Well Reggies comments about Cafe are not suprising at all. Reggie said similiar things about the 3DS and why Nintendo didn't do a more aggressive ad campaign. With the Wii their was a 500-million dollar ad campaign and Nintendo did everything they could to promote the shit out of it. This worked well at increasing demand but Nintendo couldn't keep up with demand.
With 3DS and Cafe it appears Nintendo is targeting the die hard fans and early adapters first. Not throwing a massive ad campaign behind the hardware till they can meet demand. Honestly I think this is playing with fire but if Nintendo pulls it off it could mean huge sales for Nintendo.
I will be one of those Nintendo fans picking up Cafe day one, I bet Nintendo could meet their projections using just their loyal fanbase and early adopters like they almost did with 3DS. Selling almost their 4-million by the end of the last fiscal year.
I bet Nintendo brings out the big ad guns and appeals to the expanded market base as soon as NGP comes out (For 3DS) and Cafe when the competition announces their hardware. Why increase demand when you don't have the supply. Why advertise the hell out of something when their is no competition.
Nintendo is going to take their time and enjoy the time they have without competition, then when they have enough units manufactured and the competition makes their move, bring out the big guns!
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer
