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lilbroex on 10 October 2012

Analyst claims one million units will be affected; Nintendo says shipping targets will be met

 

Nintendo has told CVG that it won't downwardly revise its global Wii U shipping forecast, following reports from Japan suggesting that a factory fire has hit production.

Just over a month ahead of the launch of the new console, it has emerged that a fire broke out at an unnamed Wii U system assembly factory in Japan.

David Gibson, an analyst for the Australian bank Macquarie in Tokyo, said his company has downgraded Wii U's shipping forecast by one million units (falling to 7.3 million worldwide at launch) due to the accident.

In a Tweet to his followers, Gibson said that Nintendo will revise its revenue forecast on October 24.

However, Nintendo has issued a statement to CVG explaining: "As of now, we see no impacts on our Wii U console production scheme".

A halt in production of Wii U units would have been devastating news for Nintendo. CVG sources have claimed that the firm is already facing some supply constraints for the console, with retailers selling out of allocated stock due to strong early demand.

Nintendo has confirmed a Wii U release date of November 18 in the US, and a Wii U release date of November 30 in Europe. The company has set the US Wii U price at $299 for the basic model, while the UK Wii U price starts at £230.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/372453/nintendo-denies-wii-u-production-lag-after-factory-fire/



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happydolphin on 10 October 2012

Ah.. rats.



DélioPT on 10 October 2012

I don`t see that number being officially confirmed, but, even if true, i bet Nintendo will take measures to assure that what happened doesn`t affect production and ensure that the projections become reality.



Chandler on 10 October 2012

Nintendo setting their own factories on fire to create artificial supply constraints. Those bastards.



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Roma on 10 October 2012

nice! glad it won't effect it!



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DélioPT on 10 October 2012

^ I bet Nintendo is the one selling those Wii Us on ebay!



Naum on 10 October 2012

It's just a ploy by Nintendo to creat shortages at release and create the illusion of high demand and thus get people talking about it.....

/sarcasm or actually thinking by some sony fanboys... :)




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TruckOSaurus on 10 October 2012

7.3 million is already a much bigger than what I expected for launch. When they say launch do they mean launch window or launch day?



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HappySqurriel on 10 October 2012

It will be interesting to see what happens ...

Years ago I remember seeing it reported that Nintendo tended to choose components where there were multiple manufacturers or own the rights to manufacture the components themselves, and to have significant redundancy in their manufacturing process, to ensure that nothing out of their control had a significant long term impact on production. While I don't know if this is still the case, knowing how conservative Nintendo is as a company I wouldn't be surprised, and I suspect that any interruption in production will be (hopfully) short lived.



forest-spirit on 10 October 2012
TruckOSaurus said:
7.3 million is already a much bigger than what I expected for launch. When they say launch do they mean launch window or launch day?


Must be launch window. 7.3 million for launch day is just...insane.