Nintendo Screwing Up: The production claim

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koffieboon said:

MikeB said:
The Wii is easy to get here in the Netherlands (for example otto.nl, 24 hours delivery). Technically the Wii should be very easy to produce en masse and sales are very profitable.

Having said that I think the Wii will have an overall good year, Mario Kart will soon boost sales and there's more than enough room for a price cut. For 2009 I am far less optimistic although I think the Wii will probably still outsell the 360.

How come you always claim it is easily available in the Netherlands while I experience exactly the opposite for 3 months in a row now. I think I only saw them in stock once or twice since December, and the last time it was in a bundle.

Btw, if you check the status at Otto.nl it says it is sold out at the moment.

I occasionally see a Wii in store here in Holland, but most of the time they're gone. Plus a lot of stores still have signs that say something like "We appologize for Wii's being out of stock, we don't know when we'll receive new shipment".

So it is not as crazy as in the States, but definitely not easy to get either.