| Wright said: But the figure of 10 million units is basically overshipping, right? Isn't it kind of lame to inflate your numbers like that from the get-go? |
It is difficult. First of all, Nintendo still needs to find retailers to take the stock of the overshipping, so they have to take more stock than needed too. Secondly, nobody really know how much it will sell. This is true for every game. Retailers and game companies have expectation, based on experience, advertising, market research, but it still is a gamble. Maybe they expect it to sell that well. I read X/Y shipped initially 7m, that is a steep increase, but not abnormally so. If they guess that Alola is getting more interest, or that Pakemon Go has incresed interest in the series, than this might be OK.
