# How do I order a Wii for its regular retail price?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 12, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-order-a-wii-for-its-regular-retail-price/456263 "2008-07-12T21:23:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-order-a-wii-for-its-regular-retail-price/456263/21 "2008-07-14T13:05:54Z")

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The Wii is pretty easy to find in Toronto these days - every store I went into while trying to find a WiiFit had them in stock.

The WiiFit, on the other hand . . . that was an epic search.

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**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-order-a-wii-for-its-regular-retail-price/456263/22 "2008-07-14T13:33:01Z")

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[QUOTE=Duckster]  
Nintendo created the “shortage” to keep the interest high and the demand for Wii strong.  
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I don’t necessaraly doubt you, Duckster; but we deal in truths here. Do you have a cite for this? I always hear people say that, but I’ve also heard that any company keeping an artificial shortage over a year and a half is going to be losing money. Choosing an alternate game system is just not that big of a deal to some people.

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