Nintendo Sandbagging the Wii

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darklich13 said:

Gamerace said:

darklich13 said:
Xbox 360 gets the ring of death because Mircrsoft was trying to cut costs of they system and included an inferior cooling system. The motherboard get super hot and warps. Causing the chips to "pop out". The Wii is simply designed and would not have any problems like that if Nintendo ramped up production to meet demand.

Your irrittablity is understandable, why you insist Nintendo could magically 'meet supply' is not. You've been given multiple reasons why it hasn't by multiple people. Doesn't seem to register though. Fact is it's being produced at a very fast rate for a console, especially this early in the game. Fact is it has sold out throught the entire year, which is unheard of, dispite producing what would normally be more than adequate amounts. Meaning no in store or in warehouse stock to draw from (except maybe some for December, we'll see). Fact is the instant a store gets 5-50 Wii's they sell out within hours if not minutes.

My son works in an electronics store. They sell 7 PS3's a month. They sell 70 Wii's within 2 hours of opening. Nintendo simply cannot meet demand. Accept it or don't but stop whining already. Pretty much everyone here who owns one had to line-up early or continually hunt to get one. It's not Russia, it's capitalism, enjoy.

It just seems weird that Nintendo sold twice as many DS this week compared to the Wii worldwide. Probably the DS is easier to produce but I don't think is that much easier. All I'm saying is that I think Nintendo could meet demand. It is not impossible.

DS has been out for years.  Wii has been out for ONE.

Wii destroyed DS's first year.    DS destroyed PS2's first year.  It's simple math that you seem to be missing.

If Nintendo invests money in to production facilities they might not actually use, it's bad investing....  this is something Microsoft and Sony aren't used to doing - making money.

Come on.  If YOU could produce Wii's so easily, wouldn't you just buy a production facility, or buid one out of the blue?  I'm sure you would...... since you're so enlightened.

 Doubling production after a year isn't bad..... it's just demand is unpredictable.