It could also be that Nintendo is shifting producting to the WiiU, and retailers have difficulty getting them.  Pretty much, the reason for the shortage issue has to do with the WiiU coming out.  Look for Nintendo to likely do something different with the Wii itself, as the WiiU hits.  Clear out the supply chain now, while waiting for the WiiU to come out, and the decide what to do with the Wii.  Say the Wii will drop to $99 without a pack-in.  You clear these out now, and then adjust price.

I could see Nintendo decides to make the WiiU $250 and has two games packed in, Nintendoland and Super Mario U.  Have this get going, then have the $99 Wii also hit later.

@underlined. I think the word you're looking for is sharply. :3

@4.1m, 3m. Okay, I had a hard time reading your last post where I thought you were saying you expected 4m for the PS2, but you were talking about the DS ;)

@longevity. You may be right, but Nintendo also supports backwards compatibility (which drastically reduces longevity), and the PS2 doubles as a dvd player. Also, Nintendo doesn't have the presence of the PS2 in the developing countries, so it's not really as much about support as it is about outreach (I think). To add to that, the PS2's upgrade is much more expensive than the DS' causing the jump to be more affordable.

I'd say the DS is at about 25% of last year's performance (200k down to 50k), but I actually think the holiday surge will be relatively much greater this year. I expect 1m sold from november to december end. I'd say, in total, the DS should sell about 2.8m this year.

Almost eye to eye. In your original post, you weren't clear on the subject in the first sentence, so it was ambiguous, despite the 2nd sentence giving more clarity.

I still don't know what you meant by the next fiscal year, since you were supposedly predicting for this fiscal year. I was confuse ;)

Gotcha Next time, say "Upcoming fiscal year results" so I can be on the same page as ya.

Reason is the next was to qualify the results and not the year, so I got confused.

Or maybe I should have just asked. Well, lesson learnt :D

So Sony fans spreading negativity about Nintendo?
Life cycle goes on....

xD so true
me and you

Turkish said: The Wii is not in stock at major internet retailers such as GameStop.   Brand new Wii consoles are currently not in stock at a number of popular online retailers including Best Buy and GameStop. On the websites for Target and GameStop, the Wii is listed as backordered, and Best Buy has disabled the shipping option for Nintendo’s home console. However, all three retailers show the Wii as in stock at the majority of their brick and mortar stores. New Wii consoles are also not available directly from Amazon. Orders for the Wii can still be made at Amazon, but other retailers are fulfilling them. Since last October, Nintendo has bundled the Wii console with New Super Mario Bros. Wii and a Super Mario Galaxy music CD for a retail price of $149.99. The Wii's recent lack of stock could be sign that this holiday bundle as Nintendo described it upon release may be in it's final days. The Wii sold nearly 95,000 systems last month. In June 2011, the Wii sold 273,000 units after a May price drop. Nintendo World Report will continue to keep on eye on the situation.   http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/31180

Gamestop has New Wii's on Back-order - TRUE

Best Buy has disabled the shipping option for New Wii's - FALSE  (I just went on BestBuy.com and dropped one directly into a shopping cart and received this message : "Shipping: Estimated to arrive 08/01-08/06/2012")

Target has New Wii's listed on Back-order - FALSE     (I just went on Target.com and found 9 different types of New Wii's available for purchase, all of which specifically state :  "in stock online")

Other retailers are fulfilling all Amazon orders for New Wii's - FALSE      An actual review of what you referr to as "other retailers" shows that some of these "other retailers" orders state "FULFILLMENT BY AMAZON" along with the VERY specific message : 

So of the 4 online retailers you stated to support your claim that "Brand new Wii consoles are currently not in stock at a number of popular online retailers ", 3 of them were a fabrication.  That's 75% of your post proven to be false.  I guess you were hoping that no one would actually check the accuracy of your claims.

This is the last of Nintendo's idea's to kill the Wii!

Raise your pitch-forks people!!!

LOL! (That's all that needs to be said sometimes...)

Realistically, most major Retailers will probably still have Wii systems in stock until (at earliest) early 2014 ...

I wouldn't be surprised if stock was running low because Nintendo was planning on releasing a new bundle and/or lowering the price of the Wii in the not too distant future. While no one here would probably be interested in it, a Wii system (possibly with 2 controllers and 2 games) selling fo $99 would probably still be a modestly popular gift; especially around Christmas in poorer communities.

Any retailer that has a price guarantee might be reluctant to build up inventory and/or sell a lot of systems prior to a major change in how they're sold.