In the video podcast Dean & Nooch on Gaming, hosted by San Jose Mercury News’ Dean Takahashi and Mike Antonucci, Nintendo of America president Fils-Aime addressed the Wii’s continuing short supply.
“The good news is we’re flowing more and more product into the marketplace, and the amount of Wii hardware that will be in North American stores will be unprecedented—substantially more than the launch and substantially more than has been seen to date,” Fils-Aime assured.
Unfortunately for consumers, this doesn’t necessarily mean we’ll be seeing stockpiles of Wiis on store shelves.
Fils-Aime conceded, “The bad news is that given the level of demand, and given the fact that the more we put in, the more we sell, it is still going to be difficult to get hands on the Wii.”
He said that major retailers will be regularly re-supplied, and gamers will simply have to check with managers at key retailers to find out on what days they get their Wii shipments in.
“…Demand outstrips supply on a worldwide basis,” Fils-Aime said, with product only lasting in stores for a few hours.
Recently, the Financial Times reported that the Wii has become the top-selling console worldwide, beating out more expensive rival Xbox 360, which launched a year before Wii.
”We are not taking our current success lightly. This is a long-term battle,” Fils-Aime said.
Commenting on his competitors, he said, “…360 and PS3 essentially trade share as they alternate on price reductions… Really, none of that is affecting our business.”
The Wii isn’t Nintendo’s only hot item. The handheld DS is still selling piles of units monthly.
Fils-Aime still considers DS momentum to be quite strong, as evidenced by the 383,300 hardware units sold in August in the US ( it was the second-best selling platform after the Wii, which sold 403,600). Fils-Aime said that DS inventory will be “tight,” but not Wii “tight.”
He also quietly reveled in the fact that DS is trouncing Sony’s more powerful PlayStation Portable. “In terms of PSP and [Sony’s new] ‘slim,’ I actually put a unit in my hands yesterday. I think most consumers will be hard-pressed to tell the difference. So I find myself fortunate that [Sony] continues to struggle a little bit.”
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요약하면 다음과 같습니다.
-이번 홀리데이 시즌 wii하드웨어 공급량은 런칭때의 양보다 훨씬 더 많을것.
-그럼에도 불구하고 wii를 구입하기는 쉽지 않을것. 아직도 수요가 훨신 많다. 그러나 대형 샵에 규칙적으로 하드웨어를 공급할것임.
-닌텐도는 현재 wii의 성공에 안심하지 않는다. 이번 하드웨어 전쟁은 긴 전쟁이 될것이다.
-360과 ps3에 대해.."그들의 가격인하 정책은 우리의 정책에 영향을 주지 않는다."
-wii만 잘 나가는것이 아니다. DS도 존나 잘 나가고 있다.
-신형 psp에 대해.."어제 만져 보았는데 대부분의 사람들은 기존 버전과의 차이점을 쉽게 발견하지 못할것같다. 소니가 계속 고전해서 참 다행이라고 생각한다."
“The good news is we’re flowing more and more product into the marketplace, and the amount of Wii hardware that will be in North American stores will be unprecedented—substantially more than the launch and substantially more than has been seen to date,” Fils-Aime assured.
Unfortunately for consumers, this doesn’t necessarily mean we’ll be seeing stockpiles of Wiis on store shelves.
Fils-Aime conceded, “The bad news is that given the level of demand, and given the fact that the more we put in, the more we sell, it is still going to be difficult to get hands on the Wii.”
He said that major retailers will be regularly re-supplied, and gamers will simply have to check with managers at key retailers to find out on what days they get their Wii shipments in.
“…Demand outstrips supply on a worldwide basis,” Fils-Aime said, with product only lasting in stores for a few hours.
Recently, the Financial Times reported that the Wii has become the top-selling console worldwide, beating out more expensive rival Xbox 360, which launched a year before Wii.
”We are not taking our current success lightly. This is a long-term battle,” Fils-Aime said.
Commenting on his competitors, he said, “…360 and PS3 essentially trade share as they alternate on price reductions… Really, none of that is affecting our business.”
The Wii isn’t Nintendo’s only hot item. The handheld DS is still selling piles of units monthly.
Fils-Aime still considers DS momentum to be quite strong, as evidenced by the 383,300 hardware units sold in August in the US ( it was the second-best selling platform after the Wii, which sold 403,600). Fils-Aime said that DS inventory will be “tight,” but not Wii “tight.”
He also quietly reveled in the fact that DS is trouncing Sony’s more powerful PlayStation Portable. “In terms of PSP and [Sony’s new] ‘slim,’ I actually put a unit in my hands yesterday. I think most consumers will be hard-pressed to tell the difference. So I find myself fortunate that [Sony] continues to struggle a little bit.”
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요약하면 다음과 같습니다.
-이번 홀리데이 시즌 wii하드웨어 공급량은 런칭때의 양보다 훨씬 더 많을것.
-그럼에도 불구하고 wii를 구입하기는 쉽지 않을것. 아직도 수요가 훨신 많다. 그러나 대형 샵에 규칙적으로 하드웨어를 공급할것임.
-닌텐도는 현재 wii의 성공에 안심하지 않는다. 이번 하드웨어 전쟁은 긴 전쟁이 될것이다.
-360과 ps3에 대해.."그들의 가격인하 정책은 우리의 정책에 영향을 주지 않는다."
-wii만 잘 나가는것이 아니다. DS도 존나 잘 나가고 있다.
-신형 psp에 대해.."어제 만져 보았는데 대부분의 사람들은 기존 버전과의 차이점을 쉽게 발견하지 못할것같다. 소니가 계속 고전해서 참 다행이라고 생각한다."
레지가 새로운 북미 닌텐도 사장이 됏나요.. 이사람은 홍보는 좋지만 사장으로써는...음.ㅡ.ㅡ 여튼 물량이 런칭때보다 많다면 적어도 북미만 200만대 이상은 됀다는 소리네요
하지만 한국에선 구하기 쉬운 이유는..;
한줄요약 - 약오르지? ㄲㄲ
슬슬 닌텐도에서도 입방정이 시작되는건가 ㄱ=; 번역문에서 뉘앙스를 제대로 살린건지 잘 모르겠지만, (고등학교때 영어 점수는 잘나왔던거 같은데 ㄱ=;)마지막 줄은 좀 그렇네요;
차라리 '우리도 자극을 받아서 더 열심히 하겠다는 생각이 든다'정도로 해줬으면 좋지 않았을까 싶네요.
ashiwood//마지막 코멘트에 대해서는 외국 포럼에서도 말이 많더군요.. 레지라는 사람이 원래 시원하고 공격적인 맨트로 인기짱인 사람입니다.
그렇군요. 우리나라로 치면 전거성 정도의 느낌이려나요? 어쨌든, 수고하셨습니다. 좋은 정보 감사드립니다.
닌텐도 니들은 립서비스 하지마라 어짜피 휴대용이고 차세대기고 니들이 다 접수했으면서 소니가 고전해서 참 다행이다 라는 멘트까지 날릴 필요있냐....
아주 신났구나
게임기가 잘나가서 그런게 아니라 안팔려도 저 사람 입은 살아있습니다.
물에 빠지면 입만 동동 뜰사람 입니다..다란 상황이 좋아서 그렇게 느껴지는것뿐...닌텐도 좋아하지만 참 재미있는 사람이죠~