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-Captain Obvious]]>Jul 12th 2007 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/
Sony should be counted out as they will most likely lower the price of the PS3 before the holiday sales but don't expect a big decrease. Sony have been spending too much money on R&D for bluray and the 6 core cell processor to give up by lowering their console to a buck lower than $399. Further more Sony are very stubborn and will stick to their strategy until they win.

Overall I'm impressed that Nintendo has managed to out play Sony and MS using a much more technically inferior product. Still in the long run MS and Sony are going to be the winners. When Sony and MS finally has lots of banging games out on the shells in the coming 1-2 years and Bluray/HD-DVD movies are all over the place, the Wii won't stand a chance. ]]>Jul 12th 2007 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/Jul 12th 2007 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/
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Graphically inferior maybe...]]>Jul 20th 2007 3:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/marketing
genius]]>Jul 12th 2007 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/"If you see it, don't buy it. There's a 1 in 3 chance that thing is going to fry- and we'll have to fit the bill for you!!

"If you see it, please don't buy it. Do you have any idea how much money we lose everytime you buy one of those things?? We lose more money everyday on these consoles than I make in a year!! They're SO expensive for us to make, the souls of little orphans aren't cheap."]]>Jul 12th 2007 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/Jul 12th 2007 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/Jul 12th 2007 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/Jul 12th 2007 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/Jul 12th 2007 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/Jul 13th 2007 12:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/Jul 13th 2007 2:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/Jul 12th 2007 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/Jul 12th 2007 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/Jul 13th 2007 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/Jul 12th 2007 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/Jul 12th 2007 11:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/Jul 13th 2007 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/
Nintendo is lying, flat out. The Wii has been available long enough for them to "figure out supply" not to mention the company itself isn't some new upstart but the company many of us got our first taste of this whole "home gaming thing."

They are insulting everyone's intelligence by claiming they are still trying to figure out how to meet demand. This "shortage" is purposeful.

I've have had one since launch, but I'm tired of them lying and people swallowing it hook, line and sinker.]]>Jul 13th 2007 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/
BTW, here's a Wii vs. PS2 vs. XBOX360 sales numbers had they been each released on the same day.
http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=Wii®1=All&cons2=PS2®2=All&cons3=X360®3=All&align=1]]>Jul 13th 2007 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/
It's making me angry, and I may just decide not to purchase a Wii at all. I'm more than content playing games on my PC, or maybe I'll buy an XBOX 360 if it's lowered to the price of a Wii instead.

Get them on the shelves!]]>Jul 12th 2007 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/Jul 12th 2007 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/
Nintendo could have easily brought 200 new factories online by now and started pumping out Wiis, but then what happens in 6 months when the high demand has been met? Those factories aren't free to open, you know. They're quite expensive. Unlike Sony and Microsoft, Nintendo actually knows how to make money on console sales. Did you know that all through the GameCube years, despite being a distant 3rd place in the console race, Nintendo still made money. Lots of money. Did you know that Microsoft's gaming division has NEVER made money? Sony's gaming division is HEMORRHAGING money right now. They're dropping their prices WAY below cost because they're getting their butts handed to them. They put a lot of eggs in the PS3 basket, and that basket overturned. Since they have money to burn, they'll ultimately be successful, but their stockholders are not happy at all right now.

So before you go talking about how Nintendo should "just ramp up production" make sure you realize that the other manufacturers (Specifically Sony, but Microsoft a little, too) aren't really trying to make money right now. They're trying to put Nintendo out of business. Why else would you sell a console at less than half the production cost?

Nintendo has been in business for 118 years. That's right. 118 years. They know how to do things. They're playing the "slow and steady" game right now. If they can make it through this production shortage, then they'll come out smelling like roses, because they won't have lots of empty factories that cost them millions to open.]]>Jul 12th 2007 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/Jul 13th 2007 12:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/
i do work in the electronics/computer industry and can tell you that ramping up capacity, while not trivial, is not difficult at all. contract manufacturers in asia are lining up to try to get this sort of business. ramping up a new CM would take a few months at most. your comments on "how manufacturing works" reveal your lack of knowledge of the business. ]]>Jul 13th 2007 2:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/
Nintendo has a very very good warrantee, and very good tech support, some of the best in the world honestly, (when you call them you almost feel guilty for troubling such nice people) proably owing a lot to the fact that most of their consoles almost never break. If they were to just outsource production to various factories you dont think they would also sacrifice something a lot more precious, their brand identity for great customer service and reliability?]]>Jul 13th 2007 4:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/
thats great except alot of CM in asia would love the business just so that they can produce something.. but so they can learn tech tips and secrets from the company they are manufacturing for. And as Josh stated... you need to make sure that the quality is gonna stay true to the standards of Nintendo and many of those CMs just lining up to get this kind of business isnt going to keep the quality.]]>Jul 13th 2007 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/Jul 12th 2007 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/Jul 13th 2007 2:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/
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hell I've sold 10 on eBay that I paid $265 for IN store and sold for $300+

so hell...........its good for eBay sellers.........lol]]>Jul 12th 2007 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/Jul 13th 2007 4:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/
+1]]>Jul 13th 2007 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/Jul 13th 2007 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/Jul 12th 2007 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/Watch your mouth.]]>Jul 12th 2007 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/
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But I'm also from Florida, so....]]>Jul 13th 2007 3:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/
Creating an artificial shortage is even more illogical when you consider the fact that Nintendo also makes their own games. Thus, by not maximizing the "installed" Wii base, they are losing out on future game $$ as well.

re: the "smoothing earnings" post, while many companies do try to do this, the costs to Nintendo for doing this vs. the benefits are too great. I'd love to attend the board meeting where investors ask about why Nintendo sold only ABC Wii units when market research showed there was 2 x ABC demanded, and the CEO responding "well, you see... we feel it's important to smooth earnings"
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Funny how you can pick up a bundle from gamestop or walmart and have it delivered usually under 2 weeks from time of order. Those bundles usually command double the price of the console with the add-ons. Also, it's interesting to note while you can order a bundle and get it fulfilled, you CAN'T order just the console and get fulfilled. The shortage is a scam to boost demand and sell higher priced bundles. ]]>Jul 23rd 2007 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/nintendo-planning-to-milk-its-wii-shortage-through-the-holidays/The public doesn't need to know any better about which product is superior or how much supply is available. It knows what products it likes and the prices that are comforting. And the stock market can be very rewarding to a company that connects with it's market.

The consumer wants more Nintendo. MS and Sony wants more consumers. Unless things change drastically this fall and holiday season, Nintendo will probably do just fine.

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