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ArchangelMadzz on 10 December 2017
sethnintendo said:
ArchangelMadzz said:
If only

Your only choice is to buy them all up and then nuke them in a microwave for youtube videos.  That would show Nintendo.

Yeah but.. that would show Nintendo they have another market.. 



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Matsku on 10 December 2017
pokoko said:
I'm doubtful. Diehard Nintendo fans will still buy them up, even if they are a relative failure for their original purpose. If demand drops, Nintendo can simply throttle the supply, thus making them "collector's items" and upping their perceived value.

There is also the ugly chance Nintendo might give them more in-game value to counteract falling demand, as well, which would mean more and better locked content.

Well I'd say I'm a die hard Nintendo fan but I won't buy that shit.



Pavolink on 10 December 2017
Matsku said:
pokoko said:
I'm doubtful. Diehard Nintendo fans will still buy them up, even if they are a relative failure for their original purpose. If demand drops, Nintendo can simply throttle the supply, thus making them "collector's items" and upping their perceived value.

There is also the ugly chance Nintendo might give them more in-game value to counteract falling demand, as well, which would mean more and better locked content.

Well I'd say I'm a die hard Nintendo fan but I won't buy that shit.

Same here.

I had to buy a TPHD digital copy to avoid the Wolf Link amiibo.



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zorg1000 on 10 December 2017

Im pretty sure Nintendo just said they were up YOY at the last quarterly report.



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sethnintendo on 10 December 2017
Pavolink said:
Matsku said:

Well I'd say I'm a die hard Nintendo fan but I won't buy that shit.

Same here.

I had to buy a TPHD digital copy to avoid the Wolf Link amiibo.

There are people that love collecting things.  Hell, some people collect questionable things such as someone collecting Happy Meal toys or Teenage Mutant Ninja gear, etc..  I got to about 10-12 amiibos and was like yep that's enough for now.  I like the way they look sitting on my TV stand shelves surrounding my Wii U and blu ray player.



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KLXVER on 10 December 2017
sethnintendo said:
Pavolink said:

Same here.

I had to buy a TPHD digital copy to avoid the Wolf Link amiibo.

There are people that love collecting things.  Hell, some people collect questionable things such as someone collecting Happy Meal toys or Teenage Mutant Ninja gear, etc..  I got to about 10-12 amiibos and was like yep that's enough for now.  I like the way they look sitting on my TV stand shelves surrounding my Wii U and blu ray player.

I love having some figurines of my favorite games. I mean how else would I ever get a Little Mac figurine?



VideoGameAccountant on 10 December 2017

Dead, no. Dying, yes. Nintendo doesn't give sales figures for them anymore and, like OP, I'm not seeing them as much. Shelf space is moving towards other items. I think its hit the saturation point. I think you'll begin to see them less and less until they are finally phased out.



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KrspaceT on 10 December 2017

They aren't as abundant as they once were, but not sure they are dead yet.



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Darwinianevolution on 10 December 2017

They won't be dead in a long time, people like collecting the figurines and Nintendo keeps doing things with them. Granted, they should just try to do more things with the older ones instead of coming up with new ones, but still. Even if we can find some way of pirating amiibos, they will still sell enough to be profitable.



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zorg1000 on 10 December 2017
VideoGameAccountant said:
Dead, no. Dying, yes. Nintendo doesn't give sales figures for them anymore and, like OP, I'm not seeing them as much. Shelf space is moving towards other items. I think its hit the saturation point. I think you'll begin to see them less and less until they are finally phased out.

You may want to double check some of those statements, Nintendo just gave figures for them at the last quarterly report and they were up YOY.



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