Nintendo pulls Wii Christmas ads

[admin]

Nintendo has been forced to pull ads for its Wii console because demand is already too high to meet stock available.

http://www.gamesdog.co.uk/news/news.phtml/7273/8297/nintendo-wii-christmas-adverts-pulled.phtml

Anybody else think Nintendo is deliberately not producing enough stock just to fuel the Wii-craze? They didn't have enough stock last Christmas, and you would have think that a year is enough time to get things sorted (especially if they are manufacturing it in China, which can increase production capacities quite quickly and cheaply).

[Chewy]

sony and microsoft are probably paying them not to produce too many

sony probably has a lot more pull over there

[doctorhardware]

That is not surprising at all. How convenient there is a shortage at Christmas time. When stores got there allocation of wii the allotment was anywhere from 20 units to a max of 40 that is it. Nice way to keep the demand up for some time to come.

[katzdvd]

Ahhh, don't you just love corporate strategies...

[drfsupercenter]

This happened with DDR Mario Mix, and annoyed the crap out of me... they still never made more (even though they told me they were going to when I called to inquire) and they still sell used for over $100.