Japanese losing interest in Switch due to shortage.

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Mnementh said:

pokoko said:
I never knew people would get so emotional over this issue.

No, I'm not talking about Japanese gamers, I'm talking about this thread.

Anyway, it has to be a concern for Nintendo. Many of these people are just trying to communicate their dissatisfaction to Nintendo and will return as customers in the future. Others might not. One of the cardinal rules of business is that some lost sales won't come back.

Exactly. And I think Nintendo is stupid. I see that it is very difficult to predict demand, but Nintendo is overly bad in that reagrd. Way too much stock with WiiU, way too less with Wii and Switch. And yes, the lost customers may or may not be coming back. The longer the bad stock-situation is persisting, the more will fall into the second category.

 

You aren't wrong, Nintendo is often overly conservative in their hardware numbers and what they produce. We've seen it with the N64. Wii,  Amiibo, the Pokemon Go  device they made, the Classic edition devices and other things. This seems to be once again a similar situation but given time, they should be able to match demand.

The bigger issue is doing it in a manner where everyone has a fair and just shot to get the device, I think that frustrates people more. After all if you wait in line for an hour, you are hoping to get the device, not a ticket for a lottery so someone that came 40 minutes later can get it.