Midway blames Wii shortages for slow software roll-out

[mike_intellivision]

If there is a disk shortage (and I am not sure how much of one there is), those at the bottom end of the food chain are most likey to suffer. That means unproven games or developers who are making quick ports for cash or wo just don't have a clue are probably going to suffer.

(It is interesting that no one else has said a word about it.)

This could also explain why Carnival Games (by 2K) was "sold out" for a while. How many people expected this title to push 200,000 is NTSC NA?

Meanwhile, Midway is moving to a point of irrelavnace. It is prodcuing games with about the same quality as Popcorn Arcade (the company that brought you Ninjabread Man and Anabus). (I was smart and picked up Rampage for the GC because I could play it in my Wii and was about half the price used -- I don't need tacked on controls because they are out there).

And truly, to sound John Lucas-ian, how many people a year ago would have bet that Nintendo would have sold more current-release consoles LTD than Microsoft and have taken over the software leadership from Sony? I wish I had bought their stock. I could afford more of the 80-100 releases due out between now and the end of the year.

Mike from Morgantown

PS -- Of course, a disk shortage could be why SSBB was delayed -- because they could not produce the game 8*>.