| Girl Gamer Elite said: Wow Nintendo is being hurt from the perspective of potential third party support by Wii shortages, they really need to get more production going or else they'll be in trouble. |
Why don't you look at the worldwide figures?
The only reason that the Wii got beaten in NA last week was because Nintendo had to increase supply in Japan (for Wii Fit), and Europe (maybe because they make more profit here than in NA due to the weak dollar).
Basically, within production limits, Nintendo can choose what sales they want each week in each territory (at least Europe and NA). I'm sure they have some smart people taking all the factors into account when directing supply on a weekly basis. Such factors are probably things such as the software release calendar, profit and competition.
According to Famitsu/VGChartz's figures:
1- The Wii is already the top selling console of this generation
2- The Wii will end up at 600k and the 360 at 400k worldwide for last week.
Couple that with the fact that outside holiday periods the Wii outsells the 360 by an even bigger margin, and you have Nintendo easily dominating any other company. Sure, more production would help, but it's naive to say that Nintendo may be in trouble.
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