Nintendo Wii: The Dollar Could Be To Blame For Wii Fit Shortages

Industry analyst Michael Pachter claims Nintendo shipped 4 times the amount of Wii fit to Europe because of the strong Euro.
The LA Times ran an intriguing article yesterday regarding the current Wii Fit fisaco in the United States. The article itself contained some choice words from Michael Pachter, an analyst with Wedbush Morgan Securities who’s [...]

Nintendo Wii: More Wii Shortages For 2008 Predicted

Reggie Fils-Aime forthrightly confessed to Reuters that he suspects Wii shortages will continue well into 2008.
“The level of demand we are facing complicates all of our future business planning. All of that becomes a much tougher exercise until we have supply and demand curves that intersect,”
-Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime

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Nintendo Wii: Shortages Costing Nintendo Billions In Revenue

The New York Times calculates that Nintendo is losing ‘billions‘ in sales due to shortage of stock.
Increased demand for both the Wii and the DS has seen more consoles shifting off shelves than Nintendo are currently able to produce, leaving analysts pondering at just how much revenue Nintendo is losing out on.

Nintendo Wii: Nintendo Pull Wii TV Adverts Due to Lack Of Actual Stock

Due to the public’s insatiable appetite for the Wii console, Nintendo have been forced to withdraw their promotional adds.
With all major video gaming retailers reporting significant stock shortages Nintendo claim it would be “irresponsible to continue with the campaign.”
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Nintendo Wii: Wii Won’t Be Readily Available Again Till April 2008

 
With an insurmountable number of consumers clamouring for the Wii stock mightn’t level out until April 2008.
Top video gaming analyst Michael Patcher is confident that Wii stock levels won’t actually level out until around April as supply’s of the console continue to be unbelievably scarce.
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Nintendo Wii: Nintendo Admit Wii Shortages Are A Missed Opportunity

 
Speaking to online news publication news.com, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime confesses that the Wii shortages are a missed opportunity for the company.
“At this point, we are literally trying to catch up with demand,” he said. There is no secret plan to store Wiis in a warehouse to spur demand. The company, [...]

Nintendo Wii: Wii Production At High Though Nintendo Cant Keep Up With Demand

 
Manufacturing 1.8 million Wii units a month doesn’t appear to be enough…
As Christmas draws ever closer consumers are furiously battling their way through high street stores trying to find that elusive Wii console, but unfortunately it seems with little or no luck. Even as Wii production is at an all time high, it looks as [...]