| TheLastStarFighter said: Also Ben, you and others don't seem to realise what supply-constrained means. It doesn't mean a bunch of soccer moms beating each other up to get the last one like they did with the Wii a few years ago. It doesn't mean you don't see them on shelves. It simply means that they are leaving stores at a rate that is at least equal to the rate they are entering stores. This can take days or weeks, but it is definitely the case. We know it because the sales are on pace with Nintendo's manufacturing projection pace. I hate anecdotes, but can say personally that when I walked into a several WalMarts and Gamestops and BestBuys on the days before Christmas there were no WiiU's. Stores may and wherehouses may or may not have inventory, but it's not a growing inventory. Not yet anyway. Therefore the supply chain is supply-constrained. |
I can agree that stores dont have huge stocks of Wii Us as that isnt the case. However the majority do have inventory. This isnt anywhere similar to back when the Wii launched where it was a complete sell out the moment inventory arrived.
So if your simply saying supply is constant without ever being overstocked I can certainly agree with that. It seems Nintendo is simply keeping pace with sales well. I see people on these forums at times imply the Wii U is in a similar situation to the Wii and thought you were trying to agree with them.
Thank you. I'm glad you get what I'm saying. I don't think WiiU demand is anywhere near Wii demand. Data pegs it at 56%. But my point is that the demand is more than enough to sell 5 million WiiU's, and I include Europe in that. The system is selling at a pace of what it's manufactured. If you were to analyze the supply chain, you would say the bottleneck is Nintendo's production. Now, if 5 million WiiU's were thrown on the market today it would take time for those to sell. Then the constraint would be the consumer. That will happen at some point, probably later in 2013. But right now WiiU's aren't gathering dust, not even in Europe, like some like to say.
