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Cream147 on 05 June 2015
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SpokenTruth said:
Cream147 said:
I would've definitely bought an extra 5 or so amiibo if I were able to obtain them for their RRP, and that number will only go up the more they release that I fail to get. And that's just me. It's a total failure of supply and demand, and sorry, but I hold Nintendo completely responsible for that.

Responsibility is upon on all steps in the supply chain. Holding only one entity (especially if they are not at fault and we don't know who actually is) accountable is a knee jerk reaction borne of entitlement and ignorance of the process.

If the producer simply does not have the production capacity to make more, do you blame Nintendo?

If the retailers do not order greater quantities, do you blame Nintendo?

You used the "e" word. I'll try and let it go - even if it is literally my least favourite word and filled with poison.

If the producer lacks capacity to make more amiibo, then yes, of course I blame Nintendo, for using a producer with insufficient capacity.

Let's be honest, it's not a retailer problem. Unless you believe that all retailers are in collusion to keep ordering low quantities, you know that at the very least one of them would have said "Hang on a second, these things are flying off the shelves, maybe next time we should order a larger quantity of them". Besides which, even the Nintendo UK online store, which obviously cuts out the retailer middleman, fails to meet the demand, having only the common Amiibo in stock.