ZenfoldorVGI said:
Frankly, I think that's an unfair and baseless assumption about Nintendo and Microsoft, with no evidence to back it up. I could say the same thing about the PS3 in Others and America, frankly, but I think it's fairly obvious that it's not true. To continue to be frank, I think this is a case of marginalization in form of conspiracy theory. When the facts don't support your hopeful reasoning, someone must have covered the "real" facts up. There is more evidence to support the existance of a ghost-alien hybrid roaming the Scottish highlands, because at least you might be able to find some sort of crazy hermit witness to such a thing. I mean, obviously MS realizes that the best business decision they could make is to wait until there is tenative interest in its console for the first time, and immediately proceed to stop selling it for a couple of weeks. Evidence? We have it right here: A Playstation fanboy, claims that he saw a plethora of the consoles at Circuit City in Tokyo. My God! Air F'N tight. |
Well it's clearly false because it would be largely irrational for Microsoft to do so, in the same way that it would've been irrational for Nintendo to do it as well. Quite simply you cannot create artificial demand - there is simply excessive demand or supply at a given price point.
But possibly the greatest reason why this is false is that both Nintendo and Microsoft are hugely successful firms and you don't get that way by intentionally making decisions that cost you money with no upside.
