Jimquisition: Nintendo - Jim Has Some Harsh Words About Nintendo (Nov. 28, 2016)

[JRPGfan]

Jumpin said:

Why does everyone think Nintendo controls retail orders?
Retailers make the purchase, if they later decide they need more, it's not Nintendo's fault the retailer was not accurate in their purchase orders ahead of time. Units need to go through a production pipeline before shipment.

Nintendo doesnt give retails what they ask for.

Case in point, little store in italy ordered 150, and got like 12 from nitnendo (page 5 of this thread).

In this video Jimquisition mentions his local target ordered a bunch of them (probably 100+), but nintendo only sent them 3 units.

This isnt about retailers not ordering enough units, its about nitnendo seemingly purposefully not shipping to retail, what they order.