From an article in the New York Times: Daniel A. DeMatteo, vice chairman and chief operating officer at GameStop, said Thursday that for the first time last week there were PlayStation 3 consoles in stock at hundreds of the company’s 3,700 outlets. Not so for the Wii, which costs $249 and is still flying off shelves.
“We got some in yesterday in really limited supply, and they virtually disappeared,” Mr. DeMatteo said.
Is this just due to the price difference or is it something else?
Well, maybe because PS3 has absolutely no good games going for it at the moment, and also no signature franchise to capitalise on. And this is a worst case scenario. All the while Wii is selling bucketloads, creating a giant userbase. So even if PS3 gets into swing somewhere next year (I expect) I doubt many people will sell their Wiis. There's simply no point to it.
Maybe because Wii is both half as expensive and coming "in really limited supply". It's simple to me, i don't see the hoopla in it.
price and something else., aka BOTH.