| jlauro said: The point of stockpiling fo Christimas and other times, is that's when consumers will buy "something". If they can't get a wii, they will settle for a 360... If they get a wii now, it will not be stopping sales of 360 later. |
That works both ways. If they can't get a Wii, they will settle for a 360... So, since they can't get Wiis because they're being withheld, then customers may be buying 360s now instead.
And yes, that *does* inhibit future console sales for competitors. Readers of VGChartz are in a demographic that is more inclined to own multiple consoles, but we are most certainly the minority. The average family is only going to buy one this generation.
The only outcome that can occur between now and then is for demand in product to drop. In the case of the Wii, it certainly couldn't get any higher, could it?
Ask Sony how they feel about having a stockpile of approx 1.9M PS3 consoles right now. I am 110% positive that they will NOT say that they're very happy to know they'll have no difficulties meeting demand for the Christmas 2007 shopping rush. :p
