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SuperNova on 17 January 2017
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Boutros said:
RolStoppable said:

I don't think there's much demand for PS VR, but there are still people who are saying that it is sold out. We have a good idea that it didn't sell much overall, so limiting supply to create artificial demand would apply more to this situation than any other.

Your reasoning for the low supply of PS VR can be easily applied to amiibos, but in that case you opted for scarcity to increase demand. That's what I am talking about when I say one-way street.

Nintendo still hasn't restocked many amiibos for absolutely no reason (except to create rarity of course but that suggestion is apparently not accepted by everyone). PSVR will eventually get more stock until most interested will have had the opportunity to get one (it's only been 3 months since it released and I just looked it up and Sony announced more incoming stock soon). Nintendo knows there's demand for those amiibos that have never seen big restocks but they're still sold out and some of them have never been readily available. For example Roy came out 1 year ago and I never saw him in stock (or I would have bought it) here in Canada. The only way must have been to pre-order him but even those were sold out quickly. So a whole year goes by without new stock for a product that was never supposed to be limited. And that goes for many other amiibos. It's certainly not a production restriction issue at this point or a fear they wouldn't sell.

https://www.amazon.de/Nintendo-2000666-amiibo-Smash-Roy/dp/B019MOC73W

Meanwhile he is so readily available in europe that you can almost get him at half price. In fact almost all Amiibo got major restocks over here after a while and havent been out of stock ever since.

If Nintendo intentionally understocks, they're pretty spotty about it.