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You know, I'm glad the Wii is doing well and is bringing more people into the video gaming experiance, but I have one question:

Isn't it true that the main reason why there is a shortage of Wiis isn't because the demand is so big, but that they just are being idiots and aren't prouding half the amount of Wiis that they should be?

Here is another thread you made essentially on the same topic.

http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=11307681

Post in that one, or make a sticky.

Lol, sweetie I'm happy the Wii is doing so well! My thing is that I'm still irritated at how they're producing and shipping their Wiis. I love the product, just a lil tweeked at the maker.

EDIT: Seriously! If they're loosing money, why aren't they making more?!

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That's the thing. They aren't doing well because of the shortage, but they are. They are in the sense that they sell 100% of what's on shelves, but not in the sense that they could be making more from software if they had stuff to sale. Also, as it says here, Nintendo makes sure that it "fully controls their products internally" even though they don't actually make the parts. They put it together, and they're very picky about where they get their stuff. It's must be hard to find suppliers, I'm guessing

Ace, the shortage is definitely something to be proud of. A shortage of Wii consoles just goes to show that it can't be kept on shelves because it's in such high demand. Were it not in high demand, you'd see it lining shelves, like Daxel said. I figure after their failures of the last two generations, the big N can't afford to replace every Wii sold instantly like magic. They don't have the assets or resources, or CASH. While the Wii is still making them a gigantic profit...I doubt it's enough, resulting in the shortage.

But still. The fact that there is a shortage just shows that Nintendo can't keep up with the massive amounts of demand. If they have demand this huge, Nintendo has bragging rights.

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Maybe I'm just picking a fight, but Wiis have been SELLING OUT since last November. They're in short supply because they're selling within a few hours. I've been asked hundreds times if a customer can reserve a Wii, but if we could reserve any amount, we would have a list of AT LEAST 200. No joke.

Speaking of profits, Nintendo would want to sell as many as they could right now, because most people are EXPECTING a price drop eventually, meaning that a lot of the people left out in the cold now will be paying LESS for their Wii in a year or two. It won't really matter about selling Wiis once most people have one. Nintendo products almost never break, either.