Perhaps we gave jumped the gun in predicting such high numbers for Wii this winter?
| http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20070816PD217.html Nintendo delays Wii expansion plans Yen Ting Chen, Taipei; Emily Chuang, DIGITIMES [Friday 17 August 2007] Due to the tight supply of components such as IC chips and PCBs, Nintendo's plans to expand production of its Wii games console, originally set for June, have been delayed, according to Taiwan-based component makers. With the delay of its plans, any easing of the Wii shortages in the worldwide market is unlikely to be seen in the second half of 2007, said the component makers. Since Nintendo launched Wii in November 2006, the company has only introduced the games console in select regions such as the US, Japan, Europe and Australia. Worldwide accumulated shipments of Wii totaled 9.27 million units by June 2007, according to sources. |
I think this is worthy of a thread since there has been alot of talk about how the market share will look after the holidays. Perhaps Wii will be more supply limited that we thought?
On the other hand however reading this really makes me laugh when we have articles saying that Nintendo isnt seriously pursuing increasing supply like they should (see here). As it turns out according to this article they are actually experiencing tight supply of certain chips etc. Ive always felt that people expected and assumed Wii's should be immensely easy to produce quickly due to it not being a large step above the Gamecube, however those same people really ignored some of the new tech included in the Wii. In any case, looks like we now know why Nintendo was so conservative when they gave their forcasts earlier this year.
No longer am I expecting 1m sold in both Nov and Dec. Maybe December, but Im going to cut back my predictions.
