The whole text of Nintendo's financial results briefing is worth reading (and would be mandatory if we could assign homework), but we'd especially like to point out this quote from Satoru Iwata: "As this month's production will be sold in the worldwide markets by the end of the next month, a small increase is expected at the retail outlets from next month." We knew that Nintendo was looking into expanding production, but could we already see results?
This report is from the end of April, so "next month" probably refers to May. We hope the statement is accurate and that the supply of Wiis increases from none to some very soon!
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5-03-2007 @ 1:36PM
Zack W. said...
Did he also mention that he's "not NOT licking toads?" Maybe they can just ship out the components and instructions, and people can just build their own Wiis. The would be cool. The first do-it-yourself system!
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5-03-2007 @ 1:38PM
nighteyes said...
I saw three Wiis on the shelf at my local Wal-Mart a couple days ago. My wife and I were shocked. We got ours back in March through some hard hunting.
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5-03-2007 @ 1:44PM
Jonathan Tran said...
@nighteyes
You saw 3 wiis, and you didn't mail me one?!?!
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5-03-2007 @ 2:55PM
JC Fletcher said...
Zack:
Maybe they could save time and money by shipping them without cases. You could buy a Wii and assemble it in a box.
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5-03-2007 @ 2:58PM
Zack W. said...
JC:
Totally! You could construct your own case out of Legos or something. It would also make it easy to MOD....if someone were to do such a thing....
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5-03-2007 @ 3:53PM
ronak said...
finally got mine today at the local gamestop :-) it's been a long wait, I've had the component cable since last year.
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5-03-2007 @ 4:26PM
jt_bombtrak said...
My fiancee found one in Target on Tuesday (May 1). She hesitated long enough to pick her jaw up off the floor before grabbing a saleslady. It was the last of a shipment of 20 they had received that morning, she was told.
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5-03-2007 @ 9:34PM
TGStarfire said...
Yeah, I'll echo the finding them in Wal-mart comment. I was shocked that I could walk into a store on a normal day and actually find a Wii on the shelves. o_o
Two of them, to be precise. Even took a photo.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c202/tuxedoyoshi/04-30-07_1808.jpg
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5-04-2007 @ 9:13AM
Tom Boucher said...
There were six at my nearby target on Sunday. Called my brother but he was too broke to buy one.
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