This was already in the thread about the NoA phone conference, but everybody likes pictures.

also a link:  http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/12/photo-nintendo.html

What a shock. I mean, I am so shocked Nintendo would try to get more Wiis out.

Is the sarcasm obvious?

I guess its more relevant for games - stories of huge delays for game reorders, etc.

Its not going to hurt - Ninty will be much better prepared for next Xmas, when it hits...

I believe this tripling of the workforce is only temporary, though. From the conference call transcripts and summaries I've been reading at sites like Kotaku and Go Nintendo, Nintendo is diverting some of their January shipments into this month for the Christmas rush.

Nintendo's QC process has always required humans pack the boxes. So, given that, and that Reggie has acknowledged that some hardware slated for January is in fact assembled at some factory, I'm interpeting this tripling of the human workforce to mean that if there are parts coming off an assembly line, pack them and get them on a truck NOW. On December 25, every item in the factory that could have been put in a box, better be under some American kids' Christmas tree.

They'll worry about January in January. 

wii is the easiest console to make, they can make more than 1.8 M a month, Its just they are probably lying and saying 1.8M to shock people with the amount of wii's they sell.

I don't think so leo. The MEMS that are incorporated in the Wiimote are much more advanced and harder to produce than anything the PS3 or Xbox360 has.

I see, the MEMS are more complex than the CELL.

 They could make more, if they had the parts, and the workforce, etc.

But it takes 5 months to ramp up production, since parts take five months to order, and Nintendo has been slowly ramping up this year, expect more rampups next year (I fully expect next year they will be around 2.8 million plus per month production, since they will be more ready)

From a production point of view obviously. Once you design a Cell the production is fairly easy. Every tape-out you can get 1 million CELLS. With the MEMS, that is not possible yet.

i don't know if wii will be selling more next year than this year, but whatever happens they better ramp up production well over 2 million during the fall to ensure enough units xmas '08. i'm sure they could sell 4 million wii's in december if they only had the stock.