The Japanese Console Market

[Avinash_Tyagi]

FishyJoe said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:

FishyJoe said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:
Sure its a small but still important branch of the market, but people are exagerrating the Wii's weakness, because they have forgotten the past (look at the PS2 in fall 2000)

But was this a supply or demand problem? The current situation is solely due to demand.

Selling 3000 one week almost a year after launch is not a supply issue, PS2 did that in november-december 2000

Are you sure? My understanding that supply was diverted to the other markets for their launches. 

 If over the course of a month (5 weeks) you can't get 100K consoles into Japan then your supply chain sucks, even during its launches Nintendo was capable of sending more than 3000 a week and more than 100K in five weeks

 

So no this sounds to me like a demand issue 

 

@ Tyagi



... when I read your sig I think that stupid predictions become a trademark of this site..

 

My predicitions are more realistic than the predictions of so called analysts who believe that the PS3 will recover in sales, or that the Wii's sales will fade