Wii shortages leave $1.3B on the table that holiday season

December 14th, 2007 | Category: Wii News, Wii

If you read our comments or those from any gamer forum you’re bound to stumble upon that flaming Wii, discussion nugget:

WiiGuy: The Wii rocks, Nintendo can’t produce suitable!
H8r: They’re artificially limiting supply to drive up demand
WiiGuy: No they’re not
H8r: You’re a fanboi
WiiGuy: No you are!

Last month, Reg himself lamented, “A shortage benefits no one, we’re disappointed. that was all about how we didn’t accurately estimate

demand.” Indeed, Reggie. According to analysts, Nintendo is leaving about $1.3 billion on the table during this holiday season alone. A figure which doesn’t include additional losses from game sales. Of course, that comes as a delight to Microsoft and Sony who are there to pick up the slack.

[Via I4U]

Original post by Thomas Ricker