Andre Yoskowitz
28 Mar 2007 21:04
GameStop CEO Dan DeMatteo has recently accused Nintendo of withholding Wii consoles from retail outlets around the US.
DeMatteo has stated that he believes that Nintendo hit its wanted target for the 2006 fiscal year and is withholding stock to boost performance in the first quarter of 2007.
"This is just my opinion – I think they intentionally dried up supply because they made their numbers for the year. Their new year starts April 1 and I think we're going to see supply flowing," he said.
He expalined that they were getting shipments for April, and hopes to not have crippling shortages in the future.
"Next week we get our first allocations of Wii and DS and we are quite pleased with those numbers. We are concerned about the dryness here in March, but it looks like April is going to be good," commented DeMatteo.
Source:
Gamesindustry.biz