Nintendo Begins A Wii Raincheck Program For The Holidays Through Gamestop
For those of you finding it impossible to find a Wii for Christmas Nintendo is offering rainchecks. From Chris Koeler:
To help assuage consumers’ complaints that they can’t find a Wii, Nintendo announced this morning that they will begin a ‘Wii Raincheck’ program. If you pay in full for a Wii before Christmas, you can get a raincheck that you’ll be able to redeem for a Wii in January.
Fils-Aime said that the program will be run entirely through retailer GameStop, who he says has “many tens of thousands” of certificates.
The program, says Fils-Aime, is for people who want “something to put under the tree.”
“A certificate needs to be matched to a specific Wii which needs to be matched to a specific store. Only this retailer has the ability to pull off such a program,” said Fils-Aime in regards to why GameStop will be the exclusive partner for this initiative.
Reggie Fils-Aime also said this morning that Wii will be available this weekend in many stores, advertised in circulars for Best Buy, Circuit City, etc.