Waiting for the Wii, jeebus!

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FishyJoe on 12 December 2007

Will Kwaad come back and say that these lines are normal for New York again?

http://www.switched.com/2007/12/12/lines-grow-at-nintendo-world-for-wii/

Lines Grow at Nintendo World for Wii

Posted Dec 12th 2007 9:30AM by Tim Stevens

In a happening that can only be described as some sort of bizarro throwback to the holiday season last year, hundreds of shoppers in NYC have lined up outside of Nintendo's flagship Nintendo World store in Rockefeller Center. Over two hundred were queued as of last night, all hoping to score themselves one of the company's hot Wii consoles this morning.

If you haven't already bought your special someone (or yourself) a Wii for this holiday season, you have one of two options: get your lazy butt in line like the poor souls standing in the cold in NY, or go pay up on eBay like everybody else. We warned last month of this continued shortage, and back then eBay prices were around $350 -- about $100 over retail. Now Wii systems are fetching in the $400-$450 range, an amazing premium for a year-old system.

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mesoteto on 12 December 2007

you know what...if there was a way to get all the nubers sold on ebay for teh big three i would like to see them

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W29 on 12 December 2007

You know I was about to stay in line last Sunday at Best Buy to get a Wii, then I came to realize that I'm not that anixous to get one right now.

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kirby007 on 12 December 2007

only minigames now, big show will come

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endurance on 12 December 2007

yeah even at me a place where gaming isnt to popular wii keeps on selling out

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superchunk on 12 December 2007

boy im glad i already have one. I have had a friend looking for one, she finally got one at best buy on Sunday. I told her to go at like 4am, store opens at 10. She got there at about 4:30 and was 16th in line, they had 18 come in. Lucky.

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TheBigFatJ on 12 December 2007

Where is this demand coming from? Nintendo stopped advertising the Wii. This is just insanity.

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kirby007 on 12 December 2007

spreading the word ( mouth too mouth ) is best ad there is

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fazz on 12 December 2007

Those lines are fake. The Wii is a fad. It doesn't sells anymore. You can find it anywhere now, you don't need to stay in lines anymore.

Wii demand is high here too. I've asked some importers and VG shops how was the demand and stock. High and none respectively.

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