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kitler53 on 13 February 2011
Mr.Metralha said:

The entire shipment for the US on launch day is known?

to specific retailers?  they probably know pretty exactly.

to us?  sort of, 2.5 million WW (excluding Japan) between release and april.  

http://www.aussie-nintendo.com/news/24881/



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kitler53 on 13 February 2011
greenmedic88 said:
kitler53 said:

shall we start taking guesses on how many of those pre-orders are to customers and how many are to people anticipating high ebay prices?

I think anyone interested in getting a 3DS this year should be anticipating high secondary market prices and just deal with pre-ordering despite the typical lackluster launch software line up. If not, they're basically gambling that demand will be met by early production easily enough that anyone will just be able to walk into a store and buy one on any given day.

If the implication is that more than 10-20% of the initial stock is going to end up on Ebay, which was probably the case for Kinect last season, then it's unlikely those secondary prices will stay above even $50 over MSRP for very long. And while I do seem to remember people trying to milk the Wii console flipping trend past the point where each console was maybe grossing $50 over MSRP, it seems less likely this would be repeated with the 3DS.

That said, I'm sure there are a bunch of people pre-ordering every single 3DS they can get their hands on with nothing in mind other than how much they anticipate they'll be able to get on Ebay. It happens with every new console, handheld or other.

A) it's not really a gamble cause as long as you don't open the package you can alway return it to the store if you aren't getting the ebay prices you want.

B) do you have any source or research behind that 10-20% number?  obviously the wii sold amazing on ebay and the ps3 didn't but i've never seen any hard research on these types of things.  if so i'd like to read up on that.



Icyedge on 13 February 2011
kitler53 said:

A) it's not really a gamble cause as long as you don't open the package you can alway return it to the store if you aren't getting the ebay prices you want.

B) do you have any source or research behind that 10-20% number?  obviously the wii sold amazing on ebay and the ps3 didn't but i've never seen any hard research on these types of things.  if so i'd like to read up on that.


The PS3 was very expensive on Ebay back in the days. Was going for 2K if guaranteed a same day release shipment and about 1K after release. It was mad. Ebay even had to put some new rules up where sellers had to show a pre-ordering proof for selling it before release.



Acevil on 13 February 2011
Icyedge said:
kitler53 said:
 

A) it's not really a gamble cause as long as you don't open the package you can alway return it to the store if you aren't getting the ebay prices you want.

B) do you have any source or research behind that 10-20% number?  obviously the wii sold amazing on ebay and the ps3 didn't but i've never seen any hard research on these types of things.  if so i'd like to read up on that.


The PS3 was very expensive on Ebay back in the days. Was going for 2K if guaranteed a same day release shipment and about 1K after release. It was mad. Ebay even had to put some new rules up where sellers had to show a pre-ordering proof for selling it before release.

The problem with the ps3 was it only lasted a week at most, before stablizing on ebay. Wii on the other hand was still going for huge margin for at least half a year, and arguably a  whole year. 



 

Euphoria14 on 13 February 2011

I wasn't getting one because nothing on it interested me but today my lady said that she wants one.

Now I have to go ahead and get it pre-ordered.



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oldschoolfool on 13 February 2011

I want to pre-order,but I don't want to put down the $50 to pre-order it. I'm weird that way.



naznatips on 13 February 2011
JayWood2010 said:

Just pre-ordered mine on gamestop after reading this


Gamestop will take preorders long past the amount of stock they're getting. Enjoy fighting in a line for a device you already preordered only to find that they sold out an hour ago and you'll be waiting two weeks. 



Acevil on 13 February 2011
naznatips said:
JayWood2010 said:

Just pre-ordered mine on gamestop after reading this


Gamestop will take preorders long past the amount of stock they're getting. Enjoy fighting in a line for a device you already preordered only to find that they sold out an hour ago and you'll be waiting two weeks. 


Hopefully it is first come first serve, because I preordered mine the first day it was offered.  (Online)

They were the first organization to do it, so that is why I jumped on. 



 

Notorius.A.i.G on 13 February 2011

3DS is going to be huge !!!



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HappySqurriel on 13 February 2011
Icyedge said:
kitler53 said:
 

A) it's not really a gamble cause as long as you don't open the package you can alway return it to the store if you aren't getting the ebay prices you want.

B) do you have any source or research behind that 10-20% number?  obviously the wii sold amazing on ebay and the ps3 didn't but i've never seen any hard research on these types of things.  if so i'd like to read up on that.


The PS3 was very expensive on Ebay back in the days. Was going for 2K if guaranteed a same day release shipment and about 1K after release. It was mad. Ebay even had to put some new rules up where sellers had to show a pre-ordering proof for selling it before release.


With how short lived the PS3's sales spike on ebay was, and how few units ended up selling for significantly higher than retail, I'm not convinced that its prices were legitimate. Sony has been caught producing fake grassroots/viral campaigns before (see: PSP graffiti) and you can quite effectively create an ebay based viral campaign by listing a product under one account and "buying" that product using another account; and since you hold both accounts you can sell something with a very high price at (effectively) no cost. Even if you didn't want to be that dishonest, you could simply plan on buying 50 units at $2000 at launch week, which is a small amount to pay for an "advertising" campaign.

While it may sound paranoid, a large portion of "news" today is manufactured by marketing firms to attract attention to products they represent. Many of these firms have figured out ways to gain a lot of press at a very low cost, and repeatedly use these tactics until they are no longer effective.