| letsdance said: Thats such a silly arguement. I very much doubt its because they want to sell less systems. They are either breaking even or taking a small loss that a controller and game would cover it... how do they plan on selling that game or controller without selling consoles? And what would nintendos incentive be? Seriously? You think they would choose no profit over small profit? |
It's a balancing act for Sony. Ship enough to keep the market competitive and drive your userbase, but not enough to really blow your bottom line. And it's not like there's excess units just piling up, they're also going to more profitable regions and still selling well (or better in Europe's case) there. There's not really anything revolutionary here, and all the factors we know add up; American market's where PS3 makes least revenue per unit, and where the most severe shortages are being reported. I mean, I guess it could really just be a combination of big coincidence and lack of foresight on Sony's part... maybe I just tend to give them more credit than you? How silly of me! ;)
Nintendo's still sending America the MOST Wii units too, it's not like they're neglecting the region. But why sell more in market you make less money than sell those same units in markets where you profit more? Nintendo real issue was scaling production back last year, I don't think they expected quite the sort of US resurgence Wii's gone through.
