I just preordered my system from FYE. Even though it's been a few weeks since preorders started there, I was only the 7th person to have reserved one.
I was surprised, but then again, this is not exactly from an area where the market really has much interest in games other than the usual GTA/Madden/other über-masculine generes for the Xbox and PSP. Thug/urban culture is big here, from the real gangbangers to the middle-class surburban caucasians who are obsessed with them. In fact, the local EB games and FYE have quite possibly the smallest and oldest stock of DS and Gamecube titles -- there are only a handful of first generation titles for each platform and they are still listed at the original prices (34.99 and 49.99!!!).