Wii shortage

rlm · 10-26-2007, 03:21 AM

i'm not into nintendo anymore but i just wanna know who's heard about the whole nintendo wii shortage. apparantly nin will not be producing enough wii's this holiday season and it's being said that if you find one now, buy it. otherwise you will not find a thing. some are saying that nintendo is doing this on purpose to keep up the appearance that they're console is a hard to find item. others are saying nintendo just can't keep up with the demand.

Yesterday, GameStop COO Dan DeMatteo said that he believes Nintendo “intentionally dried up their supply because they made their numbers for the year” with the Nintendo Wii. Nintendo’s new fiscal year begins April 1.
To those accusations, Harrison, Nintendo’s senior VP of marketing and corporate communications, said in a phone interview, “No, that’s not at all the case. We have worldwide territories that are all competing over the available production. The Japan and European markets are doing extremely well with the Wii. People in Japan at NCL [Nintendo Co. Ltd.] are making the best decisions that they can about which products get shipped to which market and when.”

Harrison reiterated that Nintendo is working to ship whatever it can, trying to meet demand that results in quick sellouts of Wii hardware at retail. He said that the uncommonly strong post-holiday demand caught Nintendo by surprise.

“GameStop’s an important customer,” Harrison said. “Every retailer would want to have more [Wiis]. I think [DeMatteo’s comments] may have been GameStop’s way of trying to request more.”

today at work we were told that we were not going to receive any wii's this holiday season nor that many other major retailers like target, walmart, kmart, etc as well. this wasn't just in the local area i live, this is also everywhere in the united states. quite possibly over seas. seems the only place to find them will be online at the retailer's websites. we were told the reason for this was that nintendo was not going to be producing any wii's for the rest of the year and this news came from the head honchos. this news seems to go along with what gamestop is saying. some of the other employees who were there listening to this news looked shocked and it was because they had wanted to buy one for christmas and we're not getting any in. i'm also guessing they wanted the employee discount.

bigbear · 10-26-2007, 06:04 AM

I bought two wii's this month one for me one for my nephew Bestbuy here in my local town held them for me until I was able to go to the store later that evening,yes they are sold out everywhere here in the states and when the stores do get more in the next hour they are gone! If, anyone was curious how I had the store hold the wii's for me I know the store manager personally

IzzyJr · 10-27-2007, 04:57 AM

I've read about the shortage. I've also read about the profits. That's why I'm on the "...nintendo just can't keep up with the demand" side...Whatever the case it's good I got mine last year.

hooligan · 10-29-2007, 03:29 AM

it's good i got my ps3 last year and actually have next gen graphics,and don't have to worry about shortages.

luv_monkey · 10-29-2007, 07:09 AM

here in australia anyone can get a wii pretty easily, hard to believe that in the states the wii is in such high demand for such a long time

10-26-2007, 03:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
rlm Member of Sylar's Army Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: tx Posts: 1,992 My Profile	Wii shortage i'm not into nintendo anymore but i just wanna know who's heard about the whole nintendo wii shortage. apparantly nin will not be producing enough wii's this holiday season and it's being said that if you find one now, buy it. otherwise you will not find a thing. some are saying that nintendo is doing this on purpose to keep up the appearance that they're console is a hard to find item. others are saying nintendo just can't keep up with the demand. Yesterday, GameStop COO Dan DeMatteo said that he believes Nintendo “intentionally dried up their supply because they made their numbers for the year” with the Nintendo Wii. Nintendo’s new fiscal year begins April 1. To those accusations, Harrison, Nintendo’s senior VP of marketing and corporate communications, said in a phone interview, “No, that’s not at all the case. We have worldwide territories that are all competing over the available production. The Japan and European markets are doing extremely well with the Wii. People in Japan at NCL [Nintendo Co. Ltd.] are making the best decisions that they can about which products get shipped to which market and when.” Harrison reiterated that Nintendo is working to ship whatever it can, trying to meet demand that results in quick sellouts of Wii hardware at retail. He said that the uncommonly strong post-holiday demand caught Nintendo by surprise. “GameStop’s an important customer,” Harrison said. “Every retailer would want to have more [Wiis]. I think [DeMatteo’s comments] may have been GameStop’s way of trying to request more.” today at work we were told that we were not going to receive any wii's this holiday season nor that many other major retailers like target, walmart, kmart, etc as well. this wasn't just in the local area i live, this is also everywhere in the united states. quite possibly over seas. seems the only place to find them will be online at the retailer's websites. we were told the reason for this was that nintendo was not going to be producing any wii's for the rest of the year and this news came from the head honchos. this news seems to go along with what gamestop is saying. some of the other employees who were there listening to this news looked shocked and it was because they had wanted to buy one for christmas and we're not getting any in. i'm also guessing they wanted the employee discount. Last edited by rlm : 10-26-2007 at 03:22 AM.

10-26-2007, 06:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
bigbear Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere In Europe Posts: 2,793 My Profile	I bought two wii's this month one for me one for my nephew Bestbuy here in my local town held them for me until I was able to go to the store later that evening,yes they are sold out everywhere here in the states and when the stores do get more in the next hour they are gone! If, anyone was curious how I had the store hold the wii's for me I know the store manager personally

10-27-2007, 04:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
IzzyJr Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: The Bronx Posts: 101 My Profile	I've read about the shortage. I've also read about the profits. That's why I'm on the "...nintendo just can't keep up with the demand" side...Whatever the case it's good I got mine last year.

10-29-2007, 03:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
hooligan Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: canada Posts: 1,273 My Profile	it's good i got my ps3 last year and actually have next gen graphics,and don't have to worry about shortages.

10-29-2007, 07:09 AM	#5 (permalink)
luv_monkey Ga-ga for Love & Lacey Join Date: May 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 2,120 My Profile	here in australia anyone can get a wii pretty easily, hard to believe that in the states the wii is in such high demand for such a long time

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