Australian Wii preorders halted...

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http://aussie-nintendo.com/?v=news&p=7708

Nintendo's Wii is all but a week away from its big debut in Australia, and while latecomers hurry to place a pre-order, many stores have already been ordered to put a stop to new orders.

"There are a handful of retailers that have actually had to stop taking pre-orders because they can no longer guarantee stocks," said a Nintendo Australia spokesperson.

Australia may not typically be the region to experience console-sellouts, but demand has reportedly been so massive for Wii, that Nintendo has suggested that it may become the country's "biggest launch of any new video games system in history," according to retail feedback.

Well this is a first... Australia is hardly the land of the console sellout. I have always been abble to walk into any store on launch day and pick up a console.

The record for the biggest selling console in Australia BTW is the 360. It sold 30k units in the first few weeks (we also had the highest number of games sold with the console at launch in the world... SOmething like 3.8 compared to the U.S and 1.2 games sold).

Word is that Nintendo will have 40k units for the launch so its safe to say that there will be a new record next week and Australians are really interested in the Wii.

Im glad I will be going to the midnight launch now... Especially if places will be selling out of stock.