I think Tanooki's right about Nintendo's lack of advertising due to short supply. I bought on launch day and my 3rd grader was excited to tell their classmates about it the next morning at 'weekend share time'. None of the other kids had even heard of the Wii U. If kids don't know about it, and aren't begging their parents for it, it's not going to sell over the holidays.

Nintendo isn't desperate for sales... esp if they couldn't manufacture enough anyway... they can afford to wait and properly market the Wii U next Christmas. I'm just glad the scalpers 'lost' this time.