Comment of the Month

This comment, following the most Twilight Zone analysis I’ve seen, made be laugh.

“James Brightman is a veteran games journalist with more than six years of experience. He was previously the EIC of GameDaily Biz”

Dear experienced games journalist. Did it not occur to you to even question or counter-balance the ramblings of this “analyst” given that mere weeks ago, the Wii sold almost as many units in one month as the PS3 did all year in the US market?

This is a comment I wish I wrote. I love the ‘Dear experienced game journalist’ part. Hahahaha.

Now listen to Brightman in a response below:

To the people talking about shortages, we in fact have covered that. We’re fully aware that Nintendo is dealing with shortages. There are two possibilities on that front: 1) Either Nintendo is holding back on Wii shipments to create more shortage frenzy; or 2) They really screwed up their allocations, because shortages just shouldn’t be a problem at this point.

I also agree with Anthony: the Wii market is automatically going to slow down because Nintendo has already sold a ton. That said, I feel the Wii market is governed by a very different set of circumstances. It’s not at all like a traditional console, and it seems that its sales are now becoming much more seasonal, as opposed to 360 and PS3.

It is incredible that someone who runs a BUSINESS website would even possibly put stock in the “Nintendo is holding back supply to create demand”. That is not how business works. Nintendo doesn’t like the Wii sold out because that means they could lose a customer to a competitor. Why doesn’t Brightman offer a third possibility: that demand is up again? It is economics 101 that supply is affected by demand. And judging from December’s sales, there was tons of demand for the Wii.

Wii becoming a seasonal console? Hahaha.