Im enjoying the hell out of mine, them selling out is no surprise.

Oh no! Pachter's prediction was right. Nintendo is doomed!

Im not trying to be an ass but what did you expect?

can't remember a recent launch that didn't sell out

Given that it has a 2d Mario since its launch wouldn't be surprised if the console continues to sell well during whole the holiday season.

Checked the Vita had a 85% sell through though the article did say that Sony pumped extra vita's into the supply chain just before the launch  , not sure on 3DS , still my memory was  looking at home consoles releases silly memory , all in all a great outcome but one that I feel was a good bet to happen and yes it will dominate.

only a fanboy would think this is bad news but good job nintendo hope they continue to do this good through this gen

spurgeonryan said: Lol! Didn't Man Bear do this? He made a bad investment. Lol! Where is that joker?     Thousands Of Scalpers Auction Wii U Only To Break Even Posted on Monday, November 19 @ 12:03:05 Eastern by Jonathan_Leack   The Wii U may have quickly sold out on its first day, but online auctions show that there's more to the formula than meets the eye. Since the Wii U's launch in North America yesterday, thousands of consoles have ended up on auctions such as Amazon and eBay. On eBay in particular there are currently over 3,800 different sellers with units posted, with many sitting unsold in the $600 - $2,000 dollar range. What's most interesting is despite the console selling out in stores, recent auctions of the Wii U Deluxe 32GB package have completed for between $396 - $420. When you consider their MSRP of $349 and weigh in the tax and seller fees, scalpers are almost turning a loss. Maybe this is just due to Nintendo manufacturing enough units to meet demand, or perhaps the demand just isn't there, yet. Whatever the case, until the holiday rush begins we won't really know if the Wii U becomes the scalper item of the season, or if Nintendo has a long road ahead. Tags:   Wii U, Nintendo

If you look at the auctions with open bidding, there are plenty of people willing to somewhat overpay for the console within reason.  The sellers who place an over-inflated Buy It Now price only on their auctions are the ones who will get stuck.  Most people, even the ones who missed chance at pre-order and were too lazy to get up on launch day and pay retail price wouldn't pay more than $100-$150 over retail price point day of/or before system launches.  I mean really, $1,000 for a Basic Model?  That's over 3 times the retail price.  Those type of sellers are out of touch with reality/consumer/marketplace. 

Resellers are being idiots. They should be waiting until closer to christmas when people get desperate for holiday gifts and when hype builds up. Too early right now.

Hopefully the Wii U can breath some life into a dying market.