DoGGpound said: Pfft. Nintendo are in the wrong in this case. They have screwed retailers over time and time

Storm said:

DoGGpound said: Pfft. Nintendo are in the wrong in this case. They have screwed retailers over time and time

How come no other retailers had any problems selling Wii and watching them march right out the door? I think you'll find that Harvey Norman has a bit of a history doing this as it did exactly the same thing when the original XBOX was released and they were the only dealer that never sold it back in 2002.

Do you think that's just a conicidence that the same thing has happened twice? There's no way in hell it is. The fact is Harvey Norman obviously wanted a bigger piece of the Wii pie whinch EVERY other retailer agreed to and Nintendo told them in no uncertain terms to stick it up their a*se and rightly so. Now they're paying the price accordingly.

DoGGpound said:

Storm said:

DoGGpound said: Pfft. Nintendo are in the wrong in this case. They have screwed retailers over time and time

How come no other retailers had any problems selling Wii and watching them march right out the door? I think you'll find that Harvey Norman has a bit of a history doing this as it did exactly the same thing when the original XBOX was released and they were the only dealer that never sold it back in 2002.

Do you think that's just a coincidence that the same thing has happened twice? There's no way in hell it is. The fact is Harvey Norman obviously wanted a bigger piece of the Wii pie whinch EVERY other retailer agreed to and Nintendo told them in no uncertain terms to stick it up their a*se and rightly so. Now they're paying the price accordingly.

I have no doubt that they asked for a bigger slice of the pie. Being the largest computer retailer in Australia gives you a fair bit of opportunity to do just that. My qualm with Nintendo is not that they can tell HN to stick their push for more margin (I'm all for that).. my issue is the trading terms which are far too harsh, more so than any other manufacturer. Firm Sell on software is just ridiculous, and this is a Nintendo trading term.