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[Jonnyram]

Rumours abound that there have been problems manufacturing the light blue DS lite.
Retailers have still not been told how many machines they're receiving, so most of them aren't taking pre-orders.
Some retailers are saying Nintendo should delay the launch until they sort things out!

All this, and less than a week to go.
I think there could be riots if they don't get their act together.

 

[Kroole]

Rumours abound that there have been problems manufacturing the light blue DS lite.
Retailers have still not been told how many machines they're receiving, so most of them aren't taking pre-orders.
Some retailers are saying Nintendo should delay the launch until they sort things out!

All this, and less than a week to go.
I think there could be riots if they don't get their act together.

Ermm.. This sounds weird. If there are problems, wouldn't they mainly affect the white and the navy one as it seems those are the units (atleast in the west) most people are gunning for?

 

[elektrotal]

really? cause wondergoo let me put a preorder down yesterday. maybe i got in before this news?

 

[DefectiveReject]

no pre-orders for light blue so Nintendo fabricate problems so they don't have to make them!

 

[Sho Nuff]

Rumours abound that there have been problems manufacturing the light blue DS lite.
Retailers have still not been told how many machines they're receiving, so most of them aren't taking pre-orders.
Some retailers are saying Nintendo should delay the launch until they sort things out!

All this, and less than a week to go.
I think there could be riots if they don't get their act together.

NO. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE DS LITE. EVER.

 

[Merlin]

NO. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE DS LITE. EVER.

 

[E-Nature]

:lol :lol
why should there be problems with the light blue version? the insides of all three models are all the same and I really can't believe they have toubles finding enough light blue color

 

[Keyser Soze]

Some paint dries at different rates!!!

DRY QUICKER DS!!

 

[Willie Dynamite]

I really can't believe they have toubles finding enough light blue color

Iran controls 62% of the world's blue paint mines.

Time to end blue dependency.

 

[Sho Nuff]

Could you theoretically pry off the top clear layer of plastic and pimp your cover?

A punch in the gummi bears to anyone who puts an Apple logo in there

 

[Hyoushi]

Could you theoretically pry off the top clear layer of plastic and pimp your cover?

A punch in the gummi bears to anyone who puts an Apple logo in there

how about a game & watch logo

 

[acidviper]

Nobody wants the lite blue ds lite

 

[Smiles and Cries]

you scared me jonnyram but no one here cares for Ice Blue

sad to here of production problems regardless

 

[cvxfreak]

Hope Nintendo doesn't delay it. That would be a total outrage.

 

[winston_pr]

Hope Nintendo doesn't delay it. That would be a total outrage.

Look what you did !

 

[littlewig]

Nintendo is the king of hype.

 

[ziran]

only 300,000 available at launch?
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2342&Itemid=2

...word is the first shipment of DS lites only numbers 300,000, meaning stores will be bone-dry in the space of a few hours...

 

[jarrod]

It is like the SNES again.

 

[Deleted member 1235]

Nintendo is the king of hype.

oh come on, sony still spanks them at it.

 

[Magicpaint]

Only 300K? That's not good news, when will this shortage end? :lol

oh come on, sony still spanks them at it.

Yup. The only way I can see Nintendo even compete would be among hardcore gamers.

 

[Chibbi Brady]

Oh, oh. I sense a lot of disappointed importers.

 

[winston_pr]

oh come on, sony still spanks them at it.

Very true, Nintendo actually try to de-hype all talk about specs of their consoles, while Sony inflate pre-launch and underdeliver.

 

[littlewig]

oh come on, sony still spanks them at it.

On a global scale, of course. Nintendo still has an image problem in the UK and to a lesser degree in the US as well.

But could you imagine if the US went ape **** over Brain Training? :lol

 

[ziran]

Oh, oh. I sense a lot of disappointed importers.

i think so

 

[JonathanEx]

Well, this means there'll be two massive sales spikes

 

[Frankfurter]

only 300,000 available at launch?
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2342&Itemid=2

Ohoh :lol I predict really good (50k+) DS (non Lite) sales till atleast the end of May (if they even have enough normal DS' :lol ).

 

[Cheebs]

I am thinking that the 300k was the white Lite's and there was to be 200k for the two blues. Because of the blues being delayed its only 300k now.

 

[hyp]

horrible. and everyone thinks the PS3 won't have production shortages? welcome to the real world boys.

this majorly sucks. i just sold my silver DS and i'm DS-less until i get the lite i preordered. *sigh*

 

[winston_pr]

I am thinking that the 300k was the white Lite's and there was to be 200k for the two blues. Because of the blues being delayed its only 300k now.

N-inside jp says that white launch-day lot will only account for around 150k which will of course be below instant demand.

 

[norinrad21]

hmmmm sweat shop workers demanding more money and humane treatment?

 

[Cheebs]

N-inside jp says that white launch-day lot will only account for around 150k which will of course be below instant demand.

How is there only 150k white at launch when there is 300k total launch day and white is the only color?

 

[sammy]

well... i got my preorder in first thing, I hope my white's in the first shipment --- glad I didn't grab the light blue, I was about to.

i guess this means 2 peak sales days for DS lite