13.17 Million Wii’s Sold World-Wide........VG Chartz need to keep up

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Faxanadu said:

FishyJoe said:
It wouldn\\\'t shock me if retailers were holding back stock for black Friday as well.

What for? Why? please explain. Situation: retailer has one Wii. Two options:

A) Put it on shelf and sell it within 2 days NOW for 250 USD and hence free up storage space and shelf space to put a new product on. And make a profit off the wii (20USD? ) that you can the either invest in new products or bring to the bank where you get interest.

B) Leave it in storage, meaning you will have to sit on your investment longer ("opportunity cost") and the STILL SELL AT 250 USD.

Why on earth would you do that?

Your assumption that a Wii is worth 250 dollars today and 250 dollars on the day after Thanksgiving is false. That's the problem.

A Wii is much more valuable on the day after Thanksgiving than it is now.