Take this for what you will, but according to GameStop COO Dan DeMatteo, Nintendo intentionally held back on their Wii distribution because apparently the company already made the bank they wanted to (see, money > customer). Additionally, DeMatteo claims that April will prove to be a beautiful month for Wii hunters on the prowl.
“I don’t think [Wii supply] going to be an issue going forward, and—it’s just my opinion—I think [Nintendo] intentionally dried up their supply because they made their numbers for the year," said DeMatteo in a Q&A session during GameStop's quarterly conference call. "[Nintendo's] new year starts April 1st, and I think we’re going to see supply flowing.
“We were concerned about the dryness [of Wii inventory] in March, but it looks like April is going to be good,” he said.
"Intentionally dried up their supply"? You think that's true? Could the company really be so sinister? They make Mario games, right, they can't be all that bad.
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2:11 PM on 03.27.2007
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Personally, I say bull-poop.
How is this different then any other company. MS? Nope. Sony? Nope.
Panaphonic? Magnetbox? Sorny? Doh!
"Hey, some guy said Nintendo is doing something bad. Let's cover it and add some sensationalism cause we love to get fanboys rilled up!"
"Sounds good... Robert, get on it!"
This has nothing to do with it. Even a cursory understanding of business operations would shed some light on this for the industry knowledge deprived. (read: Summa)
They are trying to even their production across fiscal quarters so as not to create any spikes or valleys in the sales numbers or inventory. Too much or too little is not a good thing for the company OR for the customers. They made predictions based on anticipated demand and those predictions have been exceeded. You can't blame a company for shipping EXACTLY WHAT THEY PROMISED. Well, unless you are drinking Roberts Hateraid. MS and Sony are struggling with these same issues but in Sonys case, they are having the opposite problem. They are making MORE than people want.
verdigris says:
03/27/2007 14:11
Does this guy have ANY connections to Nintendo, it's shipping, or any other part of the company? No.
"Hey, some guy said Nintendo is doing something bad. Let's cover it and add some sensationalism cause we love to get fanboys rilled up!"
"Sounds good... Robert, get on it!"
Robert: "What? Sorry, I wasn't listening. I was just busy writing up this sensationalist piece about some idiot at Gamestop to get the Nintendo fans rilled up..."
hahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahaha!
Reason being is that they are then able to post higher numbers for the start of their fiscal year... 4/1
Yeah, it sucks big floppy donkey either way true or false.
I understand the peaks and valleys thing, but I don't have to like it.
Also an easy way to ensure that sales on games continue at a constant - as gamers who own one will be looking for a reason to use it... And people who just bought it will be sticking with the initial releases and then moving up.. If everyone had one when they wanted, Nintendo would probably see less game sales.
This is why I detest fanboys. Game companies and journalists look down on console wars, etc. But when they all retire to the smoky back rooms they are clinking champagne glasses and lighting stogies with our 100 dollar bills.
They don't hate gamers. They don't love them either.
Game companies should be treated like farm labor and not revered as gods. That would lead to less crappy games and a more fair exchange of money for product.
I'd wager that the problem is nobody expected the Wii to take off the way it did. With manufacturing, you can't just say "let's make twice as much next month", the amount you are able to make is limited by the factories you have working for you. There's a long supply chain of components to arrange for, and getting a new facility ready for production takes a while. By the time Nintendo were able to line everything up to pump out more Wiis, the rush could already be over and they'd wind up with a huge surplus of systems rotting on shelves.
Sometimes.
Sometimes.