Walmart to offer tens of thousands of Wiis on Monday

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Groucho said:

noname2200 said:

Groucho said:

Okay... so its the X360 Arcade that is hard to find around here (Seattle area) since Black Friday. Wii supply seems to be exceeding demand decently this year. They are stocked pretty high in just about every store (there are *mountains* of them).

Since you seem to be in the only place in America that's like that, buy some and eBay 'em dude. Easy money!

 

Seattle is supposed to be one of the "high tech" hotspots in America.  I would wager that Wiis are pretty commonplace here in and California, and perhaps New York, Chicago, etc.  Everyone who wants one, has one now.  Its rural America (which is the majority of consumers) that is probably still supply constrained, because the Wii is still "catching fire" there.

 

You can cut out California and New York. I live in the former (San Jose), and have friends and family in the latter. Wii's are still MIA (save for the Nintendo Store in NYC). Can't speak to the rest, but reports I've been hearing say otherwise.

Edit: Looks like you added more in after. Maybe you're right, I dunno. I'm personally still a bit baffled about why the PS2 keeps selling, so long-term trends aren't my thing. Time will tell.

But I stand by my first statement. Examining the present, Wii demand in the US still outstrips Wii supply, and not just in rural areas.