Rumor: Best Buy holding back Wiis

Same here. My local Best Buy still has their Wii Pyramid and claims Wii Fit will be in stock this week. They surround their pyramid with accessories and games. Kind of a nice display, actually.

You shouldn't blame Nintendo for not making enough, you should blame whoever is responsible for picking which shops get how many, for not choosing the right stores.

I've been to many stores that have had several copies of Wii or Wii Fit that literally get 1-2 customers who are interested in it. ...and due to them either not being a popular retail store within the area, or because they're the 3rd kind of that brand retail down the street (some areas have 4 of the same retail store not too far apart from the other), they don't get much customers.

...and what do these people do with the Wii and Wii Fit copies not sold?
...I really have no idea, but I have seen some employees walk away with a pretty good amount in the back of their cars... though a wonderful gift they'll bring to children, I'm pretty sure some of them are going on eBay.

Do you really blame Nintendo for deliberately not making enough Wiis? Really? Think about it for a few minutes. Here, I'll get you started:

If you had a factory that could assemble one Wii every minute, it would take you almost 2 years just to make one million Wiis.

Now if you had 10 factories all cranking out this same amount it would take over two months to make one million Wiis.

Their current production is around 2.4 million Wiis a month up from 1.6 million last year. Part of that is due to the Wii selling so well and being able to throw more money into production and part of that is due to mass production becoming quicker and cheaper over time.

I love how people come up with or believe these conspiracy stories. Nintendo's best interest is to sell as many Wiis as possible now before the demand goes away. Falling to meet demand can result in the loss of the market. Every person that can't find a Wii right now is a missed opportunity for Nintendo to make money; as they say: "Opportunity knocks but once."

I fully welcome anyone's explanation of why and how they believe Nintendo is artificially inflating demand by constricting supply, provided it's a rational explanation.

Oh, and I forgot to mention that Nintendo has already produced about 40 Million Wiis. If they've been making Wiis for 3 years now that means they have made 25 Wiis a minute nonstop for the last 3 years. Working nonstop is obviously impossible in the real world so my estimations are less than the factual values.

Based on 2.4 million Wiis a month, assuming the factories work 15 hours a day and 25 days a month, Nintendo makes over 100 Wiis a minute.

I'd say they are working as hard as they can to make money and there isn't some sinister plot.

But you never know...