The Wonderful 101 Will Launch With Just 30,000 Copies In Japan

[Soundwave]

RolStoppable said:

Soundwave said:

Actually it is how it works. Big companies like Nintendo flex their muscle all the time to get a certain shipment if they want it.

This to me seems like a new strategy at Nintendo to limit retail copies and push people to buy digital copies of more niche software. It equates to a higher profit per sale for them.

Examples?

It's how any business works. If I'm a corner store, and I've been doing business with Coca-Cola for 30 years and they're my best seller every year, and they are really telling me they want to push this new brand of Coke Ultra or something and want me to take a slightly larger shipment than I would otherwise ... I'd probably be inclined to do so just to ensure we continue to maintain a nice relationship together.

A few unsold cans of Coke Ultra is not worth me unncessarily damanging my partnership with my best supplier.

Within reason, no retailer is going to sit there and say "f you Nintendo" and jepordize allotments of future games (like cough, Pokemon X/Y) for a measly extra few copies of some small niche game.