thestandard.com - 12/11/2008
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A senior Nintendo of America official says that demand for the Wii videogame console may once again outstrip supply during the runup to Christmas. However, the official says that U.S. supplies are up 50% over the same period last year.
Denise Kaigler, Nintendo of America's vice ...
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Nintendo - we’ll never know if we have enough Wii supplies for the holidays
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“It’s true that despite this amazing amount of product we’re putting into the channel, some locations around the country are still experiencing sellouts. There’s no way to know if we’ll have enough Wii consoles for the holidays.” - Denise Kaigler, Nintendo of America’s vice president of Corporate Affairs Denise Kaigler also weighed in on the competition. When asked if she viewed Microsoft and Sony as Nintendo’s competitors, she said… “That’s for the market to decide.” Link This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 at 7:23 pm and is filed under ...
Nintendo: Wii May Still Be Hard to Find at Christmas; "Market Will Decide" if They are Competition
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... they're going to be able to satisfy demand, even with supplies up 50 percent over what they were at this time last year. So, with that kind of increase, why the uncertainty? "It's true that despite this amazing amount of product we're putting into the channel, some locations around the country are still experiencing sellouts. There's no way to know if we'll have enough Wii consoles for the holidays." -- Denise Kaigler, Nintendo of America's vice president of Corporate Affairs, to The Industry Standard But even with production at 2.4 million units a month worldwide, she ...
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