misterd said:
So then this is primarily to appease the retailers, who would rather have happy customers in December than in July? |
Another reason misterd is games. When a game launches, a game that is a big deal, it always always always helps to have extra consoles on the shelf during that launch, for the people who were waiting for "that game" to finally make the jump. Christmas season is always home to big releases, and this year is no different. The need to horde consoles. They dont want some guy seeing a commercial saying Smash Bros is out, and then he runs to the store and can buy the game but the console is sold out. The more days that go by where that guy cant get the console, the more likely he is to forget about the games, or have his intrest in the diminished when another big game from the competition hits the shelves (Think MGS4 or something). Consumers only have so many dollars to spend. The last thing you want is less of your software moving because some guy has been waiting 2 months for a Wii, but gets his intrest peaked by a Halo 3 Kiosk and decided to spend his money on that instead. Instant -1 sales to your game, and your console.
