(I found this in gamefaqs, I thought was interesting. searched, didn't find anything, lock if old)
According to these 3 reports from online newspapers:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/11/18/cnwii118.xml
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=1819102007
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/article3169939.ece
so.... we have reached that point yet again, not just in America..
Wii is going to destroy the competition and beat all records this season.
According to these 3 reports from online newspapers:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/11/18/cnwii118.xml
Retailers have admitted that they will be unable to cope with unprecedented demand for Nintendo Wii consoles this Christmas, as appetite for the video games continues to grow.
New stocks are selling out within hours of delivery, websites are crashing and some online "clearing houses" - which alert shoppers to the whereabouts of new stock - are being contacted by 100,000 people a day.
Dixons.co.uk, the website, sold out of thousands of consoles within two hours of them going online on Wednesday. Amazon, another online retailer, is believed to have sold 1,400 machines in a 10-minute period last week. The consoles are being sold on auction sites such as eBay for almost twice their £179.99 retail price.
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=1819102007
My own search continued at Game Station, where I smiled politely as a nice man informed me that they had just sold the last of their latest delivery and could not guarantee they would get any more before Christmas. After similar, spirit-crushing knockbacks from Currys, Game, PC World, HMV, Toys "R" Us, Virgin, John Lewis and Comet, my smile vanished.
"Try again next week," suggested one. "We've got a delivery due but we don't know when it will be," advised another. "We can take your name and number but there is no guarantee that you get it in time for Christmas..." "You'll be lucky pal...". "Try eBay".
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/article3169939.ece
Since the Nintendo Wii launched in the autumn of last year, it has outsold its rivals and has fast become the number one games console on the market.
This Christmas it is set to go head-to-head with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. But many retailers believe it will still outsell the newer versions of its rivals based on current demand.
so.... we have reached that point yet again, not just in America..
Wii is going to destroy the competition and beat all records this season.