| shams said: I guess its more relevant for games - stories of huge delays for game reorders, etc. Its not going to hurt - Ninty will be much better prepared for next Xmas, when it hits... |
I believe this tripling of the workforce is only temporary, though. From the conference call transcripts and summaries I've been reading at sites like Kotaku and Go Nintendo, Nintendo is diverting some of their January shipments into this month for the Christmas rush.
Nintendo's QC process has always required humans pack the boxes. So, given that, and that Reggie has acknowledged that some hardware slated for January is in fact assembled at some factory, I'm interpeting this tripling of the human workforce to mean that if there are parts coming off an assembly line, pack them and get them on a truck NOW. On December 25, every item in the factory that could have been put in a box, better be under some American kids' Christmas tree.
They'll worry about January in January.
