Explain to me again how this suggests they're stockpiling Wiis? What business sense does stockpiling Wiis make? Nintendo knows that the holiday season is critical, and I'm sure they're doing what they can to satiate demand, but stockpiling Wiis isn't going to address any issues and it would cost Nintendo way too much money. It would hurt their profits, and they'd have to answer to their investors for a foolish business decision.
Oh, wait, if they stockpile Wiis do they multiply in the warehouses so that everyone who wants one can have one during the holidays? Or will Nintendo be able to meet demand with the same number of units that wouldn't normally meet demand.
People keep suggesting that if Nintendo stockpiles for the holidays they'll have a better chance of meeting demand. They're not going to have *more* units than if they were just releasing regularly. Releasing the same number of units and meeting demand is obviously less desirable than releasing that number of units and still having demand.
The holiday quarter is seen as the most important of the year in the US because there are more shoppers than the usual time. Businesses compete extra hard for those customers because it's their best chance to sell the most units. If you can't meet demand, it doesn't matter *when* you sell your product. For Nintendo, it has been the holidays since launch. Sales aren't magically more valuable in Q4.
This is a mislabeled thread. Nowhere in there is there 'proof' that Nintendo is stockpiling Wiis. Only someone who wanted it to be true would claim this even suggests they're stockpiling.
