Sold out signs are now common for the two SKUs. And supplies appear to be running out already. The 80 Gig model was never released here, so once supplies run out on the launch models, Japan will have just the two 40 gigabyte colors to chose from. Brawl and Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, the biggest news was Sony's stoppage of shipments for the original 20 and 60 gigabyte PS3. Outside of the announcements of short delays for Smash Bros. There has been a few major happenings in the news. That's about what the DS will get on its own in one of its more crowded weeks. Just twenty-four games have been released all month.
Look down a few pages at our latest Now Playing recap, and you'll see just how slow things have been so far in January. Wii? The system was available pretty much wherever we went, despite a huge sales spike into the 200,000 units range in the last week of the year. You could even say that the year end sales rush wasn't much of a rush compared to previous years, as the only things that sold out were Wii Fit and the red PSP. Things have been slow in Japan following the year end sales rush.