I don't think Wii will suffer much from shortages this holiday season

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NJ5 said:

Welcome to the forums :)

From the top of my mind, the things which you have slightly wrong in your analysis are:

1- production at 1.8 million per month started from around July June, not September
2- according to Nintendo, it takes 20 days to take Wiis from factories to store shelves (which partly cancels out number 1 ;))

So I'd say supply will be even bigger than you calculated. My prediction for the total number of Wiis sold worldwide by the end of the year is 18.5 - 21 million, depending on demand. Shipped numbers may be around 22 million.

Conclusion - more likely than not, there will be shortages in many places. If it sells out almost everywhere, sales to customers may be even higher than 21 million, so maybe I should have written 18.5 - 22 million!

 

yep i think this is about right except i think wii will sell something like 19-22 million by the end of ther year