In the video podcast Dean & Nooch on Gaming, hosted by San Jose Mercury News’ Dean Takahashi and Mike Antonucci, Nintendo of America president Fils-Aime addressed the Wii’s continuing short supply.
“The good news is we’re flowing more and more product into the marketplace, and the amount of Wii hardware that will be in North American stores will be unprecedented—substantially more than the launch and substantially more than has been seen to date,” Fils-Aime assured.
Unfortunately for consumers, this doesn’t necessarily mean we’ll be seeing stockpiles of Wiis on store shelves.
Fils-Aime conceded, “The bad news is that given the level of demand, and given the fact that the more we put in, the more we sell, it is still going to be difficult to get hands on the Wii.”
He said that major retailers will be regularly re-supplied, and gamers will simply have to check with managers at key retailers to find out on what days they get their Wii shipments in.
“…Demand outstrips supply on a worldwide basis,” Fils-Aime said, with product only lasting in stores for a few hours.
Recently, the Financial Times reported that the Wii has become the top-selling console worldwide, beating out more expensive rival Xbox 360, which launched a year before Wii.
”We are not taking our current success lightly. This is a long-term battle,” Fils-Aime said.
Commenting on his competitors, he said, “…360 and PS3 essentially trade share as they alternate on price reductions… Really, none of that is affecting our business.”
The Wii isn’t Nintendo’s only hot item. The handheld DS is still selling piles of units monthly.
Fils-Aime still considers DS momentum to be quite strong, as evidenced by the 383,300 hardware units sold in August in the US ( it was the second-best selling platform after the Wii, which sold 403,600). Fils-Aime said that DS inventory will be “tight,” but not Wii “tight.”
He also quietly reveled in the fact that DS is trouncing Sony’s more powerful PlayStation Portable. “In terms of PSP and [Sony’s new] ‘slim,’ I actually put a unit in my hands yesterday. I think most consumers will be hard-pressed to tell the difference. So I find myself fortunate that [Sony] continues to struggle a little bit.”
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-이번 홀리데이 시즌 wii하드웨어 공급량은 런칭때의 양보다 훨씬 더 많을것.
-그럼에도 불구하고 wii를 구입하기는 쉽지 않을것. 아직도 수요가 훨신 많다. 그러나 대형 샵에 규칙적으로 하드웨어를 공급할것임.
-닌텐도는 현재 wii의 성공에 안심하지 않는다. 이번 하드웨어 전쟁은 긴 전쟁이 될것이다.
-360과 ps3에 대해.."그들의 가격인하 정책은 우리의 정책에 영향을 주지 않는다."
-wii만 잘 나가는것이 아니다. DS도 존나 잘 나가고 있다.
-신형 psp에 대해.."어제 만져 보았는데 대부분의 사람들은 기존 버전과의 차이점을 쉽게 발견하지 못할것같다. 소니가 계속 고전해서 참 다행이라고 생각한다."
“The good news is we’re flowing more and more product into the marketplace, and the amount of Wii hardware that will be in North American stores will be unprecedented—substantially more than the launch and substantially more than has been seen to date,” Fils-Aime assured.
Unfortunately for consumers, this doesn’t necessarily mean we’ll be seeing stockpiles of Wiis on store shelves.
Fils-Aime conceded, “The bad news is that given the level of demand, and given the fact that the more we put in, the more we sell, it is still going to be difficult to get hands on the Wii.”
He said that major retailers will be regularly re-supplied, and gamers will simply have to check with managers at key retailers to find out on what days they get their Wii shipments in.
“…Demand outstrips supply on a worldwide basis,” Fils-Aime said, with product only lasting in stores for a few hours.
Recently, the Financial Times reported that the Wii has become the top-selling console worldwide, beating out more expensive rival Xbox 360, which launched a year before Wii.
”We are not taking our current success lightly. This is a long-term battle,” Fils-Aime said.
Commenting on his competitors, he said, “…360 and PS3 essentially trade share as they alternate on price reductions… Really, none of that is affecting our business.”
The Wii isn’t Nintendo’s only hot item. The handheld DS is still selling piles of units monthly.
Fils-Aime still considers DS momentum to be quite strong, as evidenced by the 383,300 hardware units sold in August in the US ( it was the second-best selling platform after the Wii, which sold 403,600). Fils-Aime said that DS inventory will be “tight,” but not Wii “tight.”
He also quietly reveled in the fact that DS is trouncing Sony’s more powerful PlayStation Portable. “In terms of PSP and [Sony’s new] ‘slim,’ I actually put a unit in my hands yesterday. I think most consumers will be hard-pressed to tell the difference. So I find myself fortunate that [Sony] continues to struggle a little bit.”
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요약하면 다음과 같습니다.
-이번 홀리데이 시즌 wii하드웨어 공급량은 런칭때의 양보다 훨씬 더 많을것.
-그럼에도 불구하고 wii를 구입하기는 쉽지 않을것. 아직도 수요가 훨신 많다. 그러나 대형 샵에 규칙적으로 하드웨어를 공급할것임.
-닌텐도는 현재 wii의 성공에 안심하지 않는다. 이번 하드웨어 전쟁은 긴 전쟁이 될것이다.
-360과 ps3에 대해.."그들의 가격인하 정책은 우리의 정책에 영향을 주지 않는다."
-wii만 잘 나가는것이 아니다. DS도 존나 잘 나가고 있다.
-신형 psp에 대해.."어제 만져 보았는데 대부분의 사람들은 기존 버전과의 차이점을 쉽게 발견하지 못할것같다. 소니가 계속 고전해서 참 다행이라고 생각한다."
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