"The reason Nintendo is running their supply chain like this is so they can MAXIMIZE sale during the holidays, mainly to keep people happy. So Basically if you think about 2 months of production are hitting Other and NA at the same time right now."
This defies logic. Where does this second month of production come from? The only place the additional supply can come from is stockpiled supply from earlier in the year and then we are back to the fact that the supply would already be stored in the market it was destined for and wouldn't require more than 2-3 day delay once they wanted to ship it to retailers.
"And what we WOULD be getting in about 3-4 weeks is being sold to Japan at the Peak time. I think it is genious."
There is absolutely no need for this, a standard supply chain (which is what they are most likely using), would have shipments hitting all regions every week. It would also have stockpiled product in the regions ahead of time for artificial increases like we are going to see this week.
"They found a way to DOUBLE the availability of Wiis in Dec. for christmas. Jan in US is going to be like Nov. was in Japan... Sparse... They suffered early we suffer late, by the time SSBB comes out it will be equalized. I think Nintendo has the BEST management I have ever seen. Sony has done this too, but they did not plan ahead and to use costly Air Transport to do it."
The ONLY way they can double availability for a month is with stockpiling. This theory that they can suddenly have double the supply is beyond a stretch, its downright impossible. You cannot just pull an extra month of production out of nowhere. To be blunt I find it mindboggling that you don't see it.
"Sqrl, I am not trying to argue, but I will be going for a PHD in Economics, this is what I do."
First of all, even if you already had a PHD I wouldn't just take your word on the matter. Second you don't have a PHD yet and from what you said earlier have had as much formal training on the topic as I have.
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