superchunk on 30 November 2007
This is the perfect explanation of why Nintendo took a whole year to double its production. Also, shows why John Lucas' idea of 60m+ units sold by 2009 is probably not going to happen. As Nintendo will probably continue to stay around the 1.8m per month production.
This type of sales volume is complete unheard of and Nintendo is being rightfully cautious. They don't want to hire some 3rd party manufacturer to only have to shut it down after a few months. That would greatly hurt their bottom line. This is why my estimation for next year is a MAX of 45m sold. I actually think it will be closer to 40m.
