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Originally posted by: SixthAngel He is complaining about not being able to find a Wii for a friend who doesn't even want one badly enough to go search himself.
Pap IS the friend I'm looking for a Wii for: he lives in a mountain town in PR at least an hour drive from any Gamestop or Wal-Mart and since both of those have a "first come, first serve policy", his chances of getting one are slim to none, and no, he can't afford the ebay prices like some suggest. That, and the fact that PR gets shafted on electronics shipments anyway.
At the current rate of shipment, he'll have one next October and he's one of my best friends so I have no intention of letting him sit there hearing about how great Wii games are from me if I can find him a Wii here in the states.
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If anything, Nintendo's attention on maintaining DS Lite supplies preceded the Wii launch long ago. Now it seems the two devices are at odds with regards to available manufacturing resources.
I had considered this, and while it is a valid issue, one would assume that all factories previously producing GCs would be retrofitted to Wii production while GBA/SP/Micro factories would become DSL plants.
Given the circumstances, I do suspect that Wiis have a bottleneck somewhere, probably via one of the component manufacturers. Nintendo recently released reports that they're stepping up DSL production yet made no mention of Wii production. I think they're just afraid to let slip that Wii production has a bottleneck.
Right now, as has been readily demonstrated here, people are willing to let it slide under the heading of a plethora of excuses. In five more months, when low production would be unacceptable in the eyes of most, the kinks will probably be gone.
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Originally posted by: IanSane When we're talking about DSL shortages are we specifically talking about the DS Light or the DS in general? Because if it's just the DSL that is hard to find then it's entirely possible that Nintendo's intentionally under-supplied the DSL to encourage sales of the original DS. Few are going to buy the unsold regular DS systems if DSLs are on the shelf to them. So maybe Nintendo was counting on people to have the intention of buying a DSL, go to the store and discover that there aren't any left, and then buy a regular DS because it plays the same games anyway.
The lack of DSLs in stores said to me that Nintendo's MR must be incompetent, but you're right: it could just be a devious plan to push the last of the DS Phats off the shelves because it was clear to consumers that the DSL is the better of the two models.
If you're right, then it dismantles most of my argument. I still believe that Nintendo's MR didn't do their job in predicting Wii demand, yes, but with the DSL f*ck-up off their record, they come out looking a good deal better than they did prior.
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"where smash_brother comes to bitch about everything" because it seems he finds something to complain about in every thread.
I've been doing this most of the time I've been here. It's only when I say something that affronts the Nintendo zealots that people actually take notice and have this sort of reaction. I wanted the title "Ian in Training" for a reason.
Also, I should clarify: most everything I argue, I do so vehemently, but that's not necessarily because I'm pissed/enraged/obessed/etc., it's because I tend to argue for the sake of arguing when I find an argument I feel like pursuing.
Come this sunday, I'll have my Wiis: I'll be standing in line outside of either BB or Target (Target seems to have nicer people so I'd opt for them) with at least 1-2 friends to ensure that I can get Pap a Wii and one for a few others who may or may not want them (I might just stockpile for the future).
And for those of you who say "Let them get their own Wiis!", know this: these are people who have been intensely loyal to me and I'd happily
die for them. Thus, Wii hunting for them is miniscule and doesn't really even play into my gripes with Nintendo's slow Wii turnout (especially now that I have a means to acquire Wiis).
More than anything, I want to see Wii production increase because
I will cackle like a mad fiend the day the Wii's installed userbase passes that of the 360.
Topic: Hold your Wee for a Wii (Read 28860 times)
