A possible reason for putting more shipments the way of Europe rather than US for the time being is the weakness of the $ and relative strength of the Euro. The same thing has been suggested for the Wii console so why would it not apply to WF as well?
And yes a shortage for a while is not going to cause a massive crash in lifetime sales but im sure it certainly has an impact, this theory of Nintendo witholding stock to increase hype is, if true (which i doubt), complete madness. Whilst shortages may generate a small amount of attention, im certain that Nintendo would be wanting to see consumers hand over their cash as soon as possible as prolonged shortages do harm sales i believe. Who knows how many Wii's could have been sold by now if the supply was there to keep up with demand.
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A possible reason for putting more shipments the way of Europe rather than US for the time being is the weakness of the $ and relative strength of the Euro. The same thing has been suggested for the Wii console so why would it not apply to WF as well?
And yes a shortage for a while is not going to cause a massive crash in lifetime sales but im sure it certainly has an impact, this theory of Nintendo witholding stock to increase hype is, if true (which i doubt), complete madness. Whilst shortages may generate a small amount of attention, im certain that Nintendo would be wanting to see consumers hand over their cash as soon as possible as prolonged shortages do harm sales i believe. Who knows how many Wii's could have been sold by now if the supply was there to keep up with demand.