I have two preordered at BB, did it in store a couple weeks ago. I have yet to see the "authorization hold" a lot of you who preordered from there speak of.
Is this just happening for BB preorders done online?
Amazon knows what they're doing. They see the bottom line. And the bottom line is that more people have Wiis in their homes than the PS2, PS3, Xbox, or Xbox 360. Whether you want to call them "real gamers" or not is your call. Amazon is just following the money, like any great business would.
I don't think you will see a price drop too quickly. This is the #1 selling video game on Amazon for the first 3 weeks of release. It may go on sale yes, but a price drop from $49.99 MSRP, not until 2010 at the earliest.
Just free market forces at work. How badly does someone want a code? Willing to pay/trade ________________ for it. It is worth different things to different people. But ultimately the buyer decides.
I haven't gotten a PM from a generous CAGer either. That's why I have been trying to watch this thread like a hawk. And now the 196th reply, this is starting to get cluttered.
All we can really do is wait for the next code, and hope no one has used it in the 5 minutes since the CAGer posted...
You guys have to remember, Circuit City is also getting Wiis, according to our ads that are posted...so there will be people lining up at Circuit City as well as Best Buy, depending on how many each store gets and the location, obviously.