Fils-Aime: Wii shortages make planning difficult

Posted Dec 20, 2007 at 7:46PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Wii Tags: Christmas, Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime, Reuters
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Reggie Fils-Aime of Nintendo - Image 1Now that Christmas is around the corner and Nintendo Wii units are undoubtedly selling like hotcakes, even Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said the platform holder is having a hard time trying to plan for the coming months because of constant shortages.

"The level of demand we are facing complicates all of our future business planning," Fils-Aime told Reuters in an interview. He went on to say planning becomes "a much tougher exercise until we have supply and demand curves that intersect."

The gaming giant's handheld, the Nintendo DS which experienced an explosive November in terms of sales, also poses some problems because of higher-than-expected demand according to Fils-Aime. "The DS continues to perform exceptionally well, with some retailers voicing concerns about DS inventory going into the holiday," he explained.

 
 
 

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by Mister Common Sense - 2007-12-21 14:30
» DS shortages?

Now Nintendo is trying to fake those too?



Is Nintendo blaming the fact they have almost nothing on the upcoming feature list (besides industry standard voice chat and possibly a dvd player) on shortages they created? How pathetic! Who knows when those long overdue features will finally arrive. At least you can get cheap plastic controller holders like the zapper and wii wheel!

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