Xyrax said:
Its either withold units now for the holidays or nothing. Whether or not it actually increases demand is a whole different story that could be argued for an eternity. But one thing is for sure. Come christmas, there will be 3 countries starving for more than just a measly 65k units per week. And with them being suply constrained the entire year, if they want to even come close to having a decent amount of hardware to launch beside smash metroid and galaxy in both Japan and the US, they are going to HAVE to start holding back some hardware. Otherwise those games will launch and the supply will be just as bad as it is now. Which would be a disaster when your putting out yout 3 biggest titles across the globe. Hardware needs to be available for those launches. |
Just to add to your point ...
On average 40% to 60% of hardware sales are made in Q4 of any given year. If you take sales in 2007 and estimate sales for Q1 through Q3 you realize that Nintendo needs somewhere between 2.5 and 5 Million Wii systems available for Chrismas in North America alone; I expect that if Nintendo has less than 5 Million units shipped in Q4 2007 (worldwide) there will be massive shortages and scalping.
