No specific date was mentioned, but the tip said in will be in "the coming days."

The tipster didn't mention where this news came from and when I asked never responded.... soooo, I wouldn't really put much faith in this. Since I am still desperately looking for a PS3 to buy for our Playstation 3 winner from last month, I know I'll be keeping an eye on Amazon in the coming days. Brian Crecente

Amazon Unleashing Onslaught of Wiis and PS3s Soon [Crunch Gear]

While shipments seem to be trickling in, I don't believe any store has either console just piled up.

I went to my local Best Buy Sunday night to buy an incredibly over-priced HDMI switcher for my PS3 and cable box and stopped in on the gaming section to check things out.

There obviously weren't any PS3s or Wiis around, and I sorta dreaded going up to the blue shirt to ask if any were in the back. I knew there weren't, but had to check, and expected a melting look of disdain when I asked.

Fortunately, the blue shirt had pity on me, just spewing out the next-gen console facts. Both flavors of 360s were readily available. The last Wii shipment the store received came in that very day, but sold out quickly. The last Playstation 3 shipment the store got was a "surprise shipment" that arrived a few days after the launch day and sold out immediatly.

While Best Buy was expecting more Wii in before Christmas, they weren't expecting any more PS3s, but the employee said they could always get more "surprise shipments" of Sony's console.

I suspect what this really means is that they don't plan on advertising PS3 stock because it's a trickle, but that they will be advertising Wii stock because enough are showing up to warrant the inevitable lines that form.

I asked how I was supposed to figure out when a PS3 was in the store for sale and she said, "if you see people running to the back of the store and shouting on their cell phones, we probably have Playstation 3s in stock."

Yeah, that or someone's robbing the place. Brian Crecente

It looks like both the Wii and PS3 have made it back to store shelves today, though I'm sure by the time you read this they'll both be gone again. At least for awhile.

Trevor from Canada writes to say that his local Best Buy had 51 Wiis, 12 PS3 60GBs and 14 PS3 20GBs. They were all spoken for before the store opened, thanks to a line. Though, according to Trevor, no one really wanted the 20GB version of the PS3.

Has anyone else seen the two consoles in the wild? Brian Crecente

Several Best Buy employees and friends of employees have emailed to tell us that the second Wii shipment has arrived, but you'll have to wait till Black Friday or this weekend for you chance at them.

What this particular tipster didn't get into was the store's policy on Playstation 3s which, again according to several tipsters, are in such short supply they will not be advertised. Instead the store is just going to plop them on the shelves as they arrive. So I'd get that dialing finger ready if you're interested in a PS3. If it's the Wii you're after, prepare for more line standing.

I'm not sure which method I prefer. Brian Crecente