Nintendo Wii Shortage Conspiracy Denied

The Wii shortage claims by GameStop COO Dan DeMatteo have been vehemently denied by Nintendo.

DeMatteo had asserted that “…this just my opinion, but I think (Nintendo) intentionally dried up supply because they made their numbers for the year. The new year starts April 1, and I think we’re going to see supply flowing,”

Not so, says Nintendo as quoted by GamePro.

No, that’s not at all the case,” Harrison stated in a phone interview with Next-Gen.biz. “We have worldwide territories that are all competing over the available production. The Japan and European markets are doing extremely well with the Wii. People in Japan at [Nintendo Co., Ltd.] are making the best decisions that they can about which products get shipped to which market and when.”

In direct response to the COO’s comments, Harrison later added, “Every retailer would want to have more [Wiis]. I think [DeMatteo's comments] may have been GameStop’s way of trying to request more.”

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