They are the FASTEST SELLING video game console in HISTORY! Don't fall into any of the rubish about it being held back on purpose, thats just the voice of the "i can't believe it crowd" It would be a stupid buisness move and they wouldn't loose current sales in hopes of future sales based on continued supply hype alone.
Wii out 16 months and sells an average of_1,410,000 a month
PS3 out 16 months and sells an average of__679,000 a month
360 out 28 months and sells an average of__628,000 a month
You would have problems keeping them on the shelf too if you had to make more than twice as many as your best competition. ha ha
But they are just now getting a grip on Wii production seems like it only take a few days a week at most to track one down. Before you could wait a month or more of careful planning to snatch one up, or just be lucky. Within the next couple months hopefully they will be able to keep up with demand, although they have never met demand so we have no clue for sure when they will catch up.