Nintendo refutes claims of failing to deliver Wii units
Nintendo has refuted claims that it failed to deliver the number of Wii units promised to Virgin Megastores for the console’s Euro launch on December 8.
The claims emerged after Virgin began taking pre-orders for the PS3 last week. GamesIndustry reports that customers asking about the pre-order system are informed that they can secure a PS3 console but are warned that they won’t necessarily receive their machine on March 23. Representatives of Virgin Megastores said that they’re keen to avoid a repeat of what happened with the launch of the Wii, and claimed that Nintendo failed to deliver the number of consoles promised for day one.
Nintendo has disputed the claims with a spokesperson saying:
All UK retailers were notified of their initial day one Wii allocations in October 2006, some six to eight weeks before launch.
…Nintendo delivered exactly what we said we would to retailers for day one and in many instances over delivered against the initial numbers retailers were expecting.
Virgin Megastores has yet to respond to requests for comment on Nintendo’s rebuttal.
Via GamesIndustry
Nintendo has refuted claims that it failed to deliver the number of Wii units promised to Virgin Megastores for the console’s Euro launch on December 8.
The claims emerged after Virgin began taking pre-orders for the PS3 last week. GamesIndustry reports that customers asking about the pre-order system are informed that they can secure a PS3 console but are warned that they won’t necessarily receive their machine on March 23. Representatives of Virgin Megastores said that they’re keen to avoid a repeat of what happened with the launch of the Wii, and claimed that Nintendo failed to deliver the number of consoles promised for day one.
Nintendo has disputed the claims with a spokesperson saying:
All UK retailers were notified of their initial day one Wii allocations in October 2006, some six to eight weeks before launch.
…Nintendo delivered exactly what we said we would to retailers for day one and in many instances over delivered against the initial numbers retailers were expecting.
Virgin Megastores has yet to respond to requests for comment on Nintendo’s rebuttal.
Via GamesIndustry
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