Media Create Charts: Wii under 30k in Japan as every system takes a beating

[Viper1]

ihira said:

Viper1 said:
Stock piling and diverted stocks to US. Why is this not so obvious to those of you prophesizing doom? Oh that's right, because you put blinders on and enjoy spreading FUD when the truth is ready to trout slap the blinders off your head.


School started.
Holiday over.
Annual slow period.
Diverted stock to US.
Stockpiling for global holidays.

The first 3 are tru but the last 2 aren't.

Wii can be found easily in Japan now so the whole low sales = stockpiling for US / holidays theory is null.

Truth is Wii doesn't have the momentum it once used to have. Until quality titles come out expect these kind of numbers.

OK, I'm going to make this real clear because it's something that needs to be learned by anyone that follows this industry.   ALL electronics companies stock pile product for the holidays.  These get pulled from various regions based on regional product sales trends.

Consider this.  Would it look better to investors, stock holders, media and consumers if they sold the same amount of units in December as they did in May or woudl it look better for those involved if they allocated extra units for December?

Sony is doing it, MS is doing it, every other electronics manufacturer on the planet is doing it.  It's the nature of the electronics industry. 

 

Do we understand this now?

 

Now, take a look at weekly global sales.   Notice how Japan went down and US went up.   Given that Nintendo has stated they haven't been able to boost production output yet, where do you think the US got those extra consoles from?  Why not divert them from the region with a known and expected sales slowdown?  You think they don't plan this sort of stuff in advance?