Don't get your hopes up or anything, but Nintendo is saying they plan to ship 14 million Wiis worldwide by the end of the fiscal year. After seeing the impressive rise of the console the past few months, Nintendo finally realized that if they made more, then they'd sell more. From GamesIndustry:
A Nintendo spokesperson has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that the company plans to increase Wii production as demand for the console continues to outstrip supply. "For the first three months of this year we have been producing one million hardware units per month. We are increasing the manufacturing capacity and forecast to ship 14 million in this fiscal year to our distributors and retail customers globally," the spokesperson said.
"We have put solid production plans in place to ensure a steady flow of product through 2007. We are constantly replenishing Wii supplies however with such high demand, stock is still flying off shelves so consumers should continue to be in touch with their local retailers to confirm when new stock is arriving."
Just wait until all those new Wii owners find out there are no games to play. Joke's on them!
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Contest:
11:38 AM on 04.26.2007
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Here we go again.
Summa come back, we've not finished ripping you yet.
I love this shit!!!!
Round 15. FIGHT!!! ding ding ding.
Whats that supposed to mean? Care to explain...I so enjoyed bashing you on EG.
Perfect pic.
The Wii has no games though, so deal with it.
In case your stoopid there are 2 games that are must have for PS3 unlike the Weeeee. Ohh and Calling All Cars it out too, 10 bucks! beat that Weeeeee.
This can be the only reasonable explanation for why he feels so much hate for a small, inoffensive, cute console. Very strange, but also very revealing.
Resistance, Motorstorm, Calling all Cars, FEAR, Oblivion, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Gran Turismo HD ...
How many of you bashing the PS3 for having no games also have an HD set? I'm just curious.
The fact that the PS3 has no games doesn't change the fact that the Wii CURRENTLY lacks compelling games for many people. The only console with good support is the 360 and that's only because it has been out longer.
DEAN : Sorry to be so blunt man. I played out the VC , granted more are on their way, and I've had the console since launch, so the actual games aren't fun anymore.
I just don't feel I need to keep a console when the titles I needed it for in the first place, the first party titles, aren't coming out until late '07 early '08.
Again, sorry for being so blunt, but, the Wii is really just a 250 dollar Super Smash Bros. Machine.
Just ain't anything there really and you'd be a fool to think otherwise, unless you shoot money out of your ass like a DS.
Ha ha, you're a moron, grow up. The Wii is not the PS3 or 360, why are you comparing you baby?
Next Summa will claim his dad is the bestest in the whole world.
Cause it's awesome.
@snaileb - I am old enough, but i was just kidding around. I'll hit you up for a FR on XBL though. We GRAW2 it up almost every night.
I consider buying a HD tv if this old piece breaks down, it looks better for sure but not that much better that it's worth the investment. I'll consider buying a PS3 once we do get some games, which is just a matter of time but that doesn't mean that the PS3 and 360 are nearly as powerful as they should be.
Add me!
Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but I doubt there is a single great movie out now in high definition that I would want to purchase [and I'm glad for it]...I'm talking Criterion, indy, foreign, and otherwise good film. I seriously hope that both HD DVD and Blueray fail, because I am not ready to invest thousands of dollars in a new tv and dvd player for crisper viewing.
DVD was a whole new format over VHS with many benefits. high definition has little over the DVD to make the jump worthwhile. At least give us a new format that doesn't scratch...
@ Kannon - alright, you got me. I'm getting one now.
IF YOU'RE 8 YEARS OLD!
/ducks
/runs
But I understand this situation, feel better Summa.
I'm all for the righteous outrage when Summa not-so-subtly twists a Wii related or Sony related post, but this?
No way. This is Robert getting lazy. A one liner wii-bash at the end? Talk about phoning it in.
My only outrage is that the Summa-patrol deserves better than this. C'mon, give us something we can really sink out teeth into.
Summa: Yessir! I am really sorry, feel better bud. Even if sometimes all there will be between us is trolling, break ups are hard and stuff with the Wii sucking because pokemons, let me show you them.
=)