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niceguygameplayer on 13 May 2017

It has been over 2 months since switch released. It is still going strong. I didn't expect this. I figured that the Nintendo fanatics would have gotten their systems and sales would be slowing down. It actually seems to have increased! This doesn't make much sense to me since it is underpowered, very expensive--not counting the outrageous scalper prices of $410+ on Amazon--, and there are few games. 

I have only one explanation other than just misreading the whole thing. The explanation is this: artificial demand. Nintendo was said to have done this with Wii. After 2 months it seems Nintendo (a multi billion dollar company) would have the Switch production problem fixed. They should be widely available. Maybe they saw that this worked for Wii and they are using this strategy to create artificial demand for Switch. Many ppl want what they can't have. Could this be the answer? Please let me know your opinions in the comments.



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Cloudman on 13 May 2017

Can it not be that people just like the system?



 

              

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peachbuggy on 13 May 2017
niceguygameplayer said:

It has been over 2 months since switch released. It is still going strong. I didn't expect this. I figured that the Nintendo fanatics would have gotten their systems and sales would be slowing down. It actually seems to have increased! This doesn't make much sense to me since it is underpowered, very expensive--not counting the outrageous scalper prices of $410+ on Amazon--, and there are few games. 

I have only one explanation other than just misreading the whole thing. The explanation is this: artificial demand. Nintendo was said to have done this with Wii. After 2 months it seems Nintendo (a multi billion dollar company) would have the Switch production problem fixed. They should be widely available. Maybe they saw that this worked for Wii and they are using this strategy to create artificial demand for Switch. Many ppl want what they can't have. Could this be the answer? Please let me know your opinions in the comments.

I think this artificial demand thing is a fallacy. People wanted a wii,so bought 1. People want a switch so are buying 1. No conspiracies here. Just 2 popular products. Sure, Nintendo have upped production but i've heard it will take months forit to fully take effect. As for the wii, it was so popular it took Nintendo literally years to catch up with demand. By holding stock back, Nintendo would risk actually losing sales imo.



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zorg1000 on 13 May 2017
Cloudman said:
Can it not be that people just like the system?

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Nautilus on 13 May 2017

The denial on this one strong is



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Robert_Downey_Jr. on 13 May 2017

it'll fizzle out fast without major third party support



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Areym on 13 May 2017

It's off to a good start but I still cannot see many third party titles coming to this thing, aside from the very bare minimum stuff like just dance and the likes



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KLAMarine on 13 May 2017
niceguygameplayer said:

It has been over 2 months since switch released. It is still going strong. I didn't expect this. I figured that the Nintendo fanatics would have gotten their systems and sales would be slowing down. It actually seems to have increased! This doesn't make much sense to me since it is underpowered, very expensive--not counting the outrageous scalper prices of $410+ on Amazon--, and there are few games. 

I have only one explanation other than just misreading the whole thing. The explanation is this: artificial demand. Nintendo was said to have done this with Wii. After 2 months it seems Nintendo (a multi billion dollar company) would have the Switch production problem fixed. They should be widely available. Maybe they saw that this worked for Wii and they are using this strategy to create artificial demand for Switch. Many ppl want what they can't have. Could this be the answer? Please let me know your opinions in the comments.

I have a question. I'm going to ask you what I've asked others who bring this claim up of Nintendo purposefully undersupplying and so far, no one has gotten back to me on this.

 

How does one distinguish between a producer manufacturing less units on purpose to create artificial demand and a producer underestimating the demand for their product thus creating a shortage of units available out in the market?



p0isonparadise on 13 May 2017
Robert_Downey_Jr. said:
it'll fizzle out fast without major third party support

Game Boy, GBA, DS, Wii, and 3DS didn't fizzle out.



KLAMarine on 13 May 2017
Robert_Downey_Jr. said:
it'll fizzle out fast without major third party support

The majority of the games available on the Switch are third party.