I can't believe it (Wii sold out everywhere in Ireland and UK again)

[Bodhesatva]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/11/18/cnwii118.xml

 

"Retailers have admitted that they will be unable to cope with unprecedented demand for Nintendo Wii consoles this Christmas, as appetite for the video games continues to grow.

New stocks are selling out within hours of delivery, websites are crashing and some online "clearing houses" - which alert shoppers to the whereabouts of new stock - are being contacted by 100,000 people a day."

 

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=1819102007

"Reports this week suggested parents were resorting to bribery, emotional blackmail and paying hugely inflated prices to try to get their hands on a game - and this five weeks ahead of December 25. Some are camping outside shops in sub-zero temperatures on rumours that new supplies are expected the next day.

My own search continued at Game Station, where I smiled politely as a nice man informed me that they had just sold the last of their latest delivery and could not guarantee they would get any more before Christmas. After similar, spirit-crushing knockbacks from Currys, Game, PC World, HMV, Toys "R" Us, Virgin, John Lewis and Comet, my smile vanished."