Ben Reid
11 Oct 2006 15:14
After selling out its first batch of PS3 pre-orders within moments of accepting them, video gaming retailer GameStop is reported to have confirmed today that it will begin taking pre-orders in North America for Nintendo's Wii console on Friday, October 13.
Although games for the console have been available for pre-order for a number of weeks, Friday will be the first time GameStop has opened up pre-orders on the hardware. In order to stake their claim to a console, gamers will need to pop into their local GameStop or EB Games store and ask to put down a set amount of money (between $25 and $50) on a Wii. The amount of money placed on a pre-order goes towards the final price of the product.
Nintendo is expected to ship some two million Wii units to the North American market by the end of the year, with around half of that shipment anticipated at launch, although some recent reports have suggested expectation-exceeding production of the console may yet see those numbers change.
Details have yet to emerge of the pre-order status of GameStop/EB stores outside North America, nor of other retailers such as Target, Wal-Mart and Toys 'R' Us.
Source:
The Wiire