Anyone else getting tired of Nintendo's supposed "shortages"?

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seece said:

nordlead said:

seece said:
2 Years on and you would think they could get it right ... the demand is there so what on earth is stopping them?!

Lets see, they started with ~0.5m/month (before launch) and are now producing 2.4m/month (current), and will probably increase it again next year to 2.8m/month (my guess).

What is stopping them is unprecedented demand. The PS2 never saw this level of demand, and people (who I think are stupid) still predict that sales are going to drop off in 6 months, so why increase production?

 

 

Because like you said, those people are stupid and demand isn't likely to drop off. Nintendo need to strike whilst the irons hot, its the in thing to have. IF that is going to change then they need to sell as many Wii's now as they can. If it isn't going to change and wii continues to sell like crazy then there would be no harm in raising how many wii's are made.

 

You can bet your bottom dollar if Sony or Microsoft were in this position they would do everything they could to meet demand.

Well, they have upped production ~2 times per year, which is pretty decent in my book, and like I said, I expect another 0.4m increase so they are guranteed to meet demand next Christmas.