Hundreds queue up for Wii U debut in Japan

[kitler53]

osed125 said:

VGKing said:

kitler53 said:

VGKing said:
I think stock will be an issue in Japan. Don't expect sales to be any higher than the US first week.
I expect 250k-320k.

agreed.  after the low europe i have to believe nintendo is short on supply for whatever reason or they would have sent more.  

I guess I can see why stock would be an issue in Europe. Lots of different countries and stuff....but didn't Nintendo say they learned from the original Wii launch? Yet the Wii U is selling less? That doesn't make sense.

If they really DID learn, they would have enough stock to meet demand....I believe they do.

Learning about mistakes doesn't mean unexpected things could happen. The stock could be because of manufacturing issues, which we have heard from a while ago. Nintendo could have delayed the console in Europe but that wouldn't have made sense business wise.

yeah, i was just about to respond.  wasn't there a strike or fire or something that was suppose to impact gamepad manufacturing.  nintendo can't control everything.  sometimes shit just happens.