bonzobanana on 22 June 2017
| DanneSandin said: No way! I think Nintendo themselves misjudged just how popular the Switch would be and haven't been able to ramp up the production yet to meet the demand. I think only conspiracy theorists believe Nintendo is deliberatly holding back stocks. |
It's not really a conspiracy theory its just normal business practice. Who are they conspiring with anyway?
They can't just phone up foxconn and say more Switch's please. They have to open more production lines at Foxconn requiring more investment and get new arrangements for components with suppliers. It's a big logistics exercise. It's not uncommon to ensure there is strong demand before commiting to higher production levels and investment. This also has the fringe benefit of creating pressure in consumer demand too so there are a quite a few commercial reasons to do this. I'ts not voodoo, tin hat or supernatural or anything else wierd or strange its just business.
