Yesterday, for the first time since November 19 2006, I saw....

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I think it is still pretty darn short in the U.S. I saw my first units in the wild a couple of weeks ago but have seen none since. Those that were available were gone quick. I was out doing back to school shopping last weekend and was all over the place -- wal mart, target, and toys r us among other stores. No Wiis anywhere to be found. We do know that Nintendo shipped a lot of extra consoles to the U.S. for July and I suspect the same for August. It could be that demand and supply are roughly equal in most other areas of the world and any excess inventory they have is making its way to the U.S.

Itrakr, by all measures not an up-to-the-minute" measurement still has the Wii at 5%. I only use their number as a "gauge" of availability at a few key retailers. When that number starts getting to 50% or so, I think you can begin to say the Wii is no longer supply constrained in the U.S.

Speaking of back to school shopping... I would think August is a tough month for game console sales given that most kids are returning to school and the last thing on most parents minds is buying another distraction from school, homework, etc., so we may see a general console slowdown from now until November. That's just me thinking, though, and that's dangerous, at best.