Wii (Wii)Wii demand still outpaces supplyCNN - July 2, 2007
Submitted by Butterball (1049)
at 7:43AM PST on July 3, 2007
By 9 a.m., the line outside Manhattan's Nintendo World store was snaking down the block.
The Nintendo World store in New York's Rockefeller Center usually sells out of Wiis as soon as they get them.
More than 100 hopeful Wii owners came from as far as New Jersey -- some as early as 6 a.m. with kids and grandparents in tow -- to get their hands on the gaming console best known for its wireless, motion-sensitive controller.
It's been more than seven months since Nintendo launched the Wii, but the consoles are selling so well that supply still hasn't caught up with demand. You can get one, sure, but be prepared to call around and arrive promptly when the shipments do.
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True. I should probably start getting opinions on the industry from non-gamers. Stuck in a bit of an echo chamber here. :)
The whole consistent sales is very notable, since I don't think that's happened to any console in any capacity- either supply picks up quick enough to settle things down, or the natural buying sweep at Christmas picks up a lagging console.
On that note, I'd laugh if the Wii winds up being the must-have toy of Christmas '07. Only because it would have been out for over a year by that point.