>worth over 40 billion dollars
>considered one of the largest companies in Japan
>still have "trouble" "manufacturing" products so they have "limited" "availability"
Why is Nintendo allowed to do this?
And why do their dipshit fans continue falling for it?
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Maybe it's the truth, I don't know. It seems like it wouldn't be an issue for them, but I guess it must be. What possible benefit do they get from a shortened production run of anything they sell? They're not getting any of the secondary scalper market money.
>implying it happens unintentionally
Falling for what
>Why is Nintendo allowed to do this?
Because there's no laws against what they're doing.
>What possible benefit do they get from a shortened production run of anything they sell? They're not getting any of the secondary scalper market money.
You're right, they won't get that scalper money; however, shipping out small amounts of new merchandise will help drive more demand for said merchandise. Having a new product that is always out of stock or hard to get will trick the consumers into perceiving it as successful or good.
Nintendo doesn't actually give a shit about its customers whatsoever. Everything they do they do for profit, or to use their customers as a test group for future ideas. Sometimes they put a lot of love into their first party titles, which keeps people coming back for more, but lately even their first party titles haven't been that great.
And yes I know, everything every company does is to make a profit, but at least Sony for example gives people what they want by having a huge library of games, region-free consoles, no gimmicks (or optional gimmicks like VR) and they don't constantly alter releases in the form of censorship.
And let's not forget Miyamoto. I've said it before and I'll say it again - the guy is out of touch with what people want. Yes I know that we owe him a huge debt for getting console gaming where it is today, but I truly believe that the only reason he was so successful in the past was because hardware limitations kept his ideas in check. Now, the guy has the money and technology to create whatever his mind can come up with, and it's showing that he truly has no idea what people really want.
its so nintendo can have the satisfaction of saying "oh my. look how our new console sold out everywhere"
Also, if/when they release SNES mini, Nintendo knows that it will sell in large volumes because people would be scared of "missing out like last time"
This seems kinda dumb. If I knew I was going to sell 50,000+ units of a thing, and I could only make 10,000 of said thing, I'd be upset. Mind you, I'd still make and sell what I could, but I'd be lamenting the gobs of extra profit lost to not having enough supply to meet demand.
Needless to say, if I could make all 50,000+ demanded units, I certainly would. You'd have to be an idiot not to, "artificial scarcity" be damned.
>tfw still waiting for FE Fates Special Edition after my preorder was canceled because "they took too many"
they'll do a restock soon enough
>That fake Wind Waker Ganondorf amiibo in the background
>trick the consumers into perceiving it as successful or good
no but it does trick them into thinking they should get one just in case they miss their chance
This is one of Nintendo's oldest tricks in the book, the artificial demand brought from limited availability. They have been doing this shit since the NES, and I remember it with the N64 and the Wii as well (I was able to get a Gamecube at launch with no issues). I believe the 3DS had this issue for a little bit as well.
The Wii is probably the only time it was legitimate and not artificial scarcity. Shit was in demand for like four years or so.
Just looked it up. Go to around the 6:40 mark where they talk about this shit.
>>still have "trouble" "manufacturing" products so they have "limited" "availability"
What is marketing
>Ordered mine via Gamestop
>week after game is released still not shipped
>send an e-mail, get told it's on backorder
>"Wtf, I put my order in day 1 almost right when they went live."
>get another e-mail a few days later saying it was cancelled
>call customer service, fucking hate using the phone
>tells me they have a stock of them
>puts my order back in, have it in the mail 5 days later
Fucking gamestop.
>Why is Nintendo allowed to do this?
For profit obviously. They create a artificial shortage thus pushing the prices up so collectors and scalpers will buy it up.
They do this all the same. I remember when Fire Emblem Awakening came out.. Nintendo did NOT print enough copies to satisfy the preorder demands despite knowing the preorder numbers ahead of time.
That way, some fans are forced to buy digital instead of physical copy. Digital is cheaper for nintendo anyhow. No need to give any third party store a cut of the profits.
I remember some stores actually STOPPED taking preorders a month ahead of time for Fire Emblem Fates.
Who the fuck does this besides nintendo?
Nintendo literally doesn't want your money
>Nintendo doesn't sell out
>It's over, Nintendo is doomed!
>Nintendo sells out
>It's over, Nintendo is doomed!
This.
But I will agree that them not restocking older Amiibos is bullshit. The hype is dead and scalpers are stuck with their loads, time to reissue a lot of them at retail price to further give those assholes a giant middle finger.
They are, but stealth-fully.
The other day when I went to best buy, they had a fucking ton of Lucina amiibos and were selling them at half off.
their fan base is shrinking user
Only 3 million bought SMRun, only 200 000 people saw the second Zelda trailer they released
>7 billion americans
>manufacture 500,000 units of a toy
>send shipments out when roads are freezing over and storms are coming
>have to distribute those units to over 100,000 stores nationwide
>during black Friday season
>during Christmas season
>They're not getting any of the secondary scalper market money.
Unless those "scalpers" are Nintendo's straw men selling for a much higher price than announced while circumventing retailers. More revenue direct into Yakuza's pockets
It's mainstream senpai. The same retards camping out for an NES "console" are the ones who acted like I was a fucking cave troll for loading my phone with emus 5 years ago. It'll pass. People will stop membering video games when they realize you can't treat an industry like a red headed step child for decades and then suddenly expect every company to make top-tier consumer-friendly easily-digestible bullshit like MTV and reality shows. They can't handle updates and rocky launches. They can't handle not being as good at the game as the next guy. They move on as soon as those things happen.
Fuck em.
>however, shipping out small amounts of new merchandise will help drive more demand for said merchandise.
I considered NES mini as an impulse buy for November. But no avail.
After thinking about for a a few weeks more rationally I lost interest.
I'm not a kid anymore, who grouches until it finally gets something. There was a window of opportunity and Pretendo missed it
Got a bunch of PlayStation games instead.