I think Jay-Z said it best. Mo’ Money. Mo’ Problems. Didn’t Jay-Z say that? I don’t keep up with you kids. From Nextgen:

Nintendo sold 981,000 Wii units in the US during November according to the NPD Group, but according to James Lin, senior analyst at the MDB Capital Group in Santa Monica, Calif., “they could easily sell double what they’re selling.” Along with other industry analysts and retailers, Lin believes Nintendo could be set to lose out on more than $1billion this holiday, not including missed revenue opportunities from associated software sales that won’t materialize.

Man. That sucks for Nintendo. They could be taking over the world, but because they can’t make enough systems (wink, wink) they won’t make nearly as much money as they could be. So sad! Hang on. Where’s my tissue? For all you people looking for a Wii, head to Bestbuy and grab the one I won’t be buying. Its waiting on you.

[via NextGen]

Jayslacks.

I am going to have to call bullshit on the statement by Perrin Kaplan that I came by via 1up.  Kaplan, speaking on the Game Theory podcast told the listeners that it was likely that Wiis would continue to be in short supply but that ”[Nintendo is] at absolute maximum production and doing everything [they] can.” 

While I understand that as the VP of Marketing it is Kaplan’s job to build hype for the system I feel that she is just telling people what they want to hear and not the reality.  Nintendo isn’t run by morons but by geniuses.  They know that by making their system scarce they are helping to drive up their sales and their stock.  Though they might be in full production with the facilities they do have (though I am not even sure about that), they could do more to get production up; like contracting out to technology manufacturers.  As long as people are willing to brave cold mornings and late nights they have no reason to make enough to keep them in stores.  Why must we be consumer whores?

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