LMAO! you're funny. I'm not directing this at you because I know you're being sarcastic, but for everyone else who really thinks that Nintendo is doing this on purpose doesn't understand the gaming industry. Besides all the money they are not making by the shortage, it is in Nintendo's best interest to get as many consoles in people's home because that will dictate how many games they can sell. As more people own their console, the more games they can sell, the more attractive it is for developers and license owners. That's the reason why the other guys are willing to sell their console at a loss. This totally caught Nintendo by surprise, and no it is not that easy to ramp up production at the 12th hour (someone mentions supply constraints). Being a Japanese company they're less likely to sacrifice quality so that they can get a few more systems out. If anything like the Xbox 360 fiasco was to happen to the Wii, they'll probably go all Seppuku on themselves. Ok, maybe that was a bit too much.
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ekwmin @ Dec 14th 2007 12:11PM
LMAO! you're funny. I'm not directing this at you because I know you're being sarcastic, but for everyone else who really thinks that Nintendo is doing this on purpose doesn't understand the gaming industry. Besides all the money they are not making by the shortage, it is in Nintendo's best interest to get as many consoles in people's home because that will dictate how many games they can sell. As more people own their console, the more games they can sell, the more attractive it is for developers and license owners. That's the reason why the other guys are willing to sell their console at a loss. This totally caught Nintendo by surprise, and no it is not that easy to ramp up production at the 12th hour (someone mentions supply constraints). Being a Japanese company they're less likely to sacrifice quality so that they can get a few more systems out. If anything like the Xbox 360 fiasco was to happen to the Wii, they'll probably go all Seppuku on themselves. Ok, maybe that was a bit too much.