A story by GamePro on waning PS3 sales produces an interesting observation on the part of one retailer when comparing the supply chain of next-gen consoles: “I’m not going to deny that there’s an amazing demand, but Nintendo’s supply chain could be a little better.” If true, Nintendo would be walking a very fine line as slow turnover loses them money. But maybe they are a little lackadaisical in resupplying stores to make demand seem a bit higher than equilibrium… Thoughts?
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Nintendo feigning low Wii supply to inflate demand?
A story by GamePro on waning PS3 sales produces an interesting observation on the part of one retailer when comparing the supply chain of next-gen consoles: “I’m not going to deny that there’s an amazing demand, but Nintendo’s supply chain could be a little better.” If true, Nintendo would be walking a very fine line […]
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It's not that Nintendo doesn't want to produce more systems to sell, it's just that they're not physically able to produce that many consoles to sell. Look at the number of consoles that were sold last month in the US. About 450K. Look at the other two competitors: 290K and 240K. Very close to selling the same amount of both competitors combined. So Nintendo wants to be able to sell as many consoles as possible because it benefits them more. They're just not able to since they have to provide consoles for the entire world.
FUD…
This is just speculation and Gamepro's excuse for journalism. PR campaign or not, Nintendo does NOT want to prevent anyone from buying their crap. They never have and never will, and when you think about how many systems analysts predicted were going to sell you'd see that Nintendo would've been in high supply… Nobody predicted how successful this system was going to be. I'm sure deals are in the works to massively upscale the production on Wii so they'll be in stores asap. Don't read GamePro.
Think about what you are saying. Nintendo going against multinational corporate megacompanies Sony & Microsoft. Microsoft once had a problem like this and one day after Sony & Nintendo showed teir products millions of xbox360 appeared out of nowhere thanks to fix a few manufacturing problems. Microsoft has Billions of dollars to make hardware and software in the hundreds of thousands per day Sony makes them, Not just Ps3 but tv, stereos, computers, etc, etc, etc…Nintendo has billions of yens. Something quite different from the other guys. They already launched in every part of the world tey decided to launch, demand is tons greater, and is selling every console they make available. Sony's remarks about shortage means Europe isn't getting enough, not the U.S. selling theirs. Nintendo won't be creating anymore plants since they don't wanna lose money on something that might not be needed a year from now…
idiots.No Ps3 on the shelf: OMGZ0RZ I MUST HAVE ONEPS3 on the shelf: SKROO THAT! I WAS WILLING TO PAY $600 and/or GIVE ORAL PLEASURE FOR ONE, BUT IT MUST SUCK IF I CAN ACTUALLY FIND IT!Logic: BRILLIANT!
Yeah, this is just silly. As if Nintendo even needs to hold back units to make demand LOOK high. Demand IS high. Its sky f(*&ing high. Have you SEEN the internets? Drive by target on a Sunday morning. There are LINES EVERY WEEK! No, this demand is real. Not manufactured like when the 360 launched. 360 demand seemed high due to console shortages. There are not Wii shortage, its the demand that's CAUSING the problem, not the other way around like with the 360.
Let's see… are there any retailers hoarding Wii's for Sundays? Oh yes, there are — places like Best Buy do it, and they brag that they can do it.Who's holding back supply again? Nintendo? I think not.