It is really that bad, but I would not say that Americans are lining up for the Nintendo Wii. More of a see a Wii and buy it immediately type of thing. It only takes a hour or two for a new shipment of Wii's to a store to disappear. If you would walk into a store today looking for a Wii, there would probably be only a 1% to 3% chance of the store having one.
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