I pre-ordered my Nintendo Wii today at Game Station, and was pleasantly surprised to be given a free collectors edition Legend of Zelda game, with four Zelda games on one Gamecube disk. I don't have a gamecube but was assured that the game will play on the Wii when it is released in December.

Not sure if I've posted this in the right place, am a complete newbie so grateful for any guidance / feedback.

Thanks!

Cactus_Jack

Thanks for the post. If I pre-order Wii, I'll probably go with Gamestation now. That collectors disc regular fetches around £15-20 on eBay - not that I'd sell it, but at least it isn't like its a worthless freebie.

slowen

Did you have to put a deposit down to pre-order the wii and how much?

Cerenia

Gamestation near me arn't giving ot ANY freebies for preorders, waiting for work to start taking preorders on thursday, may as well get double points as well as staff discount when it comes out ^^

devild_2

This would be nice if Nintendo weren't profiteering on the cost of the console. Looking at the price in America the "exchange" rate is $ to the £. No doubt the usual excuses will come out but apart from power adaptors and region encoding (which is used to stop cheap games coming in) there is no justification. Personally I wouldn't touch one with a bargepole until prices were more balanced. If everyone did the same companies would think twice about this practice that has happened with every console in the UK

Repo

Couldn't agree with you more about the exchange rates.

mug51

devild wrote:

This would be nice if Nintendo weren't profiteering on the cost of the console.

What are you expecting Nintendo to do? sell you it for the cost of production?

Its the cheapest 3rd generation console out there with a pretty unique selling point.

How much is it selling for in USA?

devild_2

mug51 wrote:

What are you expecting Nintendo to do? sell you it for the cost of production?

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Not profiteering doesn't mean you sell it for the cost of production, did I say they were selling it at cost in America?

The USA prices have not yet been finalised but Nintendo have confirmed it will be sub $250 with speculation it will be $199.

viewtiful

The USA price was confirmed a week or so ago, along with Japan (No Free Wii Sports there).


Japan : Approx £105 Date: Dec 2nd
USA : Approx £125 Date: Nov 19th
Europe : £180 Date: Dec 8th
Australia : £160 Date: Dec 7th

And also if you have a HMV Game Reward card then preordering from HMV online is the way to go. You get 2.5% cashback on quidco and also £10 (If you didn't spend the first points you get with the card)/£7.50 to spend online (Any amount at a time) or in store (£5 is the minimum claim). Just remember to have a card linked to your HMV online account.

prophecy_grrl

slowen wrote:

Did you have to put a deposit down to pre-order the wii and how much?

I put down a twenty pound deposit, the release date is 8th December and I have to pay the balance then - 159.99

mug51

devild wrote:

Not profiteering doesn't mean you sell it for the cost of production, did I say they were selling it at cost in America?

I didnt say profiteering was to sell for the cost of production, you said it would be nice if Ninetendo werent profiteering on the console.
I replied with how much do you want them to charge on the console, low enough so they make no profit. If consoles are not in huge demand after release there wouldn't be a need to put high prices on them, they are basically controlling the supply.

And did I say you were selling at cost in America? that was a general question. Since viewtiful said the console is £125 in US, slap VAT on that and add on the game value, pretty close to £180.