Wii demand has Nintendo reconsidering its advertising plans

While Nintendo having trouble meeting demand for the Wii is hardly news, it looks like those supply problems now have the company reconsidering its advertising plans, with some ads in the U.K. apparently already pulled. According to Marketing Week, Nintendo says that's being done in order to "take a responsible stance this Christmas and not fuel demand." In their place, Nintendo will reportedly be running more ads for the DS, which it seemingly has no trouble cranking out (the Wii ads will then return in full force in early 2008). No word if the advertising drawback will also extend to North America, but it certainly seems like there's enough shortages to go around.

[Via Wii Fanboy]

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 8th 2007 4:24PM]

Something smells fishy about this. It sounds awefully arrogant. Not only can they not supply enough Wiis to satisfy the rabid hunger of their customers, but their advertising is just that effective that it'll solve the problem. Maybe they make more money per unit on a DS and DS games.

[BigD145 Posted Dec 8th 2007 6:05PM]

This just shows that advertising isn't entirely necessary. A little advertising? Maybe ok. But whacking me upside the head with TV/radio/billboards/busboards/etc just pisses me off. I feel like using my 2nd Amendment rights when it's an obviously bad product being shoved in my face. If I want something, I'll go to a store and browse the boxes. Thank you, Nintendo.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 8th 2007 7:29PM]

Plenty here in New Zealand if anyone wants one. Every shop I go to seems to have a whole bunch ready to go.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 8th 2007 9:27PM]

Nintendo isn't winning because they made a fun console, but they stuck to a price point that people can live with. I own WII and xbox 360 and there is no comparison over which is the better system. I like my WII put its definetly second choice. Its not a better system. Its just cheaper.

[macserv Posted Dec 9th 2007 1:44AM]

Should have bought more GameCubes, bitches. Maybe then, Nintendo wouldn't have any reason to be gunshy about production.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 9th 2007 8:39PM]

New Zealand has plenty of Wii's.... =)

[Volvagia356 Posted Dec 9th 2007 7:53AM]

Well here in Asia, you can find Wii's all over the place, you even get to choose the region and whether it's modded or not!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 9th 2007 7:54PM]

They've sold so much that they are toning down on the ads around the holiday season, thats amazing!