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Nintendo pledges to pour out more Wiis

Admits demand-anticipation failure

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Nintendo has admitted it hasn't punched out sufficient Wii games consoles to meet demand. But it pledged to pull its finger out and start producing more and "fix this abnormal lack of stock".

So said Nintendo President Satoru Iwata in Japan today, after confessing the company had "not been able to properly foresee demand.

"We will do our best to offer the machine for those who are waiting," he promised.

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Iwata wouldn't say how many Wiis Nintendo is currently producing each month or by what amount that figure will now be increased. He did say some 2.5m DS Lite handhelds are rolling off the production lines each month.

Still, the videogames pioneer's inability to predict demand doesn't appear to have done it too much harm: it yesterday reported a 77 per cent jump in profits for the year to 31 March, as net income went from ¥98.38bn ($824m) in the year before last to ¥174.29bn ($1.46bn). Sales rocketed 90 per cent to ¥966.53bn ($8.09bn).

Nintendo sold 5.84m Wiis around the world between its November 2006 debut and the end of March 2007. It hopes to sell 14m more in the 12 months to 31 March 2008. Some 40m DS Lites have sold since its 2004 introduction - Nintendo forecast it will sell 22m this financial year.

Launched around the same time as the Wii, only 1.84m Sony PlayStation 3s have been sold to date.

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Online stock locator

The Wii is currently in stock at Game online.

Useful stock locator:

http://www.wii-consoles.co.uk/

That also lets you compare different packages, which is nice.

Mine's in the post...

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Too bad, I can't read German

It also seems like I need to create a new account in amazon.de. I guess I will wait until Nintendo fixes the supply to meet the demand. I sure waited over 4 months now, another 4 months shouldn't be a problem...

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Where to buy a Wii

I got sick of waiting to get one from the high street, and bought one from Amazon... not in the UK, however - they apparently haven't had any since day one. But for some reason Amazon.de gets regular supplies. I placed my order on a Sunday and had it delivered four days later. Postage was only six euros, and even with shipping and currency conversion fees it came in a couple of pounds *less* than the UK price.

Pass it on ;)

Mark White

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