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Nintendo short on holiday Wii supply for the US

article published on 23 July, 2008

Comments from Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata have suggested that the the company will once again have trouble meeting demand in the US for its Wii console this holiday season "We are really intending to increase the shipments to the US, especially compared to last year," said Iwata in an interview with Forbes. "However, I can't give you a 100 percent commitment [that you'll be able to find ... [ read the full article ]

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susieqbbb
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Not surprising even here in washington state where Nintendo is located at we have shipment problems here consoles fly off shelves fast and i do mean fast online retailers seem to be the only ones that can get the consoles recently my freind wanted a wii and could only find one online through costco
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gozilla
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_ 		23. July 2008 @ 22:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
two years into it's life and Nintendo is still having shortage problems? Is this bad management or just trying to keep hype surrounding the console?
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xnonsuchx
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Nintendo PURPOSELY keeps supply low to drive demand higher. I know several people who work at Nintendo who say there's always tons of them just sitting around in warehouses. Nintendo just does 'trickle' shipments to retails so people think they have to pounce on one to get one. If retailers had long waiting lists to get one, Nintendo would probably all of a sudden not have a supply issue...until those waiting lists went down again.
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atomicxl
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Originally posted by gozilla:
 two years into it's life and Nintendo is still having shortage problems? Is this bad management or just trying to keep hype surrounding the console?
But Nintendo usually sells more than its competition combined. Assuming they are producing at capacity, they would need to build a whole new planet in order to even make one more unit per cycle. Perhaps economically, the price of building a whole new factory is more than the potential of lost sales due to people getting tired of waiting for a Wii and buying something else.

Plus the dollar is weak. They don't make as much per Wii from US sales as they do from places like Europe (in general) and Japan.
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Blackjax
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_ 		24. July 2008 @ 00:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You got to laugh at the title of the article though, it should read STILL in short supply regardless fo the time of year. My wife wants me to get one for the kids. Only trouble is online you can only find the package deals and if you want one in the store be prepared to fight your local soccer mom for one. AS for auction sites an ice cube stands a better chance in hell than me paying more than the list price for one. Oh well wii'll just have to wait and see if they can fix their supply problems.
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kevindy
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However, I can't give you a 100 percent commitment.
wow~~ what
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neo1000
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c'mon iwata mine just broke i need a replacement asap.
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