Nintendo Going into Launch Strong

I found a pair of news clips that I thought were necessary to shove your way.
First off, we said before that Nintendo was on target to have two million consoles ready for the worldwide launch this November. Turns out they’re doing one better. According to Joystiq, Nintendo has already passed their two-million console launch figure as of the end of September and is now working on making a surplus stock ready for the launch. In fact they’re saying that it is quite possible that there will be worldwide seven to nine million Wiis ready for purchase by the year’s end in addition to their current stock. In short, instead of only having four million units available for purchase, we could easily see 9 to 11 million consoles on the shelves this holiday season. Compared to PS3’s initial stock of 500k and possible 2 million by the end of Q4, you can do the math as to which console will be able to be found this Christmas.In addition, there are some neat statistics over at Go Nintendo covering how the Japanese developers are feeling about the upcoming next-gen consoles. Overwhelmingly, the Wii is the console with the highest hopes for the upcoming next-gen race with 99% of developers giving it a good thumbs up (or better!) and 60+ percent believing that it’s going to be the best selling and most fun console. This all equals good news for us