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Does Nintendo Have A Wii Pre-Sale Supply Problem?
Video Games | Oct 16, 06
We're hearing persistent rumors regarding limited pre-sale availability of Nintendo's new Wii console. Specifically, many vendors are said to have either very small allotments for pre-sale, or else no pre-sale availability whatsoever.
When difficulties with Blu-ray high def technology caused Sony to announce reduced initial production of the PSP3, I speculated that this issue, the high price point of the PSP3 and Wii's advanced features and could give Nintendo a leg up going into the holiday season (see "But If We Made Too Many PlayStations, They Wouldn't Be As Cool"). But if the Wii has availability issues of its own, the competitive advantage would appear to accrue to Microsoft's Xbox by default. Of course it's not like Redmond has ever capitalized on the poor execution of rivals with arguably superior technology. Not unless you count IBM. And Apple. And Netscape. And then there's 3Com. Oh, and, Real Networks...
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