The truth to the Wii shortages?

[theRepublic]

misterd said:
They still weren't making enough to meet demand. If they were, there wouldn't have been any shortages anywhere, let alone for 15 months, and they wouldn't have to decide to prioritize one territory over another. A Wii collecting dust in any territory costs them money, no matter monetary rates. What this means is simply that the US will be the last of the 3 territories to have it's needs met.

Look at it this way - the dollar/Euro/Yen differential any different for Microsoft or Sony than it is for Nintendo? Of course not! And with more expensive consoles, they'd likely be even more sensitive to the inequality, so they'd be even more likely to overship to the other territories. But have there been sustained shortages of either 360s or PS3s in the last 15 months? No. Just a short blip - maybe a month- for the 360.

This is the best explaination as to why Pachter's explaination doesn't account for the whole story.  The weak dollar may be why Europe is being prioritized, but there still are not enough Wii's being produced by Nintendo to satisfy the demand in America.  I would expect that Wiis will be hard to find in America until early 2009.