KLAMarine on 22 June 2017
| Aeolus451 said: Yes. Mainly because I don't believe in coincidences of this size with businesses. You're not gonna have shortages (wii, nes classic, amiibo, switch, ds, etc) for as long as Nintendo does and with this many of their products. The people responsible would eventually lose their job over it if it kept happening. Artificial shortages, artificial scarcity and managed scarcity (whatever you want to call it) is a known business tactic and nintendo has been doing it for awhile. Having shortages once in a blue moon is one thing but it repeatedly happening with all of their popular products is quite another. https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/13/15294494/nintendo-nes-classic-edition-console-discontinued-strategy http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/109643/Opinion_Why_Artificial_Scarcity_Could_Boost_Digital_Game_Downloads.php https://www.engadget.com/2007/03/27/wii-shortage-is-intentional-according-to-gamestop/ http://n4g.com/news/2014325/gamestop-and-target-cancelling-some-switch-pre-orders-due-to-shortages |
What if Nintendo is just terrible at estimating demand for their products?
