so did anyone else had trouble finding a copy of Bayonetta 2?

[Zackasaurus-rex]

NintendoPie said:

Vena said:

Nintendo (and any other publisher) ships what retailers order. There is no "undership", there is undervalued demand based on pre-order numbers as that is what retailers use to judge how much to order. In this case, it seems that either the retailer didn't order any of the title or significantly undervalued the demand outside of preorders... which is understandable as its: a niche game, sequel to a poor seller, and a WiiU game.

That would make perfect sense for Bayonetta as it is very niche, but under-stocked games have happened several times before for other fairly popular Nintendo titles. Either retailers aren't ordering enough for whatever reason or Nintendo didn't make enough to meet demand on the first shipment. It could be both.

I'm afraid that Nintendo of America (I'm not sure about Europe, but NoE are generally a lot better than NoA) are using core-oriented titles for a rather cruel experiment. They're supply constraining these games while promoting them on eShop to see how many of the core market can be pressured into "buying" digitally.

I believe they made this quite obvious with the FE Awakening launch (I'm trying to remember the thing that suggested this... probably a leak), and the fact that this is a continuing trend with these titles makes me consider that it's an ongoing project.