So, my wife waited in line for me for a Wii (she wanted one too obviously) from 7:30am until 10am when they opened the EB games closest to us. We live near a very small EB games, I mean very small in a smaller suburb. It is probably the smallest EB I have ever seen. They only got 4 PS3s available for preorder.

So this morning was Wii pre-order morning and my wife and I knew it was coming. When she got there she was able to wait in her car because there was only one person in line, but the only other car in the parking lot had someone sitting in it. She wanted to stay warm! Anyways, about 5 min after she got there a girl showed up in a Nintendo shirt, so that was two people in line, then the person in the car got out, so my wife followed closely behind.

It was about this point that she realized that even though she had long underwear, sweatpants, t-shirt, sweatshirt, ear warmer, scarf, and a blanket… she forgot her jacket. Apparently sitting outside waiting in line in 40 degree temperatures sucks without a jacket. She would have called me to yell at me for letting her out of the house w/o a jacket, but her phone died after one ring. I had also forgot my cellphone at home… so I couldn’t really contact her either.

Anyways, she spent about two and a half house sitting outside in line while playing Super Princess Peach on her DS, 4th in line. By the time they opened up there were 10 people in line. The store only got 8 Wii available for pre-order, so unfortunately two people got turned down. Apparently one kid was there with his dad who got him out of school. Either way, everyone who was there wanted to get a Wii to play one.

This is in very stark contrast to reports I heard about the PS3. While that EB got twice as many Wii to preorder it actually sold out on them quicker than PS3s. I also read many reports that most people who were waiting in line for the PS3 were going to use them as investments for Ebay in hopes to make a quick buck.

Also, I think that (outside of G4 and other game related items) there has been no Wii advertising. Where there has been (albeit little) PS3 advertising. Anyways, I’m happy, my wife is happy, Nintendo’s probably happy. I didn’t bother with the PS3 because the magazine is eating up a lot of my money recently (pre-order an issue if you have been meaning to!) and I really would much rather have a Wii.

I know many other people on my friends list were doing the same today, so how was hunting? Or have you heard any interesting stories about waiting?