BengaBenga on 06 February 2008
| Kayanator said: But if Wii's were diverted for the SSBB Japanese launch then why are European sales consitently near double than North American sales for the wii? |
Besides the fact that it's not double and that Europe has a higher population let me explain:
Japan has the NTSC system, so does the US. Europe however uses PAL. That means that in planning production Ninetendo makes a certain amount of PAL units and a certain amount of NTSC units. Even though the consoles are region-locked someone else already pointed out that this can be changed quite easily. PAL to NTSC goes deeper into the hardware (TV input) and therefore cannot be changed that simple.
Therefore if units are relocated to increase supply for big software launches the allocation will be among NTCS consoles.
