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Ouroboros24 on 13 April 2015
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V-r0cK said:
Ouroboros24 said:

The amiibo problem is a problem for the core consumer, but not for nintendo.  Amiibos will be available to you at a store of your choice, but you are always limited to finding the most recognizable.  For the casual, it's an entry into the genre.  For core, it is a hunt.  Despite this, the business is thriving because of it.  Gamestop loved the fact that it's online store crashed.  Walmart is greatful for the Gold and Silver Mario edition.  Target, best buy, Toys R us, and game stop love Nintendo for this.  We suffer, but Nintendo is in good standing with where it counts; the profit.  But that's a business, that's how it works, and ultimately for nintendo, it's good for them.

Making consumers suffer is not good for business and ultimately wont be good for the future of the company.

The fact that you made this thread to try and defend their business practice is likely because of all the negativity you've heard about Amiibos which is a clear sign of bad business, and who's fault is that? Nintendo, and they deserve every bit of negative comment in regards to Amiibos.

I wasn't defending, just offering info into Nintendo's madness.  I agree with you, this is bad business, but good for them as the title of the thread implies.  For the uninitiated, amiibo is just this thing Nintendo is doing, but for the above casual gamers like me and maybe you, it's a big deal.  I'm trying to be unbias as I possibly could be.  I don't like that fact that I can't find a Mega man amiibo unless I go to ebay.  In fact, I'm agreeing with you.  I created this thread to try to understand why they're doing this and so far I've made my arguements, just arguements for their strategy. 

I'm trying to be a robotic about this, looking at it as Nintendo would for their current situation.  Nintendo has a good business model that sees their amiibo fly off the shelf whenever they sell them and despite a bad business with the whole scalper thing is for the customer, they continue to sell out of amiibo and there are still a strong demand for them.  Nintendo likes it this way or else they would have implemented something else, something better like direct to customer order, but they're not.  I'm not condoning it, I'm just arguing their stance.  

"Making consumers suffer is not good for business and ultimately wont be good for the future of the company." -This is what tabacco company does all the time.  Don't tell it can't work with Nintendo and their amiibo.  You act like Nintendo has never acted against public opinion, they have and they aren't all to concerned with the backlash, that's why they do it.  And please, you make it sound like amiibo fans are dying because lack of amiibo.  "Suffering", gamers are such drama queens.  This strategy is better for Nintendo than the alternative.