kn,
I'm with you, but many people here just prefer to believe in stockpiling. There's no business argument or evidence from fiscal reports that can convince them of the opposite.
Regarding Wii shipments - after 2.6 million units in the 1st quarter of 2007 (calendar quarter) and 3.4 millio units in the 2nd quarter I still think Nintendo will ship above 4 million units in this quarter and 4.5 to 5 million in the Holiday quarter. There will be windows of higher Wii availability, first in the US (possibly around November), then in Japan (more like December), but they won't be open for long. Europe is not sold out now and probably won't sell out this year. Then another 4.5 million units in the 1st quarter of 2008 should finally fill the store shelves.
Hardcore gaming is a bubble economy blown up by Microsoft's $7 $6 billion losses.
