Wii shortage has been on purpose, says GameStop

Nintendo intentionally dried up their Wii supplies, according to the boss of GameStop.

Dan DeMatteo, the COO of US retailer, GameStop, has expressed his belief in a quarterly conference call that Nintendo itself has purposefully caused the Wii supply problems that have been experienced thus far, because, quite frankly, it could, after having reached its projection of selling through 6 million consoles globally by March.

"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," DeMatteo said. "[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."

DeMatteo added that his company expects to receive additional Wii and DS hardware next week, DeMatteo that Nintendo had "intentionally dried up their supply because they and he said that he's "quite pleased with those numbers." He added that consumer acceptance of Wii by both traditional and new customers has been "fantastic", and concluded that sales of the Nintendo DS Lite throughout the past year have been "phenomenal."


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Wii Shortage Plot Denied-It's not true, according to George Harrison.

In a phone interview with [url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5050&Itemid=2Next Gen[/url], George Harrison, VP of Marketing and corporate communications for Nintendo America, denied accusations by GameStop COO Dan made their numbers for the year" for the Wii.

Harrison was quoted as saying "No, that’s not at all the case. We have worldwide territories that are all competing over the available production. The Japan and European markets are doing extremely well with the Wii. People in Japan at NCL [Nintendo Co. Ltd.] are making the best decisions that they can about which products get shipped to which market and when."

He then went on to say that Nintendo is trying to ship as many units as possible, and demand is so great that it results in a quick sell-out. He also added that the post-holiday demand surprised Nintendo, and commented that a lot of retailers want to stock the Wii, and the accusations "may have been GameStop’s way of trying to request more."

I already knew nintendo did it on-purpose, and yet people tell me: "Nintendo is too loyal to do such things!" loyal my *ss. they're just as bad as micro$oft and $ony when it comes to $$$.

Well April the 1st was yesterday. Have we seen any improvements in supply?

Maybe it was just april fools

And april has just come, just wait would you!

Ill definately get my nunchucks soon now!