Gamestop probably held back some copies so they could increase the price later or perhaps put a second order into Nintendo for a small batch with increased costs. Hats off to Gamestop for their wise profiteering staff.
This is really why single retailer exclusive games shouldn't happen. It's basically a monopoly without competition. I'm sure there were many independent video game stores who would have loved to have sold this game. In fact increased availability would have resulted surely in more games being sold.
Xenoblade is an incredibly impressive wii game but I must admit I got a bit bored of it quickly as didn't like the combat system and found the story a bit irritating. UK price on amazon starts at about £35 pre-owned delivered.








