Nintendo's Japan base crumbling? Wii sales only 39k last week..

[Just_Ben]

Sqrl said:

Just_Ben said:

Sqrl said:
@Just_Ben,

Actually from what I have read its available in certain places but far from all places in the PAL regions. But that is also based on stories and the like so its not very useful from a perspective of statistic and analysis.

Well the big in Europe seem to have it. We have enough German and British some Swedish and Belgian here all saying it is in stock, so thats for sure. And if you take Amazon as indicator, it is also availible in France, Spain, Italy, Portugal. I think we have enough Australians to tell us the status there. kber could give us a status for Poland. I didn't hear that it is out of stock in an european country for quite some time know.

 

This is sort of what I mean. People posting stories and giving the impression that its in stock is far from proof of anything except perhaps that it was in stock in that one store or that one area.

In other words, just because it "seems" to be in stock in certain places, does not mean it is "for sure" in stock in the entire EU region.

Its not that I don't trust these people its just that time and again statistics teaches us that scattered reports, especially when in insignificantly small sample sizes, are a very poor indicator of anything.

Edit: I just wanted to add that I think it is possible demand is met in EU, and I honestly don't mind or care if it is. I just want to see something more than scattered reports and Amazon data. Actually I am pretty sure demand is being met in some parts of the EU right now, as there are sales indicators for that, but I haven't seen indication of demand being met on a large scale.

 Ok, the seem is a little out. But sorry, it is in stock in Germany. Broadband. We have 2 polnish, saying it is in stock there. We know that about the Uk. For the rest we have to take amazon as indicator. For me the intresting question is, will it be so in Dec? I don't know about that, could be that the Wii will be hard to get at this Christmas. But for know we don't know.

It sounds like the Wii is, at least for know, becomming availible in Japan. Doesn't mean it has to stay so for very long, but that leaves only NA with heavy supply problems for the moment, and I personaly think this will change till end of September (doesn't mean it will stay that way for the rest of the year), because i think the increased production goes mostly to America.