Griffin- although a good piont we are looking at this too linearly. For those Wiis to not be there when you get there, means that someone has bought them. And for them to be like that everywhere then it has to be bought. Then simply all you have to do is deduce however many Nintendo ships this holiday season will be how many sold, with a tolerance of 500k.
Unluckily it does make sense in theory that they'd get tired of waiting, brandnames in the markets hardly ever work like that. People by for brand and whats mainstream, meaning they'll hold out for the Wii over anything else. ONly way that can change is if their is a brandname shift, which while looking at has hardly happened. NOw some of this spill over to other consoles could happen with the hardcore gaming crowd, but I think its important to note that hardcore gamersr are not only a minority in sales, but even more of a minority in holiday times as the majority of buyers for the console in holidays is the mainstream.
