I haven't even seen an original copy of Xenoblade, and you found it for 10 € XD

With regards to which statement? I made a lot of them. I can also take a picture of Metroid Other M being $40 at the local Walmart (new) and $12 in the bargain bin at the local Target (also new.) Likely because the latter wasn't strangled by some deal or they finally sold all of their stock. Why would any of this be if the market is determining prices and not Nintendo's influence on retailers?

I already mentioned how eight Gamestops within ten miles of my location (in a medium sized metropolitan area - Pittsburgh, PA) have multiple copies of Skyward Sword in stock, but also price it at $55 (New) and $45 (used.) There obviously isn't a shortage in the local market, as there are dozens of accessible copies in the immediate area. If demand exceeded supply so much so, in this scenario, then there wouldn't be so many available copies, unless their price is overvalued for most people - that is - and most people don't value Skyward Sword at $45/$55.

Why is the case that they over-value the games passed the market equillibrium? Because they know that even though the game will be on that shelf for maybe another year or so, its price won't drop. So when it does eventually sell, they will get it for that $55/$45. Why won't the price drop? Because for Gamestops competitors (Target, Walmart, Best Buy, etc) they like to buy items in bulk. Part of their bulk deals with Nintendo is that there is no buyer's protection (meaning if the value of an item decreases rapidly Nintendo won't let them sell it back.) That means they either take a huge loss, or just wait it out over the years with a highly priced game because somebody will buy it (see the Metroid: Other M scenario.) Additionally, Nintendo makes shelf-space deals, in which the retailer MUST put their games in that space by contract, and Nintendo controls the supply to favor their first party games. Even if the game isn't highly demanded, it is going to be there for ages, and its not going to decrease price unless more new Nintendo games come out, and the retailer says, "okay, let me take a loss, because "Mario XYZ" is coming out and I need the shelf-space for that. Throw Metroid Other M into the bargain bin." This is all precisely why you find Nintendo games either $30 + or in the bargain bin, at bulk retailers - regardless of their demand curves.

I missed the part where you spoke about eight gamestops. I would be very pleased to see those pictures. In my area, Calgary, a city of just over 1 million people and I have only seen a couple new skyward swords, none at Gamestop, only at a little local store that deals mostly with older used games. Anyway, they were around $100 each. They are probably more now if they are still there because the Canadian dollar has dropped more since I was there about a year ago. I haven't seen any used copied of skyward sword in a long time. If you can get one of those, feel free to send it my way.

I was more referring to the shelf space of Nintendo games and such. There is hardly any wall at all for Nintendo anymore and the games on it are equally Nintendo as much as Lego games (pretty much the only third party support now).

Was at the "Robinson Town Center"  one yesterday buying Vita games. They had Skyward Sword on display for $45 pre-owned. 

For reference, "low stock" means anywhere between 1-5 copies. 

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l looked at your area for GS as well. I noticed that, although your low stock indications must mean something different than out here. Low stock usually means they might have something but mostly not lol.

check Canada as a whole. It seems as though your area has more copies than Canada as a whole. Ebgames.ca it's the same as GS,GS bought them out a few years ago. Looks like I need to take a trip to Pittsburgh.

It seems like the online equilibrium price is something like $40-50 too. On eBay the game is $40 new. Possibly the supply issue is isolated to Canada?