 On July 11 , 2007 , Nintendo warned that the Wii would remain in short supply throughout that calendar year . In December , Reggie Fils @-@ Aime revealed that Nintendo was producing approximately 1 @.@ 8 million Wii consoles each month . Some UK stores still had a shortage of consoles in March 2007 , demand still outpaced supply in the United States in June 2007 , and the console was " selling out almost as quickly as it hits retail shelves " in Canada in April 2008 . In October 2008 Nintendo announced that between October and December the Wii would have its North American supplies increased considerably from 2007 levels , while producing 2 @.@ 4 million Wii units a month worldwide ( compared to 1 @.@ 6 million per month in 2007 ) . 
