greenmedic88 said:
This is most likely exactly what Nintendo is planning on doing. The only question I have is why they didn't simply launch the product at the start of the new fiscal year unless they're planning on letting media coverage of the "extreme shortages" and subsequent sell outs help market and build the 3DS name as regular supplies are released to retail. |
It's because of their fiscal year projection. They planned to release the system around christmas but it looks like the 3D screen is really hard to manufacture (ever wondered why the blue 3DS has got a black 3D screen?). I doubt they want to create shortages on purpose. But imagine if they pushed the 3DS back to next fiscal year. They already had to lower their DS / Wii forecasts. There would be no way to tell investors their new machine has been delayed into the next fiscal year. Also third parties are prepared to launch their games before April so a later launch would affect their fiscal year results as well. Hope that helped 
