Nintendo may not be able to properly address its supply woes with the Wii until 2008, according to Taiwanese component manufacturers. Apparently...
Digitimes reports that unnamed Wii component suppliers say shortages of parts such as IC chips and PCBs will mean that Nintendo's planned production increase will be delayed until next year at the earliest.
The report has caused some sensationalist rumblings across the gaming community. Some sites have misreported that Nintendo has announced continuing shortages and that the news is, as such, confirmed. Nintendo has said nothing of the sort. A Nintendo representative told SPOnG the reports are, "total and utter rumour and speculation... there has been no official announcement."
In fact, just last week Nintendo predicted a 180% sales increase for the Wii this year thanks to increased component production capacities, pointing to European companies' increased production capacities.
Digitimes reports that unnamed Wii component suppliers say shortages of parts such as IC chips and PCBs will mean that Nintendo's planned production increase will be delayed until next year at the earliest.
The report has caused some sensationalist rumblings across the gaming community. Some sites have misreported that Nintendo has announced continuing shortages and that the news is, as such, confirmed. Nintendo has said nothing of the sort. A Nintendo representative told SPOnG the reports are, "total and utter rumour and speculation... there has been no official announcement."
In fact, just last week Nintendo predicted a 180% sales increase for the Wii this year thanks to increased component production capacities, pointing to European companies' increased production capacities.
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ozfunghi 20 Aug 2007 11:00
1/3
Now bring me my green Wii already!
PS: just so you guys know: there appears to be a homebrew application that turns modded Wii's into DVD-player enabled Wii's. (check maxconsoles)
So Nintendo better stop jerking us around. This means they could easily enable all existing Wii's with an update (which they won't do because of licensing fees) or through a download in the shopchannel for say 1000 points.
NOW GET TO IT NINTENDO!
PS: just so you guys know: there appears to be a homebrew application that turns modded Wii's into DVD-player enabled Wii's. (check maxconsoles)
So Nintendo better stop jerking us around. This means they could easily enable all existing Wii's with an update (which they won't do because of licensing fees) or through a download in the shopchannel for say 1000 points.
NOW GET TO IT NINTENDO!
Captain Chaos! 20 Aug 2007 13:36
2/3
So Nintendo better stop jerking us around. This means they could easily enable all existing Wii's with an update (which they won't do because of licensing fees) or through a download in the shopchannel for say 1000 points.
NOW GET TO IT NINTENDO!
here, here!
Reminds of how my mate turned his Nintendo WiFi connector into a fully functioning wifi access point for his laptop and close neighbours pcs with some sort of homebrew application.
NOW GET TO IT NINTENDO!
here, here!
Reminds of how my mate turned his Nintendo WiFi connector into a fully functioning wifi access point for his laptop and close neighbours pcs with some sort of homebrew application.
Joji 20 Aug 2007 14:10
3/3
The main problem here is that Nintendo Wii's popularity has now max out their production facilities (which are used to coping with the smaller hardcore/normal gamer customers). The march to court the casual gamer has its first major casualty in this regard.
What Nintendo must now do, is fix this debacle. Its now making them look pretty imcompetent that they are taking so long to fix it. And they'd better do it fast too. Once Wii starts to get online in a big way in 2008 (let alone Wii Fit), things will get worse.
The fact that Wii is cheaper to make doesn't matter much, when you can't make them fast enough to sell. Do whatever you must Nintendo, just fix this.
What Nintendo must now do, is fix this debacle. Its now making them look pretty imcompetent that they are taking so long to fix it. And they'd better do it fast too. Once Wii starts to get online in a big way in 2008 (let alone Wii Fit), things will get worse.
The fact that Wii is cheaper to make doesn't matter much, when you can't make them fast enough to sell. Do whatever you must Nintendo, just fix this.