It's July 1st and Wii is 1.28mil behind Xbox360

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ookaze said:
This stockpiling is nonsense.
Anyway, we will know soon enough, as they will show their results for the quarter soon.
Nintendo said they would increase production, and we'll see it in July (jump to 1.2 M/month). They also said they would increase production again in September, so I suppose we will see the 1.5 M/month in October at best, ready for the holidays.

And this thing about people not finding a Wii buying something else is nonsense too. It was more likely to happen with the DS and PSP, as the price was so close. But when someone wants to play a Training game, he doesn't go buy a PSP, even if he can't find a DS. Equally, someone won't go buy a PS3 or XBox 360 if he wants to play Wii Sports. Only delusional hopes can make someone think otherwise.

When you see the increase in consoles sold during November/December you'll see that it's not nonsense. There are a few reasons why Nintendo are stockpiling consoles:

Can you imagine the absolute chaos that there would be should there only be 800k Wiis for the holiday season? You have to remember that most of the money is spent here. People aren't going to buy a Wii now to give little Timmy for Christmas. They will buy one in November and December.

If a customer wants a Wii now, they will look for one. If they don't find one, they will keep the money and wait until it is available. If Mum wants to buy a Wii for her child for Christmas and can't find one she won't keep that money and wait until January, she will buy something else (perhaps an Xbox, Timmy said they were good) and Nintendo will have lost a sale.

The people who are buying Wiis now want a Wii, they don't want an Xbox or a Playstation. They heard about the Wii, they played it, and they want one. The people who buy Wiis over the holidays want a present, and if Wiis are not available, they will get something else.

Of course, if you don't believe me, then go ahead and disbelieve. I'll see you in the crow eating thread during the holidays once the Wii "production" "mysteriously" increases... =)