More Wii shortages this holiday season?

Wii shortages
Recently George Harrison, the senior V.P. of marketing over at Nintendo of America announced that Wii shortages will probably extend into the 2007 holiday season, saying, “If you see one, buy it. Don’t assume that you can come back later and find one.”

While we’re all fairly used to the Wii being in short supply, is this not getting a little out of hand? It’s not like Nintendo isn’t a massive, global corporation equipped with both the resources and know how to really ramp up production on the console.

Surely Nintendo has the resources to meet demand, especially when considering the Wii is in fact made up of a few components left over from the Gamecube. It’s not like its sporting a special piece of hardware or technology that is either scarce or expensive to develop (as is the case with the PS3 and its Blu-ray laser).

Perhaps Nintendo is enjoying the Wii being in high demand a little too much. Am I wrong in being frustrated?

Source: Engadget



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  • http://nintendoblogcartridge.blogspot.com/ troy

    You -are- wrong. The sales rate of the Wii is utterly unlike the other consoles. It has almost reached the level of the Xbox 260 despite MS’s year head start. Do you know how sold out the DS remains in Japan, despite being out for years? Not because Nintendo aren’t producing huge amounts at rapid paces, but because the DEMAND is spectacularly, ridiculously high, like a rich rock star. And anyone who grasps the reality of the situation has or has had the sense to arrive an appropriately ridiculous amount of time before it seems necessary, and do a lot of preparatory research, to get your Wii.

  • http://nintendoblogcartridge.blogspot.com/ troy

    You -are- wrong. The sales rate of the Wii is utterly unlike the other consoles. It has almost reached the level of the Xbox 260 despite MS’s year head start. Do you know how sold out the DS remains in Japan, despite being out for years? Not because Nintendo aren’t producing huge amounts at rapid paces, but because the DEMAND is spectacularly, ridiculously high, like a rich rock star. And anyone who grasps the reality of the situation has or has had the sense to arrive an appropriately ridiculous amount of time before it seems necessary, and do a lot of preparatory research, to get your Wii.

  • http://nintendoblogcartridge.blogspot.com/ troy

    You -are- wrong. The sales rate of the Wii is utterly unlike the other consoles. It has almost reached the level of the Xbox 260 despite MS’s year head start. Do you know how sold out the DS remains in Japan, despite being out for years? Not because Nintendo aren’t producing huge amounts at rapid paces, but because the DEMAND is spectacularly, ridiculously high, like a rich rock star. And anyone who grasps the reality of the situation has or has had the sense to arrive an appropriately ridiculous amount of time before it seems necessary, and do a lot of preparatory research, to get your Wii.

  • http://nintendoblogcartridge.blogspot.com/ troy

    You -are- wrong. The sales rate of the Wii is utterly unlike the other consoles. It has almost reached the level of the Xbox 260 despite MS’s year head start. Do you know how sold out the DS remains in Japan, despite being out for years? Not because Nintendo aren’t producing huge amounts at rapid paces, but because the DEMAND is spectacularly, ridiculously high, like a rich rock star. And anyone who grasps the reality of the situation has or has had the sense to arrive an appropriately ridiculous amount of time before it seems necessary, and do a lot of preparatory research, to get your Wii.

  • http://nintendoblogcartridge.blogspot.com/ troy

    You -are- wrong. The sales rate of the Wii is utterly unlike the other consoles. It has almost reached the level of the Xbox 260 despite MS’s year head start. Do you know how sold out the DS remains in Japan, despite being out for years? Not because Nintendo aren’t producing huge amounts at rapid paces, but because the DEMAND is spectacularly, ridiculously high, like a rich rock star. And anyone who grasps the reality of the situation has or has had the sense to arrive an appropriately ridiculous amount of time before it seems necessary, and do a lot of preparatory research, to get your Wii.

  • http://nintendoblogcartridge.blogspot.com/ troy

    You -are- wrong. The sales rate of the Wii is utterly unlike the other consoles. It has almost reached the level of the Xbox 260 despite MS’s year head start. Do you know how sold out the DS remains in Japan, despite being out for years? Not because Nintendo aren’t producing huge amounts at rapid paces, but because the DEMAND is spectacularly, ridiculously high, like a rich rock star. And anyone who grasps the reality of the situation has or has had the sense to arrive an appropriately ridiculous amount of time before it seems necessary, and do a lot of preparatory research, to get your Wii.

  • http://nintendoblogcartridge.blogspot.com troy

    You -are- wrong. The sales rate of the Wii is utterly unlike the other consoles. It has almost reached the level of the Xbox 260 despite MS’s year head start. Do you know how sold out the DS remains in Japan, despite being out for years? Not because Nintendo aren’t producing huge amounts at rapid paces, but because the DEMAND is spectacularly, ridiculously high, like a rich rock star. And anyone who grasps the reality of the situation has or has had the sense to arrive an appropriately ridiculous amount of time before it seems necessary, and do a lot of preparatory research, to get your Wii.

  • John Giotta

    I truly believe they’re using this strategy to entice the customer into buying the product. Ask anyone in Japan what they would do if they found a “hard to find” DS, I bet they’ll buy it due to its rarity or score of find.
    As soon as supply meets the demand impulse buying will vaporize. We know this is true just think back to XBox or PS3 launch and all the demand exploitation on Ebay. Gaming industry motto is “Profit through consumer exploitation.”

    Also, why over produce and lose on the investment when they can just track inventory with caution.

  • John Giotta

    I truly believe they’re using this strategy to entice the customer into buying the product. Ask anyone in Japan what they would do if they found a “hard to find” DS, I bet they’ll buy it due to its rarity or score of find.
    As soon as supply meets the demand impulse buying will vaporize. We know this is true just think back to XBox or PS3 launch and all the demand exploitation on Ebay. Gaming industry motto is “Profit through consumer exploitation.”

    Also, why over produce and lose on the investment when they can just track inventory with caution.

  • mazer4455

    what the first guy said,
    The wii may be out for several years and may still be sold out.
    But, it might stop and pick up again like the ds.
    When the DS came out there were very little sales, now, in the past year or so, DS sales have skyrocketed.

    so yeah……

  • mazer4455

    what the first guy said,
    The wii may be out for several years and may still be sold out.
    But, it might stop and pick up again like the ds.
    When the DS came out there were very little sales, now, in the past year or so, DS sales have skyrocketed.

    so yeah……