| bigjon said: One thing you need to remember is that the Japanese by nature are not risk takers. Their culture is very conservative. Nintendo as whole proves to fit this mold. |
The whole point of this thread is to illustrate that increasing production to 1.8 million per month within the first year of the Wii's lifecycle was a big risk.
@Oyvoyvoyv: Sqrl and TWRoO have already pretty much answered this. This thread is not about "OMG Wii is selling like gangbusters!" It's about the rate of production. The PS2 had a staggered launch because Sony could not produce them quickly enough to have a global launch. Even with the staggered launch, the PS2 was still supply constrained when it launched in the US. People are very quick to criticize Nintendo for not increasing production quickly enough, but the fact is that they've increased production far more quickly than has ever been done in the past for a home console. Your comparison is instructive, but it doesn't apply to the topic of this thread.
