Do you ACTUALLY believe that Nintendo is creating artifical Switch shortages?

[Cloudman]

pokoko said:

Cloudman said:

I heard a reason some games had shortages back in the NES era was due to a shortage of chips at the time. I figure things were different then when it came to gaming as well.

Which is true.  However, it's happened so often with Nintendo--from consoles, to cartridges, to Amiibo, to mini consoles--that the perception has grown.  And I'm not entirely convinced that Nintendo could not have done more in some cases to either prepare for or meet unexpected demand.

It has happened fairly recently, though I don't think it's deliberate. I didn't think the NES mini would do what well either, until I started hearing even kids wanted the system. I figured only old school diehard fans would want it. I think it's a case of sales exceeding Nintendo's low expectations.