madskillz on 18 December 2007
@ NJ5
You are correct. They hold Wiis to coincide with ads they are going to publish. They do it that way because otherwise, the ad would run and there wouldn't be a single Wii. The other problem, and the main reason for the shortage? Scalpers. They will buy 5-6 Wiis at a time and flip them for $500 a pop. And folks would pay that much for them! The scalpers have created a supply-and-demand shortage for the Wii. Yeah, it's a great system, so great, scalpers have gotten folks totally worked up for them.
