May
22
We have recently completed a survey of video game stores (32) asking about the availability of the Nintendo Wii. 22 stores were out of the Wii while 10 reported they had the Wii in stock. The average wait for new Wii to be in the stores we called was 2 1/2 weeks with roughly 1/3 (11 out of 32) reporting that it would be 4 weeks or more before they had the Nintendo Wii game console in their stores.
The availability of the Wii remains an issue for continued strength for Nintendo focused games as the lack of consoles acts as the gating factor to more growth. Our previous and on-going surveys suggest that Microsoft Xbox 360 is benefiting from the production constraints on the Wii while Sony Playstation continues to see the weakest demand among the major console manufacturers.
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