Nintendo Ramping Up Wii Production?

Despite rumors to the contrary, and a less than enthusiastic statement by Perrin Kaplan, VP of Marketing and Corporate Affairs for NOA, during a podcast recently about Wii continuing the shortage malaise, it seems you may be able to buy a Wii at some point in the future. The company has been accused of holding back production to build hype for the console until fall of this year when a few AAA titles are expected for release. Somehow this equates to people buying the console in droves this fall. Except the main flaw in that theory is people are currently buying the console despite software being lackluster overall. We would not like to play ports.

We haven’t checked yet, but the 12 consoles per Best Buy store yesterday will probably snatched up by 9:00 am countrywide. Nintendo’s PR team sent out an email stating that production should be ramping up. Well, that’s how it appears as a specific comment regarding production levels wasn’t mentioned. No official press release has been sent out, but The Consumerist posted the item up on their site. The email is the epitome of PR speak in that it lauds the Wii while providing no real information other than, “Hey, we’re gonna make some Wii’s in the next month!”

In the meantime, please to enjoy pretty girl playing Wii.