Nov 30 2007
Nintendo denies trying to create artificial demand
We’ve heard time and time again that Nintendo can’t keep up with demand, but as long as the Wii keeps topping monthly sales charts in all regions of the world, we know they’re doing all they can.
Apparently, that’s not enough for some people. Wii consoles are once again going for over double their retail value on auction sites like eBay. Several media publications have accused Nintendo of trying to create artificial demand by stockpiling consoles and limiting the number of Wii units that are shipped out, then feeding reports of the auction prices and high demand for the system to newspapers. Nintendo has strongly denied these claims.
“We are certainly NOT distributing any press release to feed media with demand stories - we never have.”
The Wii led the way in October’s NPD report, selling 519,000 units for the month. Over the week of Thanksgiving, at least 350,000 were sold. I’m convinced Nintendo’s not holding systems back - are you?
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Why would they want to create a artificial shortage right now? I mean this profit that people are getting on ebay is money that Nintendo is losing out on if they could get more consoles out the door. It is just haters that like to bring down our Nintendo “High”, damn we Nintendo fans waited a long time to be back on top, give us our party time!!!