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Press Junketeer  Posts: 414 Joined: 13 Jul 2006     | Well then, I don't feel like such an idiot for standing in line for 3 hours in the cold when I bought my Wii a few of months ago. ;-) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1136 Joined: 13 Jan 2007   | You remained outside of a shop longer than a Wii stays inside. |
Paperboy  Posts: 18 Joined: 28 Feb 2008  | a part of me is still questioning the Wii's stock shortage... |
Press Junketeer Posts: 414 Joined: 13 Jul 2006 |
I don't speak plumber or Pokemon so I don't know if we could overcome the language barrier.
Yeah... by now, it's safe to say that Nintendo is purposely keeping the shortage alive. Clever bastards. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 113 Joined: 29 Mar 2008   | I went to my local gamestore when it first opened about a month after the Wii came out. I was there about to buy a few games (with zero intention of actually purchasing a Wii), when TWO Wii's walked into the store. There was me and a family of four in the store, and we both nabbed them faster than you could say Sonic. Yah. Finding a wii is all about luck. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 454 Joined: 23 Apr 2008 |
Indeed - you'd have to assume the Ninendo executives have a clue that -maybe- more Wii's are needed. So, either Ninendo are extremely clever, or have chimp-grade minds.... Although given they manage to remake the same games year in, year out, I'll have to assume clever as we still buy them. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 550 Joined: 6 Feb 2008  | Id like to think Nintendo are doing a walmart & playing evil empire price fixers exploiting the supply & demand issue. But more likely its simply a case of not having enough units set aside for NA export & sale. |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 3 Joined: 24 Apr 2008 | Who cares *sarcasm*the wii is so popular and it's the best gaming system around |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1339 Joined: 29 Nov 2007     | Clearly the Illuminati are behind this. 10,000 years ago, when the Wii was foretold by ancient Egyptian scholars, a secret organization was formed to control access to these precious devices. For he who controls the Wii, controls the spice. And he who controls the spice....CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE. |
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GAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *Beat heavyfiregrunt in the face with a stick* *twitch* |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2253 Joined: 3 Apr 2008   | *covers ears with hands and yells "DONTCAREDONTCARE" over and over again* i honestly dont care i was in my local yesterday and they had like 20 on the shelves and everyone i saw buying a console was buying either an xbox or a ps3 seriously not popular over here |
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Nintendo of America President Decries Wii Shortage
Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime is unhappy about the ongoing shortage of Nintendo Wii consoles in North America, but says there's not a whole lot he can do about it.
Speaking to Wired.com yesterday, Fils-Aime claimed that Wii systems spend an average of only an hour on store shelves before they're purchased, a consequence of the fact that the system remains in high demand and extremely short supply well over a year after its release. "We are passionately upset about the lack of product relative to demand," he said, but claimed that Nintendo of America can do little beyond reminding its Japanese parent company of the "missed opportunities" caused by the lack of product.
He also pointed out that the North American market receives around 40 percent of the 1.8 million Wii systems produced by Nintendo each month; despite that fact, the seemingly endless supply shortage is strictly a North American phenomenon, as the console is readily available for purchase in Europe and Japan.
Runaway demand for Nintendo's hit console has resulted in ongoing supply shortages since it's launch in late 2006. In April 2007, IDC analyst Billy Pidgeon predicted the Wii would continue to experience strong growth, but that he expected Nintendo's supply difficulties to last until 2009.
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