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MTZehvor on 18 March 2016
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Nem said:
MTZehvor said:

Then your beef is with the way the retailers handle it, not Nintendo, because distribution is done entirely via retailers. Though even there I don't think there's too much room to blame the retailers because they have so little supply to work with. What would the alternative to calling up those with regular preorders and asking them if they'd like to upgrade? Going the NA route and putting up the special edition online, and then having it sell out in 30 minutes? Either way, plenty of people who want it get shortchanged.

All of this revolves around not some sneaky underhanded business practice; neither Nintendo or retailers have anything to gain from making things needlessly obtuse. They're simply working with the situations they're given; Nintendo and game stores have to satisfy increasingly worried shareholders, and in this case, at least one party estimated too conservatively. The result is an unfortunate scenario where inevitably, people will get screwed over. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less.

Honestly, the only way the situation is likely to improve for the next Fire Emblem game is if Fates sells really well (which it has thus far). High sales communicate an increased desire for special editions, so Nintendo/retailers are likely to supply them more. With greater supply, they're likely to spend more on advertising and explaining how to get them.

Nah Nintendo should have given us the information. Retailers didnt know anything about it until they actually did. I mean i asked about the limited edition the moment the game was out for pre-order and they didnt know anything about it.

 

What would you even have Nintendo say, though? They have no idea how the retailers will handle distribution. Just have Nintendo give you their best guess on how the retailers will divy up the few special editions they have? The retailers are the only one with a hand in the actual selling to consumer process; Nintendo has no say in whether the special editions are given to those with existing pre-orders or just stuck online for five minutes before they all immediately sell out.