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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - 3DS is sold out in the whole usa since black friday, blame it on Pokemon mania and Nintendo's conservative expectations.

Megaoverlord12 on 23 December 2016

Just a reminder of the glorious retardation that is Nintendo



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bunchanumbers on 23 December 2016

Good for Nintendo. It makes sure that 3DS stock is low when they launch their next handheld in March. It is looking like its shaping up to be a smooth transition to the next handheld.



Miyamotoo on 23 December 2016

Nintendo definitely has stock and availability problem.



think-man on 23 December 2016
KLXVER said:

People should just buy a used 3DS. If Nintendo cant keep up with the demand, then thats their problem.

Yeah but if its a xmas present then you don't really want a 2nd hand one lol



 

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Nuvendil on 23 December 2016
mountaindewslave said:

Nintendo dropping the ball majorly. The NES Classic and now this. They need to stop being so cautious, Nintendo should know how popular their IPs and systems are, especially around the holidays. It really wouldn't be THAT terrible to potentially have overshipped the 3DS, especially when even non holiday months it tends to sell okay.

It says something when used 3DS's (like without the box and even sometimes early models) are selling for like 200$ on Ebay right now. That's crazy. A used loose 3DS selling like 20$ over market price of the current model NEW IN BOX 3DS that you would usually get from a store. Bizarro land

Well, the NES was a major fumble even if the actual sales were unexpected.  But the 3DS is over 5 years old and has, iirc, been trending down YoY for a couple of years.  I mean, even if they were confident in the PoGo effect, did anyone here seriously ever think until like a month ago that Pokemania would return at the same level it was in the 90s and suddenly Nintendo handhelds would be among the most desired Christmas presents this holiday?  I mean, most people here or elsewhere would have laughed at you if you even suggested such a thing months ago.  Pokemon just outsold Call of Duty in the US for goodness sake!



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fedfed on 23 December 2016

That's sad!

really...

just produce and stop when you have to not when you want to!



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Jranation on 23 December 2016

Is it better to undership than overship?



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Pyro as Bill on 23 December 2016

Nintendo's doing it on purpose to create artificial demand.

Losing sales at the busiest time of the year is a small price to pay for all that demand.



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sethnintendo on 23 December 2016
think-man said:
KLXVER said:

People should just buy a used 3DS. If Nintendo cant keep up with the demand, then thats their problem.

Yeah but if its a xmas present then you don't really want a 2nd hand one lol

https://www.destructoid.com/priest-sells-ds-forgets-there-s-child-porn-on-it-224340.phtml



sethnintendo on 23 December 2016
Pyro as Bill said:
Nintendo's doing it on purpose to create artificial demand.

Losing sales at the busiest time of the year is a small price to pay for all that demand.

But will that demand carry to the next year?  I've almost given up hope on NES Classic.  I'll just wait till sometime in Jan and hopefully it will easier to attain by then.  It isn't artificial it; is just overblown because the supply never met demand with NES Classic.  I think you should use another word than artificial.