It would appear that Nintendo, despite having released a console system that has remained unprecedentedly appealing to a broad audience, still can’t manage to make enough of its product to go around. In the words of Reggie Fils-Aime, the president of Nintendo America, the Wii has “effectively been sold out for all 33 weeks” (of its being on the market), and is somehow still “poised to become the No. 1 platform worldwide very soon”.
This is of course assuming they get their act together and actually produce enough of these things. One would think that a major corporation such as Nintendo would have the whole division of labour/factory production thing down by now, but it seems that this is not in fact the case.
Perhaps the real reason for the lengthy delays is the impending release of the Wii Fit, which in the words of the New York Times will allow players to “stand on a Wii balance board to register their body mass index, and then head-butt virtual soccer balls, twirl a virtual hula-hoop, and perfect their balance”.
PSFK is excited to don their collective gym shorts and get ready for some serious action.
New York Times: Nintendo Says Its Wii Game Will Remain in Short Supply
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The important thing to remember is the statistic no company deems necessary enough for anyone to know. The Wii remains in extremely high demand. But in homes with owners of a Wii and another console, the Wii gets far less play-time.
I find it quite interesting that you may want to own a Wii so badly, while your neighbor’s Wii collects dust.
Is it not fun? By all means no, of course its fun. But because there is a lack of software, it continues to be a “new-found gimmick” over and over with each newly released game.
July 30th, 2007 at 9:18 am