@TheBigFatJ ^^
Agree. I've mentioned it here before, that I don't understand the stockpiling scenario either, because it only hurts their bottom line to warehouse something they could be selling today, plus losing software sales from now until Christmas. If Wii owners purchase one game a month or even one every other month, that means consoles that were "banked" in April to be held for the holidays would be holding back sales of about four or five software titles per potential buyer. This would negatively effect the sales of current titles like Super Paper Mario, Zelda, and Excite Truck, which by Christmas will likely be discounted as Player's Choice titles in the $29.99 price range. That's a lot of money and momentum to throw away.
I think the more likely scenario is that Nintendo simply can't just wave a wand and say, "Hey look, we're making more consoles!" It takes MONTHS to sift through builders/assembly partners, tool machines, and produce consoles. FOXCONN simply can't meet the demand, and it isn't as simple as Ninty saying, "Hey, make more!" Also, each non-JP release that includes Wii Sports is hand boxed -- at least they were according to a statement from a few months back.
They very well could have looked into increasing production around February or March, but that doesn't mean more consoles just suddenly appear. We will probably begin seeing the resulting increase in units in August or September.
