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The Wii drought is officially over at your local GameStop photo

If you know anyone who is still desperately searching for a Wii, their day may have finally come. In a recent interview with GameSpot, GameStop's exec VP of merchandising and marketing, Tony Bartel, revealed some information about the retailer' stock situation for Christmas 2008:

We actually have slightly over a week's supply of Wiis, which is great. We haven't been there ever since the launch, and so we're excited about being there.

Great! Sounds like you can't possibly fail at getting one this year -- that is, if you haven't paid double to get one of Ebay already. All this clamor over getting the chance to waggle a Wiimote ... I'll never fully understand it, but having bought the Power Glove, I can't claim to be above the hype, either.

[Via Kotaku]


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MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2008 14:05
MrSadistic
Yeah, I bought the Power Glove too. I mean, it wasn't as bad as people said it was... but then again I was like 7-years-old at the time.

On that note, I want to sell my Wii for a billion dollars.
catsithx's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2008 14:22
catsithx
@MrSadistic:here's a 100 dollars and thats my final offer
toast!'s Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2008 14:24
toast!
me and my roomate stood in line for a wii on launch day. looking back i was lucky because he was the one who paid for it... and he recently sold it lolz. oh well...
covah's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2008 14:28
covah
I saw a bunch of Wiis everywhere today... now if only there were games for me to buy for mine.

Oh madworld, where are you?
Corak's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2008 14:42
Corak
Yup I was out shopping last week and the week before and remember seeing a lot of them on shelves, and a lady in front of me buying one. Now that they are getting "easier" to find will that make people want them less? Perceived scarcity turns people into animals when buying stuff like this.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2008 18:10
Necros
I love that picture.
Cube's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2008 18:45
Cube
HAd one since launch never cared. and always have to here the noobs whine when they see mine and answer the questions about how I got it.


SO thank god, now maybe I will not have to tell people to go to ebay ever again.
DeviantDarkWolf's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2008 18:50
DeviantDarkWolf
I still don't understand why there's been a shortage in the first place. You would think a shortage of decent games would keep a game console from selling well. Meh.
PEICanada7's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2008 21:33
PEICanada7
"I still don't understand why there's been a shortage in the first place. You would think a shortage of decent games would keep a game console from selling well. Meh."

Because some people actually buy what they like, and that's not always bald space marines shooting things!
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/29/2008 00:31
Kyousuke Nanbu
And PEICanada with the generalization.

This is now officially a wii topic.
Gavin's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/29/2008 08:53
Gavin
I keep seeing them for sale at Walmart and I keep on not buying it.
PEICanada7's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/29/2008 11:31
PEICanada7
"And PEICanada with the generalization."

Yeah because I'm the only one on Dtoid who generalizes things LOL. Anything mentioned about the Wii on this site gets generalized. Well it can work both ways you know?
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