E3: Nintendo Supply Worries
http://www.polygonmag.com/news/index.php?id=2186
By Dennis Day, News Editor
Published May 13, 2004 -- 07:08 pm CDT
On the opening day of this year's E3 Expo in Los Angeles, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata expressed concern over adequate supply of components to produce their new 'Nintendo DS' handheld. Scheduled for release this fall in North America, the supply problem reportedly concerns the dual LCD screens required for the platform.
Speaking with Reuters, president Iwata-san said he was in negotiations with suppliers including Sharp to acquire sufficient quantities of the LCD screens. Explaining the situation he said,
'Ordinarily, if we said to a supplier that we plan to make a product with two screens, they would be happy, but this time they said, 'two screens, that's a bit of a challenge.'Of course we have no intention of taking a huge loss in the beginning, but I'm not sure if we can efficiently boost profit from the start like we did with the Game Boy Advance, but this is something I think we can repair with time.' |