rocketpig said:
Do you have any evidence to support this whatsoever? I have a hard time believing that retailers ignored Nintendo's most-hyped game in Japan (a game they advertised everywhere in that country) and underordered stock for opening day. If you can provide any evidence that supports your claim, I'll be more than happy to listen. But it doesn't make much sense for retailers to underorder Wii Fit during the beginning of the holiday rush. Even if they don't sell everything opening week, they would have ordered additional units to meet demand from now until January. It's a win-win situation for retailers to order a lot of this game and virtually no reason for them to hold off ordering and underestimate the game. |
I also find it terribly hard to believe that retailers would under-order what has been promoted as maybe the single most important title/accessory for the Wii. The magic stock is not forthcoming and neither are the ultrahigh sales figures.
I've said it before, and I don't mind saying it again; people in here tend to overestimate Nintendo's hold on the market yet. Sony had a very firm grip on the console market and a very big userbase when Eye Toy hit the shelves (which is kinda the same basic idea) but the massive sales were absent at that time too.
