Nintendo admits 'tight' Wii U stock as UK retail fears shortage
Update:A Nintendo UK rep told CVG, "Wii U stock levels will be tight on day one," before adding, "However we will be providing retailers with regular stock deliveries in the run up to Christmas in order to meet demand as quickly as possible." Update ends.
A retail source connected to the matter told CVG that the group does not have enough Wii U units to fulfill pre-orders.
The 25,000 figure they provided was then put to a distribution source working at a separate retailer, who said the number was "in line with our estimates".
However, a third source at another UK retail chain said his team was expecting the UK to receive "anything between 75,000 and 100,000 units during the launch period".
"What we don't know is whether this allocation will arrive on day one or be distributed across a number of weeks," he said.
The company expects to ship 5.5 million units to retail globally before April. Profit forecasts have been slashed and the company's president, Satoru Iwata, told investors on Wednesday that "production capacity, rather than consumer demand, that will place limits on our Wii U prospects for this calendar year".
In August, CVG learnt that manufacturing issues had limited Nintendo's supply options for Wii U on launch day.
Months later, in October, Nintendo was reported to have hit a second supply issue due to a factory fire. The company denied that the incident would impact on its Wii U production plans.
Week one sales of games consoles are largely reflective of supply constraints rather than demand. In 2005, Xbox 360 sold out during its first weekend after some 70,000 units were snatched up by eager consumers. One year later, Wii managed to break new weekend records with 105,000 units sold. PS3 broke new ground several months later, with a huge launch supply of 165,000 units all sold out in during its opening weekend.
Nintendo has confirmed a Wii U release date of November 18 in the US and a Wii U release date of November 30 in Europe. The company has set the US Wii U price at $299 for the basic model, while the UK Wii U price starts at £230.
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L33t-Ninja-MuchPosted:
-McCune I will never, I repeat never get this LMFAO
yep because its going to be bad if they rush it might have some troubles and then yea just big problems
TreyarchedPosted:
AR15 It's not that hard to make more Nintendo...
If they rush the production they will likely have issues with the consoles failure rate.
sony made that mistake with the PS2 and microsoft did it with the 360
01parkeraPosted:
MoDOTAR15 It's not that hard to make more Nintendo...
I know
MGMTTTGMODZoCOM looks really cool if you ask me
Not to me, it looks really uncomfortable to hold. Especially if you want to play for a long time.
It looks bad to hold for a while.
I think its good if they run out its not like its a Xbox or PS3.
It's actually very comfortable to hold actually and surprisingly lightweight.
I know this as I actually have played it many times as I work with Nintendo as the Regional Brand Ambassador for the south east.
Trust me try it before you slag it off. You will be pleasently surprised.
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