Wii Preorder Craziness ...

PS3 preorders went up earlier this week, sold out quickly, and then just about as many ended up on eBay. Surprise, surprise.

I've been hemming and hawing about whether or not to preorder a Wii this morning, but at 9:30AM, I decided to take an early lunch break and drove over to a GameStop store in Redmond.

I didn't even stop the car. The line was huge. No thanks, I'm done. There are reports of similar situations pretty much everywhere. Far more people waiting for the Wii (largely due to promises of larger supply), but most of these people are buying one to play. Including far more girls, which suggests that Nintendo is doing a good job of reaching outside of the "core gamer" market.

I guess I'll be trying to get one on a Sunday morning in November, likely freezing my ass off, but then again, that's half the fun. I think the local Walmart is open 24 hours. It would gall me to actually purchase anything in a Walmart, but being able to play the Wii several hours before anyone else sounds kinda fun.