Still can't find a Wii? You may be looking for a while longer.
Talking on the Game Theory Podcast, Nintendo of America's VP of marketing and corporate affairs let it be known that because of how wildly successful the Wii console has been lately, those that are still looking to find one may need to keep looking a while longer. Referring to the Wii, Kaplan said, "the product is so very popular that we may see a supply-demand situation last for some time."
"We are at absolute maximum production and doing everything we can," continued Kaplan. "The number of units that we have been able to produce has far exceeded our hardware production in the past and the production levels of a lot of our competitors but demand continues to be really high. People are being really diligent about working with retailers to locate one but we are cognizant of the fact that a lot of fans are not able to get their hands on one yet.
"We are asking them to be patient and to know that we are working on this as fast as we can."
For the record, approximately 2.5 million Wii consoles have found owners in North America, around 2 million Europeans have found Wiis, and a little over 1 million Japanese Wiis are out and about. Nintendo's worldwide Wii shipment target was 6 million by the end of March, and once the exact figures come in it seems likely the company will have met that number.
But if they're still so hard to find, even with that many consoles sold in such a short time, what does that say about the demand for it?