Switch Sales Top 108 Million - Global Hardware May 15-21

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Otter said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

1.  Read your own post.  They are bringing the NES mini back next summer.  It's not a collector's item with only one run.  They've already manufactured several runs of the NES mini and they are planning on doing another one.  However, right now is a dry period, and if you look at the % markup currently its still far beyond the PS5's % markup.  This doesn't mean that people want 30m+ NES mini's.  It probably means they want 1-2m worldwide.  Likewise, PS5 demand is not that far above supply, because the % markup in the resale market is not nearly as high as even the NES mini.

2. "You're putting your feelings over actual data."  You're projecting.  The most meaningful data comes from the resale market, which you are ignoring.  The resale value is based on things like Math and Economics.  Nothing else is going to give you a better idea of the demand for this system.

The tweet is from 2017, so its not next year. The first link is Nintendo announcing that its being discontinued which obviously defines it a hard to find item, the follow up tweet months later them announcing they're bringing it back for  summer 2018 in Europe. There is a whole 6-9months gap between the announcement and the new stock arriving, I thought that it'd make it clear that this isn't a readily produced product... it's proof that its a device that is understood to have a limited production and remain rare, this has been communicated by Nintendo themselves. I guess I should have just left you with this:

"We’ve also been clear that, at least from an Americas perspective, these products are going to be available through the holiday season and once they sell out, they’re gone. And that’s it.” That's Reggie

https://gamerant.com/nes-snes-classic-discontinued-2018/

I'm not sure whats so hard to get in understanding that the markup for such a device is obviously going to be larger than a device with continual production thats garaunteed to be on sale for the next 8 years and produced to maximum capacity.

Instead of paying $800 for PS5, you can just wait a week and see if it turns up at your local store which it will, its just a case of whether you're lucky enough to get it. A lack of willingness to pay crazy markups does not mean demand is close to being met.... That being said the markup is still pretty generous, so the only thing we can conclude is that demand is NOT being met.

PS5 sales doubled in the US week on week. Doesn't sound like demand was being met at all if it can see such massive increases just based of more available stock. Unless the same week saw a massive decrease in markup cost, its safe to say your deduction are pretty useless.

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/246323/ps5-sales-top-20m-xs-sales-near-15m-global-hardware-may-22-28/

I have no idea why you posted that tweet then, because it seems like an arbitrary point in time.  They launched the NES mini in 2016, and they continued to make more after they did.  Then your quote is from 2017 which says they will make more in 2018.  Obviously they made these things plenty of times.  That is not limited.

At the same time, the resale value was through the roof.  Even while they were being shipped to stores, the resale value was through the roof.  My wife bought me one for $60 while they were listed on Ebay for $300.  So yeah, it was possible to get one, but also very difficult.  Demand was a lot higher than supply and that is why the resale price went up so much.  It's basic economics.  Supply and demand determine the market price.  When the mark-up is huge, then there is a big gap between supply and demand.  When the mark-up is small, then there is a small gap between supply and demand.