Gotta love the free publicity.

Yeah, AP newswire so it will go out to hundreds of publications.

I dunno though, if you go by the "Good Reviews for your Advertisers" method of thinking about reviews/news stories/whatever, the fact that Nintendo is paying good money to use the AP wire in Wii's news channel could be significant.

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Is anyone else really impressed by the Wii's news channel? I mean, maybe its been done elsewhere and I just haven't seen it, but as soon as I connected my wii up and opened that channel I was just blown away. It's easily my favorite way to get news these days. If only they would add the ability to add other newsfeeds to it (unless that functionality is already there, I haven't looked), I would not need my computer to read news at all anymore!
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In any case, its probably *actually* just a slow news day, but I dunno, AP could have some sort of incentive to get more people onto the wii (however small that incentive is). Do any of the other consoles offer a newsreel built into them?

I'd imagine Nintendo is one of AP's smaller customers, so I doubt that really made a difference. Microsoft is a much bigger customer as is Sony most likely.

funny how demand and supply are different in other places, where I am the Wii has been in stock for a long time now, not saying it´s not selling because it it, it´s just not been out of stock here for a long time.

I wonder if I can buy 10 this coming Christmas and make a profit.....again!

 LOL exactly my point... if the Wii demand is catching up to supply this is news, if it isn't it's the same thing continuing hence not news... 

I think you meant to say "if demand is slowing to meet supply" or "if supply is catching up to demand."

And given that more than a few people, on the internet and in the industry, are convinced of a Wii bubble, these news stories do serve a rational purpose.