Pachter: Unbalanced Wii Fit shipments due to weak dollar
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Superstar game labour analyst Michael Pachter told the LA Times that Nintendo's smaller North American equip of Wii Fit units can be blamed, just like the aggregate else that has anything to do with concern, on the value of the dollar. "The shortage demonstrates one consequence of the flickering dollar. We're seeing companies turn one's back on their largest market austerely because they can make a greater profit away." Then -- seemingly to beat a hasty retreat sure blogs quoted him -- Pachter added, "They separate that Americans will be decent as fat a few months from now." The article states that hither 500,000 Wii Fits were shipped to the U.S., versus "as varied as 2 million" to Europe.
We think that if the imbalance is indeed strategic, it has less to do with the decreasing value of the dollar, and more to do with two other trends: Nintendo of Europe's increased friendliness toward nontraditional "expanded audience" games, and European gamers' acceptance of extravagant game prices. It's not so much that $90 is low for Wii Fit -- it's that they can get away with selling it for $140 in Europe.
Gallery: Wii Fit
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