If it's some problem with software production, I really hope they get their act together right now. That would be really bad. According to Reggie, it will be solved very soon (or is solved already):

http://www.destructoid.com/reggie-fils-aime-says-the-wii-software-issue-will-be-over-in-three-weeks-53006.phtml 

The UK isn't exactly your normal European country. Check the sales figures for Xbox360 for UK on this site. Halo is  big in the UK.

 Well, now that you say it, there really isn't a "normal" European country. Some countries, like the UK, dig Halo alot more than others. Some countries like Spain, really love them their PS3s. Some countries go for FIFA, some go for PES, etc. However, the one constant thing in most of Europe has been that Wii is popular there. So I don't necessarily think UK SMG sales (and Irish) are that bad of a barometer. 

Where can one get UK sales charts, with figures. I wanna see the numbers, like how VGCharts does it.

Amazon.de was sold out on sunday too, had to wait til monday noon to order my copy.

Edit: They are out again, hell do I have luck that I seem to get a copie there!

 Or shops just didn't orderd as many as needed. High manager of game shops have no clue about games, but they have a clue about game sales. So far the Wii wasn't excactly a software mover, and I could think that they played save and didn't order much from Nintendo, and are now sitting duck, because they are out. Sounds reasonable to me.

That's right.

Remember - its NOT Nintendo doing the ordering - its retailers. Maybe they saw what happened with Galaxy in Japan, and got scared.

Its also Xmas, and there is also a HUGE number of big titles out. They might be likely to be more conservative on Galaxy, and just spread their orders. In the end - a sellout wouldn't bother them too much (just order more, and off they go). Its titles that DON'T sell that scare them.

I actually have a similar reasoning for R&C sales, which I think is quite plausible. It may also be that some publishers are doing "harder yards" in retailer promotion, which in turn results in more of their software being picked up.

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Here is a question for you all - if Galaxy was available exclusively as a WiiWare download (ignoring the size impracticalities) - how many sales would it do WW, in the first week? A couple of million? (assuming lots of advertising, etc...).

If true - this all points to another reason why manufacturers want to go digital downloadable. Or maybe next time, Ninty will just keep its BIG titles away from the Xmas rush. Its been a real mess this year. Thank god Brawl isn't being released in 2 weeks... :P 

Lets guestimate. Lets say US market = UK market with bigger numbers. So take call off duty as reference we would get this US numbers (hey that just fun, don't bet on these:)

500/170 = 2,94 (first week if COD4).

So we would see this week:

COD4 (360): 352,8
Galaxy: 205,8
Assasins Creed (360): 396,9
Assasins Creed (PS3): 191,1

That would be disapointing for Galaxy i guess, realistic saying, just double that (because than thats total in line with my excpectations). Is Assasins Creed in USA also heavy advertised? 

I was going for an optimistic 1 mil US first week. But now I'm thinking its around 600,000-700,000. I havent seen it sold out here in America. I went to WalMart and they had tons of copies. Amazon.com has never sold out. I can't imagine that you wouldn't be able to find a copy here unless you really didnt try. And I dont see this whole software shortage. Sure when there is a huge TRU sale. Or maybe it is just my little town called Orlando. But I can always get any game I want whenever I want.