| Mythmaker1 said: That last bit is actually what shouts at me the most about this whole thing. For the most part Amiibos are just collectibles, only a few of them actually having real functionality. People who aren't collecting are just going to buy those, if any, so I don't see demand going anywhere but down unless Nintendo shakes things up. |
Well there will be things like Xenoblade Chronicles 3D and Codename STEAM which provide functionality to the more niche figures and allows for another wave of reprinting (in STEAM's case), pushing the demand back up. Overall I don't see this as a problem though. The collectible aspect is pushing the figures pretty nicely and even if that dies down, the gameplay utility of the rest of them should keep sales going. They now have the ability to expand more onto new 3DS increasing the utility again.
I think there is quite a while to go before amiibo really needs to do anything major to keep pushing sales.
