Wii NA sales plunge, can anyone give me an explanation why?

[Just_Ben]

StarcraftManiac said:

Kayanator said:
If it is supply issues please inform me however last weeks surge in sales and Europes Double-NA wii sales tell me it is not an isue of supply as it has been resolved lat week when wii sales rose signifficantly. So why is this week so poor for the wii in NA?

Well, Japan/Asia is where Nintendo makes Wii's... America isn't that far from Asia if you just go East across the ocean (you'll end up in California or something).

Europe is farther away (option 1: past india, through the canal between Africa and Asia and in the Mediterranean sea OR To America, Panama Canal, cross the Atlantic ocean).

So i guess it takes longer to ship Wii's to Europe.

 

So the European shipment was sent earlier. The American shipment is smaller because there was this little game called Super Smash Bros: Brawl released in Japan, oddly, they seem to love it! ...

Intresting is, that the ships arrive in Canada, on the Atlantic side, not pacific. At least I read they are shipped to quebec. I can't find the link right now. Why? I don't know, you are right the pacific should be faster, but maybe the Atlantic way is cheaper (because the ships are crossing Europe on the way). I know that Nintendo said they need 20 days for shipping it to NA, and nobody can tell me that a ship needs that long to cross the pacific.

Edit: 

Ah I found one  hint in the wikipedia quite fast. Nintendo of Canada is on the east of canada. Their distrubution center is in the west. (link). It makes no sense to do that, unless you get your shippments on the west (e.g. Atlantic).