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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Reggie: Wii Holiday Hardware Supplies Will Be "Unprecedented"

twesterm on 14 September 2007

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Nintendo boss man Reggie Fils-Aime sat down with the San Jose Mercury News crack team of video podcasters to talk about everything Wii and Nintendo DS. For those who are going without a Wii—or are concerned parents who shudder at the thought of camping out at Toys R Us this holiday—Reggie says Wii supply this season will be "unprecedented." He promises that stock for the console will be "substantially more than the launch, substantially more than has been seen to date." That's the good news, says Fils-Aime.



 

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superchunk on 14 September 2007

Already being discussed here
http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=6960&start=0#end



leo-j on 14 September 2007

Thats good news.



 

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twesterm on 14 September 2007
superchunk said:
Already being discussed here
http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=6960&start=0#end

Bah, grr. I read that thread this morning and this interview wasn't in it. :-p

 

DonWii on 14 September 2007


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Lingyis on 14 September 2007

not much information... it's not like he'll say not everybody who wants one can get one.

reggie is essentially a PR guy anyway (right?).



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mancandy on 14 September 2007

So Nintendo has been hoarding all the Wii's for Christmas sales.



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bulletstopper on 14 September 2007

I am sure that Nintendo is hoarding them away so that paying customers can't buy them.............................how stupid is that. Do you realize what you are saying? I don't believe Reggie. I think supplies are going to be tight this year too.



Non Sequor on 14 September 2007

If he's using the word "unprecedented" correctly that means that he expects the US to receive more units than the PS2 sold in the 2002 holidays. That would mean that they plan to have 4 million units for the US for Thanksgiving to the new year.

Nintendo has had a habit of being very honest, but that's a bit hard to swallow. It's not inconceivable, but that would exceed even my loftiest, most fanboyish expectations.

Given this information, I'd say that the Wii selling 2 million in the US during the holidays is pretty much a given, and 3 million or more is a significant possibility. The PS2 did a little bit less than 2 million in the US last Christmas, with the 360 a little bit further behind.



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BenKenobi88 on 14 September 2007

Holiday sales matter more, plain and simple. Nintendo had better either hoard or increase production by holidays, because selling out at a low number during holidays is very bad.



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