Fils-Aime passionately upset about Wii shortage in NA |
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The outspoken president at Nintendo of America's helm, Reggie Fils-Aime, sat down recently to discuss about future plans of the company behind the white hot Wii. He expressed his concern over shortages, after revealing it only takes just an hour on average for Nintendo Wii consoles to stay on shelves before purchase.Fils-Aime reportedly got in touch with Wired, and pointed out that the Wii is still selling out in North America even after 17 months in the market. "We are passionately upset about the lack of product relative to demand," he said.
During the discussion, it was noted that Nintendo Japan is the one responsible for manufacturing hardware. Nintendo of America then wants its parent company to acknowledge the "missed opportunities" due to lack of products to sell.
This isn't the case for other regions, according to Fils-Aime who stated Japan and Europe don't fall short of Nintendo Wii units to sell. He also brought up numbers showing 40% of Nintendo's 1.8 million manufactures of the console per month reach the U.S.
Looks like the analyst Michael Pachter was on the money when he said the weaker dollar suggests Nintendo to make money out of countries with stronger currencies instead. Fils-Aime and Nintendo's arm in North America are still waiting for supply to meet demand.
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Looks like Nintendo's greed is hurting lots of gamers like usual. I don't think they're really shipping 780,000 a month to the US. Maybe when they can't sell any more Wiis in Japan or Europe they'll dump them in North America!
Even with a weak dollar, charging $250 isn't enough for a last gen system for Nintendo.
the ignorant gamer as usaul
you really need a life
The united states. is in a recession.
nintendo isnt being this evil greedy monster.
Our money just isnt worth much right now.
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Or a falcon punch to tha face. yeah id go with that one. Even people who may think the same as you Mr common retard (all 5 of them) dont care how much you hate nintendo....
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6189785.html?action+convert+om_clk+latestnews+tag+latestnews;title;1
change plus to equals
In the article it boldly states:
"Nintendo says it wants to be the games company that "puts smiles on the faces of people of all ages and genders," and following its financial statement today, there are likely grins all around at the Mario Factory headquarters."
They're doing a great job making lots of money for investors and themselves, but who is actually happy that either can't find one or who has to deal with the low quality games available?
"The Wii console sold 18.61 million units worldwide during the last fiscal year, which amounts to 24.5 million units since its release. In its forecasts for April 2008 to March 2009, Nintendo says it will sell 25 million further Wii consoles worldwide."
It did take 2 years to make 25 million, now they actually managed to increase production? This proves the shortage is faked. Now they have no trouble doubling production since the Wii is established. What's the reason they couldn't do it before? GREED. Like I've been saying all along.
Aparently $2,485,000,000 in profits isn't enough to justify sending enough Wii units to North America, as they would make less money.
I will go ahead and state this because frankly i could give a s*** less what you think i am a nintendo fanboy i really like them i stand up for when people uselessly flag them just becasue they them selves are "fanboys" of something else which is what you are. Fine theres nothing wrong with liking one of the big three game companys more than another. But if your just trying to be an immature punk and state how much you dislike nintendo fine. But if you actually want to start up an intellegent argument then get some F***ing facts. I dont go around bashing your precious Microsoft do I? You need to look at the good side of all arguments instead of being a douche and repeatedly saying what YOU think is right and ignoring others even when your wrong Which everyone including YOU knows that your wrong ALOT. Nintendo isnt perfect yeah they may very well be making up this storage fine that not good but if its even true i will beleive it and move on but one thing.......all companys pull sh** like this even your dear Microsoft and you know what? Theyre kinda famous for being cheap this is from theyre wikipedia. Its completly unfair to single out nintendo like you do anyone else whos not a fan could vouch for that.
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'Nuff said.
The funny thing is that he calls us all fanboys just for telling him to shut his douche bag hate comments. I mean I do own other systems, I do have a 360. I honestly think hes the fanboy, I don't think he has a Wii in his house.