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<blockquote data-quote="Sevael" data-source="post: 521887" data-attributes="member: 10220"><p>Well, believe what you want, but Nintendo is shipping out the Wii consoles as fast as they can make them.</p><p></p><p>Nintendo is paying a <em>lot</em> more money in shipping costs than they need to, as they are sending out small shipments nearly every single day, rather than sitting on a bunch of them for weeks at a time and sending out much larger shipments all at once. Such a thing would be much easier to follow from a marketing perspective, and would immensely cut down on shipping costs. However, what we are actually witnessing are very small and very frequent shipments, something that is costing Nintendo a lot more than they need to be spending. They wouldn't be doing such a thing unless they are just trying to get them all out to the customers ASAP.</p><p></p><p>Now, that said, it is definitely true that they are sending the few units they have each shipment strategically to the countries where the most demand (and the most potential for immediate sales) exists. Why would you ship 30% of your product to a region where they won't all sell out and they will sit on shelves, when you could ship 100% of your product to a region where it will be gone within a day? That, unfortunately, is the nature of business. Nintendo is a business, first and foremost. But they are not "sitting on stock" and "waiting for a strategic release period". The systems (and accessories) are shipping as fast as they can make them.</p><p></p><p>I've gone into dozens of stores in my city. I know a lot of game store managers quite well. Hell, I used to <em>be</em> one in the late 90's. I know how things work. My mother is also a city-wide merchandiser for a certain set of electronic products. She knows the managers of the electronics departments of every major department store in the city. She gets all the info, even that which isn't given out to customers. These places are all receiving multiple shipments of Wii systems every week, sometimes even on Saturdays (which never usually happens outside of a situation like this). Some days a certain store might receive five systems, then two days later they will get another three systems, etc. The shipments are very small and very frequent, which is definitely not "strategic planning to create demand".</p><p></p><p>You can blame Nintendo all you want. You can think whatever you like to justify your anger over not being able to get a Wii. But the truth is, they are coming out as fast as they can make them. Just be glad that <em>some</em> are available now, rather than the entire release being delayed several months altogether, like PS3.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sevael, post: 521887, member: 10220"] Well, believe what you want, but Nintendo is shipping out the Wii consoles as fast as they can make them. Nintendo is paying a [i]lot[/i] more money in shipping costs than they need to, as they are sending out small shipments nearly every single day, rather than sitting on a bunch of them for weeks at a time and sending out much larger shipments all at once. Such a thing would be much easier to follow from a marketing perspective, and would immensely cut down on shipping costs. However, what we are actually witnessing are very small and very frequent shipments, something that is costing Nintendo a lot more than they need to be spending. They wouldn't be doing such a thing unless they are just trying to get them all out to the customers ASAP. Now, that said, it is definitely true that they are sending the few units they have each shipment strategically to the countries where the most demand (and the most potential for immediate sales) exists. Why would you ship 30% of your product to a region where they won't all sell out and they will sit on shelves, when you could ship 100% of your product to a region where it will be gone within a day? That, unfortunately, is the nature of business. Nintendo is a business, first and foremost. But they are not "sitting on stock" and "waiting for a strategic release period". The systems (and accessories) are shipping as fast as they can make them. I've gone into dozens of stores in my city. I know a lot of game store managers quite well. Hell, I used to [i]be[/i] one in the late 90's. I know how things work. My mother is also a city-wide merchandiser for a certain set of electronic products. She knows the managers of the electronics departments of every major department store in the city. She gets all the info, even that which isn't given out to customers. These places are all receiving multiple shipments of Wii systems every week, sometimes even on Saturdays (which never usually happens outside of a situation like this). Some days a certain store might receive five systems, then two days later they will get another three systems, etc. The shipments are very small and very frequent, which is definitely not "strategic planning to create demand". You can blame Nintendo all you want. You can think whatever you like to justify your anger over not being able to get a Wii. But the truth is, they are coming out as fast as they can make them. Just be glad that [i]some[/i] are available now, rather than the entire release being delayed several months altogether, like PS3. [/QUOTE]
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