Wii 'could be in trouble' post-Christmas - Iwata

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palancas7 said:

Jesus, wasn't that just an if statement?

What he said is basically "If our plan fails we'll be in trouble". Isn't that valid for every company??

Yes it's valid for every company, but I think he means it in the following way:

we (Nintendo) have a certain plan of action and a certain lineup for the holiday season. We don't have much planned for the WIi after the holidays, nor do third parties. Our strategy has been to hit it during the holidays big time, and ride on that wave for the months after the holidays. If our holiday plans do not succeed, this will mean not only bad sales during the holidays but also no wave for the Wii to ride on after the holidays. That would then be similar to 2008 with Animal Crossing and Wii music, but worse (much worse) since then there was still pent up unfulfilled demand for Wiis due to the shortages, and now on the other hand there will be Kinect and Move to further affect Wii sales, both during the holidays and after.

OR, similar to the above yet I think different, he means it this way:

Move and Kinect will be available during the holidays. We have plans for the holidays that should work out for better Wii sales. If these plans do not work, that means that the effect of Move and Kinect on WIi sales is bigger than we thought.