Wii production boost delayed
Roughly nine months after Nintendo first released the Wii, the console is still regularly flying off shleves online and traditional brick and mortar shops. Back in May, Nintendo CEO and president Satoru Iwata apologized for the shortages, blaming them on production bottlenecks. Later that month, Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian told investors the company might not be able to address its supply problem until 2008. It looks like Nintendo’s push for more production of its successful console is being delayed due to availability of components.
An article from Taiwan IT site DigiTimes today lends credence to Sebastian’s analysis, reporting that tight supplies of some components have pushed back the manufacturers plans to expand Wii production. The article cites unnamed Taiwan-based component makers as saying that supplies of the console are likely to remain tight until next year.In April, the company projected that it would sell 14 million Wii systems for the fiscal year that began April 1, 2007.
“Nintendo has no revisions to announce to its most recent shipment forecasts at this time,” a Nintendo representative said.
source: Plans to boost Wii production delayed
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1 opinion for Wii production boost delayed
Bob Johnson
Aug 18, 2007 at 3:22 am
They are hard to find but you can still get them, such as at places like http://atek.stores.yahoo.net/nintendowii.html
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