"Just a few minutes ago I was at my local Target store (MADISON AVE, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA).
Before my very eyes, THE STORE CLERK STOCKED (3) Wii UNITS BEHIND THE GLASS CASE"
Duh, West coasters get an edge since its they're the closest to NOA home base. No need to gloat, I've seen countless other threads on the interweb where getting a wii is nigh impossible without figuring out where the planets align and crap... Even NWR had their
misadventures. The Wii-less are the clear majority.
I've been calling every big retailer the moment they open and most are clueless when they're getting their next shipment. The EB/Gamestop stores have been getting inconsistent shipments. One store had a shipment yesterday early afternoon. Sold out in 5 minutes What are we supposed to do, camp out near the stores, harrass every employee, store manager, all day?
I'm going to indulge my inner conspiracist and say that Nintendo wants this panic to happen. I remember getting the 'Cube 5 years to the day I'm typing this at a best buy in the evening. (For those who forgot, I'm in the metro-detroit area MI). In one of NWR's past podcasts, they point out that Nintendo probably doesn't any product sitting on the shelves/stockroom for a long time. And of course there's the global launch which in comparison Sony's or MS's, beats them both. But we're still feeling the sting
There's some hope...for Canadians and any metro-Detroiters( If you didn't' know, Detroit is one area where Canada is to the south of it. Anyone who's kicked it Windsor for gambling or drinking at the age of 19 knows what I'm talking about).
Best Buy is holding some for this Friday, which is the best answer I've gotten in the past few days. Everyone else is simply saying either 'We don't know' or some vauge time like next week or 2nd week of January. I'm tempted to cross the border, even though customs/border patrol are pricks nowadays.
There's been a rough figure that they'll be 200k's worth of Wii's in the next 5 week in the U.S. Its a stretch but let's indulge that. 200,000 divided by 5 nets us 40k wii. For arguments sake, let's say they're equally distributed across 48 states (Apologies to anyone in Alaska or Hawaii or U.S territories). That's 4166.67 Wii's per state over a five week period. 4,000 wii's for 48 states. I really hope that 200k figure is wrong or this is going to be one hell of a hunt.
They're some rumblings around my area that many retailers are holding it for New Years Eve. Any word if this is a pattern?
I propose this: Any info, no matter how small that can aid us the Wii-less (short of buying it from Ebay scum) put it here. I put my bit. Anything else I get, I'll put it up later.