Mummelmann said:
So I take it that you're working for the Nintendo marketing department and happens to know that the demand is over twice as big as supply? There are slow months in the year as well, another factor of many that would make this a stupid move. If people want the Wii, they'll get it when they can, Nintendo does not depend on having all their sales all at once like it's competitors. If you wait 6 months to buy it, you've still bought it, so you can't really say that Ninty lost money on you because you didn't buy it earlier, now can you? It's fairly simple really. In fact, it's in Nintendo's best interest to keep the interest burgeoning to maintain the demand. @ Intelligence comment; there's a big difference, no one cares what I say but many go bonkers when JL grants them an audience, so it doesn't matter whether I'm wrong since it hardly costs me any credibility. Don't you agree? |
Of course they lose money. A) Not everyone will get it later. B) They lose revenue off game sales. The longer you own a system the more games you're likely to buy for it. C) Nintendo's entire strategy is to attract new customers. Non-traditional gamers will not goto stores on a Thursday morning pre-openning hopeing they have stock in. They'll wait until it's on the shelves when it's convenient for them or until they lose interest in it. Not being able to have a supply on store shelves for more than a couple hours is definately losing money.
