2007 Sales to Date

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Steve 3.2 said:

omgwtfbbq said:
Lazard says Wii production will hit (has already hit) 1.5 million per month. There's no way they're going to ship them all, however. Most likely, they'll be stockpiling to ensure that they're not beaten by PS3/X360 over the holiday season

It would be silly for Nintendo to purposely hold back on supplies of the Wii at this point in time. It hurts a company's bottom line to store unsold inventory. Unless retailers are ordering fewer units (highly unlikely), then I bet Nintendo is steadily sending out units as they get them in.

I was at local Target (Oaks, PA) this afternoon (~1PM) and saw that they had a bunch of Wiis in stock. This could be a sign of softening demand, but I bet it has more to do with the holiday weekend. Mario Party 8 will probably help move any remaining systems they have later this week.

(Edit: Just a quick note that Target was holding Wii inventory for today's ad. That's another reason they have them in stock; they weren't on display yesterday. )

it would be crazy for them not to stockpile Wiis for christmas. If they don't start now they will run out at Christmas. You have to remember that there are a lot of people who will but a Wii at Christmas who won't buy it/will buy something else if it's not available.

now people will be prepared to wait but at Christmas time if little Johhny wants a gaming system and the Wii isn't available they're gonna buy a PS3.

Nintendo absolutely needs a huge amount of Wiis to release during the Christmas shopping period.