Select Games Already Facing Holiday Shortages
Yahoo! Games is reporting that some stores are already suffering shortages of certain video games leading up to the big holiday shopping season. Read On:
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Have you started your holiday shopping yet? Chances are, if you're anything like us, it's still a long way off, but you could already have missed the boat on a few of this holiday season's top gaming gifts.
Chief among the culprits is Activision's Guitar Hero: World Tour, which adds drums and vocals to the enormously popular music game series. Following an investor conference call this week it emerged that World Tour is virtually sold out at present, and Activision considers it unlikely that it'll be able to get enough copies to stores to meet holiday demand.
The woes don't stop there for shoppers. One analyst recently tipped Wii Fit as becoming the biggest selling game of the year over the holiday season, and it's already hard to find. Coming with a custom balance board controller and the promise of a fun way to lose weight, it's spectacularly popular with non-traditional gamers, and the demand is pushing Ebay prices well over the $89.99 retail price. Some online and brick-and-mortar stores still have stock, although it'd be wise to be quick.
What of the Wii itself, which proved one of the hardest gifts to find for the last two holiday seasons running? In an interview last month, Nintendo's American president Reggie Fils-Aime was hopeful the company would be able to meet demand, and the company is shipping Wiis at a rate 50% higher than this time last year. Will it be enough? Given that the Wii is selling considerably faster now than it was back then, we're not holding out much hope. If you're hoping to have one under your tree this year, now's the time to start looking.
Chief among the culprits is Activision's Guitar Hero: World Tour, which adds drums and vocals to the enormously popular music game series. Following an investor conference call this week it emerged that World Tour is virtually sold out at present, and Activision considers it unlikely that it'll be able to get enough copies to stores to meet holiday demand.
The woes don't stop there for shoppers. One analyst recently tipped Wii Fit as becoming the biggest selling game of the year over the holiday season, and it's already hard to find. Coming with a custom balance board controller and the promise of a fun way to lose weight, it's spectacularly popular with non-traditional gamers, and the demand is pushing Ebay prices well over the $89.99 retail price. Some online and brick-and-mortar stores still have stock, although it'd be wise to be quick.
What of the Wii itself, which proved one of the hardest gifts to find for the last two holiday seasons running? In an interview last month, Nintendo's American president Reggie Fils-Aime was hopeful the company would be able to meet demand, and the company is shipping Wiis at a rate 50% higher than this time last year. Will it be enough? Given that the Wii is selling considerably faster now than it was back then, we're not holding out much hope. If you're hoping to have one under your tree this year, now's the time to start looking.
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