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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land Activision’s action figure-driven Skylanders: Sypro’s Adventure was a huge holiday hit last year, with parents buying up starter kits in droves. Now, with hundreds of thousands of children demanding additional figures, empty Skylanders displays have become an all-too-frequent frustration for haggard parents.
Yes, we know that the annual Christmastime Wii shortage is always unintentional on Nintendo’s part. They’re just constantly shocked, for three straight years, at how popular their console is.
Analyst Michael Pachter told Kotaku a few months ago to expect supply constraints for Wii this season, and speaking to Forbes, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata seems pretty certain himself that’s how it’ll go down, again:
“We are really intending to increase the shipments to the U.S., especially compared to last year”, says Satoru Iwata, Nintendo’s global president and CEO. “However, I can’t give you a 100% commitment [that you'll be able to find a Wii this holiday season] . What I can commit myself to is that Nintendo is going to do its best to supply as many Wii hardware units as possible in order to meet demand there”.
A Wii Bit Short On Supplies [worst pun ever, Forbes!]
Wii sales were up this past quarter, and with the reports of component shortages and manufacturing issues running rampant, it doesn’t take a gaming industry super-analyst to deduce that more consoles are coming from somewhere, but where? For that question, GameDaily turned to gaming industry super-analyst and snappy dresser, Michael Pachter. “Wii sales remain strong, with an apparent increase in supply during the quarter. This increase is inconsistent with reports that Nintendo has had difficulty in increasing its manufacturing capacity,” he states, “suggesting to us that the company has diverted supply from other areas (perhaps Japan) to the U.S.”
It’s like he has supernatural powers, isn’t it?
Pachter: Nintendo Diverting Wii Shipments to U.S. from Japan? [GameDaily.biz]
Game store employees around the world broke down weeping as Taiwanese chip manufacturers poke their heads out of the ground and see their shadow, ushering in umpteen more weeks of Wii shortages. Nintendo’s plans to up Wii production, originally slated for June of this year have been delayed thanks to supply issues with components like IC chips and PCBs. Component makers say the the continuing shortages indicate an unlikelihood of the Wii drought easing up anytime this year. With the console selling over 10 million units worldwide, one can only imagine how large that number would be right now if they had consoles to sell. All I know is game store workers can look forward to several more months of endless, “Is the Wii in?” phone calls, followed by death at the hands of angry parents as the holiday season comes to a head. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Nintendo delays Wii expansion plans [Digitimes Systems]
