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World-Wide Revolution Launch Unneeded
GamesIndustry.biz reports that, in the words of Nintendo President Iwata, a simultaneous global launch for the Nintendo Revolution is not necessary. From the article: "We don't think it's necessary to do the simultaneous worldwide launch simply because others are doing this." He also goes on to mention that they plan to have the DS shortage problem at least partially taken care of by the end of April.
Agreed. Not much else to say really.
I just saw my first 360 in a store yesterday. The super walmart had ONE core system. Oh well... Maybe one day MS will give me a reason to want one.
Han shot first.
It's fairly common to put up a lot of empty boxes in a store front to act as advertising.
That said, the supply situation, as you alluded to, is getting better. Once that's set, I would expect Microsoft to finally start marketing it heavily (there's been practically nothing going on the past few months).
-Erwos
Plausible conjecture should not be misrepresented as proof positive.
It's a problem in Japan where the original DS and DS Lite are in very short supply.
Ita erat quando hic adveni.
There's like 30 360's (about half premium) in my town and I'm in a relatively small town (like 80,000 if you count all outlying areas) in Eastern Canada (New Brunswick).
disclaimer: I've been known to store numbers in my ass for which to dig out when quantities are required.
There has been a DS shortage over in Japan while manufacturing for the new DS Lite ramped up. It seems that both DS's are now in short supply with used machines being sold for the same price as new PSPs.
The supply for DS Lites has been slowly increasing though and it's rumored that a big shippment is due within the next few weeks.
Chewie does not get a medal. Come on, George. Can a Wookie get a medal?
This is unlikely to mean delays for America-- with the DS, the American launch was before the Japan launch*, and Nintendo has been vaguely quoted as saying the Revolution launch will be "similar" to the DS one.
This does, however, mean that Europe will be getting the Revolution probably a few months after the expected November-ish launch for Japan and America...
* Although Japan's launch had a plethora of games America wouldn't get for another four or five months
Nintendo never said Revolution would launch worldwide exactly on the same date. Jim Merrick, Nintendo of Europe's Senior Director of Marketing, stated they hoped to launch Revolution globally within 14 weeks.