As of November 2007, the Nintendo Wii is in short supply in Britain heading into the 2007 holiday season. As a result, many retailers are selling Wii Bundles for inflated prices, often as high £350 ($725 in the United States). This page links to sites that track the availability of the Wii in the UK.
Wii UK Locators
- Wii Pre-Order: Nintendo Wii Stock Updates
- Consistently updated, Wiipreorder.co.uk is probably the best resource to find a Wii in Great Britain. The links above detail the most recent updates to this site with UK Wii availability.
- Wii Tracker: Searches Online Wii Availability
- If found through this site, ordering a Wii from the United States to the UK may result in inflated shipping costs. Budget ahead of time before ordering.
- Wiiavailable: Find a Nintendo Wii in the UK
- Wiiavailable checks Wii stock from Online UK Sources. During the holiday season, the easiest way to find a Wii is through eBay and Amazon.co.uk private sellers, as most major retailers will be sold out.
- Wii-Consoles.co.uk: Real Time Wii Stock Checker
Wii UK Availability News
- Wiifanboy: British retailers going bundle crazy (November 28, 2007)
- Wiifanboy: Brits can't find Wii for love nor money (November 20, 2007)
- Wiifanboy writes that British retailers are getting around 100,000 requests per day for the Wii, and that the console is being sold for an average of over 300 pounds ($600+ USD) on eBay.