Nintendo Financial Report is IN

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Well the profits look good (and I have updated the operating income in my avatar) however the Wii did not reach 6 million units. Nintendo have a producton issue, there is no way around it. With more flexible supply they probably could have sold 1 million more Wiis and still be sold out.

6 million has been their initial forecast, not a revised forecast as with the DS. I would have expected them to be able to fulfill that and even have some headroom should the market demand it. But okay, it's a system launch, so that might be forgiven.

However, for the coming period when they say "14 million Wii" I expect them to have everything in place should the market demand 16, 18, 20, or 22 million units. Just get out of those f**ing shortages.

regarding shipped vs sold,

Even if they have sellout products it still takes a couple of weeks to get the products from the factory into the stores. Unless they airfright, then it would be just one week, but still a gap between shipped and sold to retail.

Lingyis,

Nintendo are still selling GBA and GC - they just won't give a forecast.

Edit [reason: some scary quote]:

Nintendo aims to accelerate the current sales momentum of “Nintendo DS” from “must-have for every family” to “must-have for everyone”.