Well one I doubt will have little effect on the Wii considering the best selling SKU on the 360 is still $50 more expensive. The Arcade SKU has alwasy been purely for advertising but I think people are starting to see through these ploys.
Secondly I'm not so sure there is a shortage of Wiis in America right now. Of Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii... yes but not so sure about Wii. 550k in this last month may show either that we are wrong sales wise or possibly it finally hit that median like we thought it would during the summer. Now of course it would only show for a couple of months as we get into big selling months starting with mid September and through the year but that's my theory if our numbers hold up.
Finally the hardcore gamers are not your majority buyer for the end of the year. Mainstream buyers are the ones who buy during the holidays. Software and hardware. Nintendo needs to worry about the core gamers going into 2009 which is apparent considering their new focus PR wise seems to be on the core gamers. However the recent stuff about Disaster is kinda well a "disaster" marketing wise. Really don't know what they were thinking but luckily the game has built some hype over time and if they can get some decent advertising it can sell to its potential.
