| curl-6 said: Is this really an ENTIRELY good thing though? |
Yes. It's always a bad thing when you run out of stock. Anyone in business will tell you that a lost sale might not come back. That whole "but it creates hype" thing is a myth. The only ones who profit from that are those who resale merchandise for higher prices.
You don't want stock sitting around for months, either, but I think that would hardly be a problem. Nintendo is going to get as many units of the Wii U as they can out to retailers. No surplus would last beyond the holidays.
