Entroper on 09 January 2008
| kitler53 said: well, just by bringing my wii with me during the holidays i created 3 new customers. historically, sales of the dominant console only increase in their second year. that may not be applicable to the wii (time will tell) but i doubt there will be any slowdown in demand this year. besides, the minute sales start to lag there will be a price cut and sales will pick up again. and don't forget - it is customary to stockpile consoles for holiday sales during the year. last year they couldn't stockpile enough so even if sales lag behind 450k a week it's not really a bad thing just as long as it isn't down to like 100k. |
They aren't going to begin stockpiling in January, though. Nintendo will ship everything they can make and try to get an idea for demand. If it's still sold out everywhere, it's time to boost production again.
