| bdbdbd said: I wouldn't yet be calling out the supply meeting demand, since it was the exact same a year ago. Just when it looked like supply would meet demand during summer, the autumn started to get closer and demand went up again. Although, now we are dealing with 500k/month bigger production capasity than last year, but also the area where Wii is available is larger; South-Korea had a launch at spring and China is still supposed to have the Wii release this year. |
The most interesting thing about this article—and the reason I wanted to post it here—is the chart of grey market pricing. As you can see, the low point in 2007 was $330 in the month of September. Now in August of '08 it's down to $269, so Nintendo is much closer to meeting demand than it was at any point in '07. If '08 trends mirror '07, then grey market pricing may actually fall below retail prices for a month or two.
I also expect Nintendo will be better prepared to deal with the holiday surge than they were last year. Perhaps not everybody who wants a white box will get one, but I predict the grey market price won't push past $400.
"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event." — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
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