Wii U : GameStop ...*Sold Out*. Best Buy...*Sold Out*. ToysRUs...*Sold Out*. Sears, Target, Kmart...*Sold Out*! Reggie's reaction...

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Train wreck said:

Viper1 said:

pezus said:
Fun fact: PS3 pre-orders were sold out as well.

The difference is that the PS3 didn't sell out the day after pre-orders opened.   Nor did it sell out at every retailer.

ShopTo.net (big online video game retailer in the UK) is reporting the Wii U just smashed their largest console pre-order figures.

 

It's not the fact it is sold out that is of significance, it's how fast and how wide the sell out is.

The difference is that with Wii U, and the controller specifically, is still supply constrainted (Nintendo has not mentioned that they ever resolved it), they probably put a low number for the amount of preorders...so how fast it sold out is irrevleant becuase we dont have a number.

ShopT.net's report just contradicted what you said.

How can they have the largest pre-order totals ever if their allocation was restrictively low?