vkaraujo said:
I really wanted them, but here in my country importers are charging so much for them, that with 11 of them i can get a PS4. It is just ridiculous |
Of course Nintendo is short supplying on purpose- they are not THAT stupid to continue to unknowingly short supply a product with higher demand-
THe game play aspect of Amiibo is not enough to sell them- (see the "non rare" Amiibos still sitting on store shelves now being discounted)
Collectors are what is driving the demand now and the only way to keep that demand is to keep making them scarce- If they wanted to allow kids that want to play w the amiibo s do so all they would have to do is release Marth or some other "rare" amiibo in significant supply to drive the ebay price down to a realistic market price- but if they do that scalpers will get burned and the rush to buy (and quickly resell at a profit) will drop- But Nintendo would rather take short term profit, appeasing the scalpers, than let their actual fans get the opportuitty to buy an amiibo they want at regular price-
Nintneod is more cut throat than most of their fans realise- they have been getting away w it for a long time due to nostalgia and a very loyal core fan base but it is costing them -see their huge market share drops in both home console and handheld- the 3DS will sell about %50-%60 of the DS and the Wi U will sell about %15-%20 of the Wii- that is a brutal drop considering those consoles are the overwhelming majority of their business
Nintenod obvioulsy knows their market share is way down and feels the need to squeeze as much out of it remainng loyal base as it can - it will help thier earnings in he short term but it is killing them in the intermediate term and long term
