Darc Requiem on 28 March 2007
Steve 3.2 said:
I'd be inclined to say this was a bit of sour grapes on GameStop's part. We've seen some decent promotions from other large merchants when they get a bunch of Wii's in stock. In fact, Circuit City just had one last Sunday. Let's see what the NPD and Nintendo's year end report say in a couple of weeks.
Steve, you've hit the nail on the head. Gamestop doesn't get as much of the Wii supply has other major retailers. Nintendo wasn't too happy with how their product was handled in their stores. So I wouldn't be surprised if they were sending less stock to GS/EB than they were to other retailers. As for Nintendo holding back stock? Doens't make sense. They just can't meet demand. 6 million was their goal for the fiscal year, they've already surpassed that. Nintendo just underestimated the demand for the Wii. I don't think any one expected the Wii to sell as well as it has for such an extended period of time.
