no illusions, the reality is there are many more middle class people who can afford it, in more countries, now. There are many more specific demographics who want it.
There is clearly demand that remains as high as when it launched or even higher while some other regions have only just got the Wii released.
Its the cheapest and so even in this recession it will keep moving numbers.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
