Comments on: Weak dollar partly responsible for Wii shortages in US http://www.thetanooki.com/2008/03/31/weak-dollar-partly-responsible-for-wii-shortages-in-us/ Nintendo Wii and DS news, reviews, opinions, and much more! Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:51:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Christian http://www.thetanooki.com/2008/03/31/weak-dollar-partly-responsible-for-wii-shortages-in-us/#comment-15994 Christian Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:56:16 +0000 http://www.thetanooki.com/2008/03/31/weak-dollar-partly-responsible-for-wii-shortages-in-us/#comment-15994 On a worldwide scale, Nintendo couldn't meet demand. Regionally, however, they could potentially allocate systems to come close to satisfying one market - though that would be at the loss of satisfying the other. Pachter believes Nintendo saw meeting European demand at the expense of satisfying Americans would be the better choice, hoping that by the time European demand settled, the US dollar would rebound much stronger. On a worldwide scale, Nintendo couldn’t meet demand. Regionally, however, they could potentially allocate systems to come close to satisfying one market - though that would be at the loss of satisfying the other.

Pachter believes Nintendo saw meeting European demand at the expense of satisfying Americans would be the better choice, hoping that by the time European demand settled, the US dollar would rebound much stronger.

]]> By: Minas http://www.thetanooki.com/2008/03/31/weak-dollar-partly-responsible-for-wii-shortages-in-us/#comment-15986 Minas Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:35:18 +0000 http://www.thetanooki.com/2008/03/31/weak-dollar-partly-responsible-for-wii-shortages-in-us/#comment-15986 I totally agree with Patcher as it’s hard to believe that Nintendo couldn’t meet demand, especially when it actually means losing money. I totally agree with Patcher as it’s hard to believe that Nintendo couldn’t meet demand, especially when it actually means losing money.

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