Nintendo Co. will increase shipments of its top-selling Wii and DS video-game players to the U.S. in the fourth quarter to keep up with holiday demand.
More Wii consoles will be available in stores starting in October, Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo’s U.S. operations, said today at a conference in San Francisco. Wii shipments should increase about 50 percent and DS handheld shipments are projected to rise about 10 percent, he said.
Nintendo is trying to avoid shortages that limited sales in the U.S. last year. The company ran out of the DS players in mid- December, Fils-Aime said. Sales of both game machines have continued to exceed the company’s forecasts, making it difficult to keep up with demand, he said.
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