1Up State of the NPD: Wii

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ckmlb said:

Legend11 said:
The only time we'll suddenly start seeing lots of Wiis on store shelves is if the 360 and/or PS3 suddenly start taking off and moving millions of units. Then the "shortage" will magically disappear.

QFT.

@ both of you.

Nintendo will ship X number of Wiis by the end of the year regardless of whether they ship them as they make them or skim a few off the top each month and incraese supply at Xmas. Obviously as a business they are going to go with which tactic is most beneficial to the company, ie. making more Wiis available over the holidays will in all likelyhood mean fewer 360/PS3 sales and good buzz for their product. Implying that N is being mean/petty/greedy/etc. for doing this is just childish and naive as any business out there is going to do what is best for it, and yes that includes Sony & MS, doing anything else would be irresponsible & negligent to it's shareholders, simple as that.

@ everybody who thinks N are deserting the core gamer.

You are either new to VGs or intentionally being obtuse. It has been established again and again that Ns core output for Wii is as good if not better that previous N consoles. I mean we're looking at Mario, MK, SSBB, MPC, SPM,Zelda all in the first 12-18 months plus many other lesser known core franchises. Has any other N console had this many of Ns big IPs in such a short time? Just because N are upping their casual(I hate that term) output does not mean they're decreasing traditional. It's the same as saying Apple are ignoring imac fans because ipods have become a big part of their business. THIS IS A NONSENSICAL OUTLOOK!!

@ the guy who said SSBB is casual.

If that is the case then most games outside of flight sims are casual, you are being blinded by bias.