| Zucas said: Probably cause some supplies that were normally allocated to America on this week were allocated to Japan. However though I see that theory as unlikely as why didn't Europe/Other lose allocations. I think we are undertracking sales in America for Wii. Or overtracking in Europe/Other. |
Or perhaps it was actually a business decision on Nintendo's part. Japan needed the Wiis for SSBB launch. They can be taken from America or Europe/Other. That is, you can either take them from a very strong market that you figure you can sell to at any time you get the produce there. Or you can take them from a market that is more in flux, between sales of Wii, X360 and PS3.
I think that Nintendo choosed to take more from America to purposely keep their sales high in Europe/Other. At least for the past week. I suppose it is possible that more may need to be diverted to Japan, and the current week will have some diverted from Europe/Other.
Another reason could be how the shipments go by containers. Rather than shipping a 1/2 containter to America, and a 1/2 to Europe, so that 1 extra containter load can go to Japan, just swipe the whole container from America and send it to Japan.
Torturing the numbers. Hear them scream.
