Nintendo Exceeds Wii Production Expectations
6th Oct 2006, 16:57 GMT
While gamers vaguely murmur that a PS3 North American delay might, indeed, be imminent, Nintendo, at least, seems to know how to mass produce a console. While Sony managed to overestimate the number of consoles they'd get out this year, Nintendo actually looks to overproduce the number of Wiis they'll be able to get produced by December 31st by almost 100%. Via Joystiq: Briefing.com reports (subscription only) that, according to UBS, 2 million Wii consoles were completed in Q3 (July-September) to support Nintendo's upcoming Q406 global console launch, beginning November 19th in North America. In addition, "at least 7 mln and potentially as high as 9 mln more units are in the build plan for 4Q06." The report continues, "this production ramp handily exeeds [sic] a publicly announced tgt for 6 mln units to ship by yearend"; however, Nintendo had previously announced plans to ship 6 million units by the end of their fiscal year (ending March 31, 2007) and only 4 million by the end of the calendar year. The language appears to indicate the possibility of building, if not shipping, as many as 11 million Wii consoles by the end of the calendar year. Which is great news. More Nintendo consoles available means that gamers who are planning on sitting on Santa's lap this Christmas and asking him to bring you a Wii are likely to be spared a very nasty Christmas Eve surprise. Florian Eckhardt
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