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I3LuEI3omI3eR on 16 February 2015

Funny thing... after I purchased my NN3DS XL... I've been asking retailers if they have ANY in stock... (including regular ones). So far I've been to 5 Gamestops, 2 Best Buys, 1 Target, and Nintendo World... ALL SOLD OUT. Gamestop even said they are not expecting another shipment until mid March.

I know 9 stores is a small sample in a much boarder world, but I am really surprised I can't find one anywhere. I am not saying personal experience reflects actuality, but it's got to mean something.

Anybody else having this experience?



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RealGamingExpert on 16 February 2015

It's also pretty much sold out where I live, but I doubt it will sell better than expected in the long run.
It seems like a nice start though.



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 16 February 2015

Same with the ebgames near me!



                  

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Acevil on 16 February 2015

One version seems to be sold out at select stores in the downtown area the day of. They might have shipped some down from the other stores.



 

Mr.GameCrazy on 16 February 2015

Same thing with the Gamestop I go to (which is in a mall). It sold out very quickly along with Monster Hunter 4. In fact, I ended up getting the last copy of Majora's Mask 3D that was available in that store a couple days ago.



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binary solo on 16 February 2015

In the USA possibly yes. But in the UK it only gave 3DS a 57% boost, which is not much for a hardware refresh in the grand scheme of things. And if that lead to a selling out in the UK then that would mean undersupply, which would probably mean selling better than expected, but in this case better than expected would not necessarily mean selling very well in an absolute sense.

I'm sure Nintendo through it supplied the USA adequately for projected demand. As USA is a reasonably strong country for 3DS I would think the supply into the USA would be good enough that a nation-wide sell out means very good sales.



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DrasticDracon on 16 February 2015

Yesterday, I checked the internet. All models sold out at all retailers, in stores and online, except the black model at Toys R Us.



Boutros on 16 February 2015

I stopped believing Nintendo products being sold out mean anything other than short supply rather than strong demand.



ExplodingBlock on 16 February 2015

Or just Nintendo not stocking enough as usual



zorg1000 on 16 February 2015
binary solo said:
In the USA possibly yes. But in the UK it only gave 3DS a 57% boost, which is not much for a hardware refresh in the grand scheme of things. And if that lead to a selling out in the UK then that would mean undersupply, which would probably mean selling better than expected, but in this case better than expected would not necessarily mean selling very well in an absolute sense.

I'm sure Nintendo through it supplied the USA adequately for projected demand. As USA is a reasonably strong country for 3DS I would think the supply into the USA would be good enough that a nation-wide sell out means very good sales.


I thought the 57% increase was for total hardware not just 3DS



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