Nintendo Wii has high Christmas demand
December 8, 2007 by colbert low
Filed under Announcements, Gaming
The Nintendo Wii gaming console has been a runaway success, pulling in millions of revenue for Nintendo. So much in fact that demand has outstripped supply and they are not even having Christmas ads to lure more shoppers. The Nintendo production is at a massive 1.8 million units a month right now and this is not even enough to meet the consumer demands. Looks like Nintendo better come up with a better solution than to curtail demand as a big recession is looming in 2008 and it will augur well if they can maintain a good cash flow.
Last week Pocket-lint reported that the Nintendo Wii was the most searched for product by UK internet shoppers during November, according to data from internet research firm Hitwise.
There were thirteen as many UK internet searches for “nintendo wii” as there were for “apple ipod”, and over twice as many searches for “wii” as for both “ipod” and “iphone”, reports NetImperative.
The volume of searches for “nintendo wii” has increased 158% since November 2006, while searches for “wii” have increased by 278%.
I can understand it. The Wii is tons of fun to play together as a family, or with groups of friends. You also have more fun playing games like Rayman Raving Rabbids, which is hilarious to begin with. The only thing I don’t like is all the accessories you wind up buying separately…pretty much can be said for every system though.