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Justin Buser
06-01-2006, 06:04 PM
The Nintendo DS is out of stock in Japan, likewise the Xbox 360 is out of stock in the US. This short news piece looks at the important differences in the way that Nintendo and Microsoft handled the respective shortages...

Differences between Microsoft and Nintendo


Unlike Microsoft, Nintendo did not issue a press release to say their production figures were on target.
(Nintendo) did not blame the advanced features of the DS as a reason for delays.
(Nintendo) did not conduct an interview suggesting people should understand that manufacturing an electronics product was not like baking bread.
(Nintendo) did not advertise on their website "Nintendo DS now in Stores".
(Nintendo) did not advertise their product on Television, when there were none available.


Instead Nintendo apologised.

Link (http://www.planetxbox360.com/?view=article&article=757&cat=1)
Wingman1977
05-02-2006, 04:01 PM
Um, the DS is over a year old.
ChuckSteak0331
05-02-2006, 04:54 PM
Yeah thats true too. Plus if you look you can find 360's in stores. The local target just got 15 of them in the other day, no lines or anything, just sitting there all pretty. So even if that ONE store had them, thats not false advertising. And I live in central NY. (Hickville) And didnt MS release a thing saying that they were not going to hit their sales so they dropped it? I dont know. Dont get me wrong, I love Nintendo too, but that seems like a shoddy argument.
FordGTGuy
05-02-2006, 07:20 PM
* Unlike Microsoft, Nintendo did not issue a press release to say their production figures were on target.

thats marketing duhhhhhh

* (Nintendo) did not blame the advanced features of the DS as a reason for delays.

Nintendo DS doesn't have advance features

* (Nintendo) did not conduct an interview suggesting people should understand that manufacturing an electronics product was not like baking bread.

Nintendo DS wasn't released in three regions in 2 weeks

* (Nintendo) did not advertise on their website "Nintendo DS now in Stores".

the 360 is in stores its out of stock

* (Nintendo) did not advertise their product on Television, when there were none available.

again, its called marketing

Instead Nintendo apologised.

Why does MS need to apology for something they said was going to happen. MS did the largest launch in the console market ever and you don't expect shortages?
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MH_prophet
05-02-2006, 08:58 PM
I think both companies handled their respective shortages very well.
DirePhoenix
05-02-2006, 09:33 PM
plus it takes more time to make a 360 than it does a DS.
QuantuM
06-02-2006, 10:19 AM
how can you even compare a DS to a 360.. its a completely different product in a completely different market
ChuckSteak0331
06-02-2006, 10:32 AM
Exactly. Stellar topic, next.
Sharky
06-02-2006, 10:43 AM
I think both companies handled their respective shortages very well.

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