Wii avalibility...

[Louie]

Kwaad said: stewacide said: I was talking to the manager of a big local independent video store that's also a big game retailer (and he's also a big gamer), and he says his suppliers tell him flatly there are no Wiis to be had. He only found his after 3-months of constant searching (at a Wal-Mart I think). Every accessory they get in the store is gone right away. He's been getting a lot of Japanese-packaged Wiimote (why he doesn't know: is there a glut in Japan?) which are out the door as soon as they're in. Another interesting experience the same day was to go to Blockbuster thinking I'd rent the Sonic game to try it out, and every single Wii game in the store that wasn't a kids-movie-tie-in was rented out! Has anyone ever heard of such a thing?!? They'd also sold-out of the retail Sonic Ring copies. Whoa. Weird. Wii National Availability: 15% Still going up through the week. very interesting. Did they finally pass demand?

Let´s hope so, lot of potential Wii owners are getting annoyed now at least where I live. I guess the PS3 will increase it´s Hardware sales in late 2007 here. We are not yet ready to buy HD consoles, just about 5% of german households have HDTV´s. But not because we don´t like them: If you own a HDTV you will get the same 480p as ever because just about 1 or 2 movies a week run in HDTV...