Admit it, Nintendo totally blew it.

[Bodhesatva]

It looks like this thread got way off topic, but I'll chime in on the original post anyway.

The Wii has sold more in its first year than any other system in history, but people are absolutely correct to point out that this trajectory has been clear for months now, and other more liberal companies may have taken the "risk," assumed they would continue selling extremely well (and the Wii has been), and begun ramping up even more production 6-7 months ago, just in case. That's a risk that Nintendo did not take, and it looks like they can and should have taken it now. My opinion: if the Wii is outsold by the Xbox360 in December in the US, then Nintendo made a mistake. If they are outsold by the PS3, then they totally blew it, I agree. Otherwise, there isn't any significant harm done here.