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Forums - Sales - Is the wii still supply constrained?

Punisher on 20 January 2008
Crucial said:
You act like increasing production requires them to send 50 Japanese laborers out with bricks and mortar to build a new factory.

They could easily outsource production.

It may not be as easy as pressing a button, but it definitely isn't difficult enough to be reason for underselling.

And we all know what happened when MS tried to make too much of 360's of the sudden... channel stuffing and RRoD's :p

Nothing's cheaper than something free.

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brute on 20 January 2008

^well it seems that they unbanned him



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Chemical on 20 January 2008

If Nintendo is keeping the supply of the Wiis low on purpose then why in the world would Nintendo pay extra money last month to airship the Wiis. According to different sources Nintendo makes about 50$ off every single console sold in US, more in Europe, less in Japan, why would Nintendo, a company that has no other divisions to fall back on, miss out on billions of dollars of potential profit. Nintendo is out there to make money, and unlike Microsoft or Sony they cant pull of stunts like supply constraints on purpose.

Oh, one last thing. If supply constraints is what makes demand for Wii so high, then why is PS3 selling so poorly(relatively). Last time I checked it was severely supply constrained during its launch. But what do I know, I lack a degree in crazy economics that some people apparently have.



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