@Just_Ben, About Nintendo, they are a very conservative company. They prefer to underproduce (undership) than overproduce (overship).
Given that there is no precedent (yet) in the past for 800K / month average sales during Feb - June (for reference, PS2 only managed 2.1 Million sales in Feb-Jun period in their prime time, which translate to 420K / month average sales), it is not reasonable to expect 50% of production to be shipped to US, when Japan and Europe are still eating Wii voraciously (witness the 6 Million Wii LTD in Europe news, which is only 20% lower than US LTD).
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About Nintendo, they are a very conservative company. They prefer to underproduce (undership) than overproduce (overship).
Given that there is no precedent (yet) in the past for 800K / month average sales during Feb - June (for reference, PS2 only managed 2.1 Million sales in Feb-Jun period in their prime time, which translate to 420K / month average sales), it is not reasonable to expect 50% of production to be shipped to US, when Japan and Europe are still eating Wii voraciously (witness the 6 Million Wii LTD in Europe news, which is only 20% lower than US LTD).