Wii to be in short supply again this Christmas

by Theo GeorgaJuly 22, 2008

US shoppers have been warned that the Wii may be still be in short supply for a third Christmas running. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said the company intends to increase shipments of the Wii to the US for this Christmas season in an effort to meet the unprecedented demand. “”I can’t give you a 100 percent commitment (that the Wii will be readily available).”” More inside “”What I can commit myself to is that Nintendo is going to do its best to supply as many Wii hardware units as possible in order to meet demand there,”” Mr Iwata said. He also said Nintendo was on schedule to sell 2.4 million Wiis this year. “”We could not imagine it (the demand) would be that high.””