that even though Nintendo is shipping thousands of Wii's everywhere it's still not enough to handle the demand! They'll be cracking 6-7 mill in the next month or so!

if wii keeps it up in no it will bet the 360 in sales

i used the target inventory numbers from launch as a guide and boy was i glad... all the local stores were holding wiis for a sunday morning sale (circuit city, BB, gamestop, etc.) and all had the usual paltry numbers on sunday morning. i went to the target that was supplied with 205 units on launch and at 5:45am was pleased to hear from the line monitor that they had 115 for us that morning. i was #40. by 7:15 they had handed out the last of the bracelets to buy a console so they were effectively sold out before the store opened. the target staff were awesome, very informative, and handled the whole situation very well. by constrast, Best Buy employees have been rude, secretive, and often laugh at attempts people have made to get one. i have a newfound respect for Target, and a bad taste in my mouth that will make me head to Amazon.com whenever I think i need something from the Best Buy down the street.



all in all, we were so lucky - people started camping out as early as 9pm on 1/20 for the sale at Best Buy, other Targets, and Circuit City - some people waiting in line for more units than were actually to be sold (21 at CC, 35+ people in line). we were also lucky that the flagship Target in our metro area is in a mall complex and that mall security forbade anyone from lining up the night before on account of "loitering." campers went instead to other Targets and retailers.



i'm very impressed by the still strong demand and the willingness for some to camp overnight. i'm also very happy to have my wii! i hope this story helps you with your next wii search.