Wired’s Chris Kohler, on his trip to Japan, decided to check out Yodobashi Camera, a store in Japan. In a country where DS Lites are still being snatched up and sold out as quickly as they can be stocked, this large store was probably the most likely to have systems upon arrival…right?

Turns out yes, for a little while at least. Doesn’t mean the demand was any lower there, though, as half the registered were reserved for DS Lite purchases only.

What I didn’t expect to see upstairs was this. They’d closed off three of the cash registers and devoted them entirely to DS Lite purchases. A store employee with a bullhorn told customers buying other items to use the three registers on the right. A steady stream of DS Lite-seeking men, women, and (it’s entirely true!) grannies entered the cordoned-off DS line, where they were handed a ticket for a system by another employee, who was watched over by a security guard who was there to keep order in case there were riots and also stop tourists from taking pictures, which is why I only got this one. I’m sure they were sold out a half hour after this picture was taken, at most.

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