Nintendo Warns of Possible Wii Scarcity This Holiday
Source: Tom's Guide | Keywords: nintendo, wii | Themes: Business
It may seem like the same old story just republished, but Nintendo is once again dropping hints that supplies of the Wii console might be hard to find during the holiday season.
According to Nintendo, demand for the console isn’t as high in territories outside of the U.S., though the Wii is undoubtedly the world’s best selling current-generation games machine.
"We are really intending to increase the shipments to the U.S., especially compared to last year," says Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata to Forbes. "However, I can’t give you a 100% commitment [that you’ll be able to find a Wii this holiday season]. What I can commit myself to is that Nintendo is going to do its best to supply as many Wii hardware units as possible in order to meet demand there."
Nintendo said earlier this year that it was producing 1.8 million Wiis a month, with 40 percent of those bound for U.S. shores. The Kyoto game company plans to ramp up production even further, with 2.4 million units per month with plans to divert a greater percentage of shipments stateside.
Just last week, overall sales of Wii surpassed the Xbox 360 – despite it launching a year after Microsoft’s console – making Nintendo’s console the top seller in the U.S. and worldwide.
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this console never impressed me, games are boring, and are low in numbers
and the response time on the controllers is terrible... i don't see why people buy this thing... all the other nintendo consoles were sweet though
There's still a scarcity now. In the year and a half it's has been out, I've only seen them available in the local stores once. I'm not expecting that to change during the holidays.
the wii is fun because only 1% of the people of the world see the latency with the motion sensing. its been over a year and a half and i am now starting to see nintendo wii's consoles on display in stores. good job nintendo from having the worst console of last generation with the gamecube till now having the top selling one this time. FPS are better with the wii than the PS3 and crashbox 360
this console never impressed me, games are boring, and are low in numbersand the response time on the controllers is terrible... i don't see why people buy this thing... all the other nintendo consoles were sweet though
marioKart and a Wii wheel defines FUN.. [imo]
Nintendo is full of it. They can crank out many consoles they want but the real reason we aren't seeing it here too often in the United States is that the value of the dollar is weak and they rather sell it over to Europe where the euro is much better.
Yeah its a safe bet they will be sold out this Christmas too.
It prints money !!! lol