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>create artificial demand for original Wii, certain amiibo characters and the short-lived NES Classic
>do same for Switch
>it's effective!
>move to increase production
>Apple: *Smacks Chips*, AYO! HOL UP!

>Apple starts by stealing Nintendo's sales
>now stealing Nintendo's parts

Apple really hates Nintendo.

>release a glorified memory stick with 20+1 SNES games to maintain a steady profit flow

>artificial demand
How would that benefit anyone besides scalpers?

It's what happens when a the only person at Nintendo who cared about games dies, and gets replaced by a businessman. Not long now till they complete their full transformation into capcom and konami.

>gets replaced by a businessman
that's what happens when you end up losing a shit load of money with a failing console as well as dying

>How would that benefit anyone
it doesn't, is just le shitty new meme

>before
the switch isnt facing shortages, its just artificial
>now
HAHAHAH SWITCH IS DEAD THERES SHORTAGES

uh huh. what did Sup Forums mean by this?

Yeah because having the same console released twice with the same games but with 90% of the budget wasted on advertisement is sooo much better.

Sounds like 2 completely different people out of the 100,000 browsing Sup Forums right now.

Ah, so this is how you plan to continue the artificial scarcity myth

>going into your first holiday with no units on the shelf

I'm sure Nintendo is feeling real bullish right now.

Is their any other benefit from creating artificial demand besides making your console look popular?

No. That's why nobody does it, not even Nintendo

It creates high demand for your products, people are less likely to put off on buying one and want one as fast as possible or they miss out

Oh no, you're retarded. you think the shortages mean Nintendo has literally ZERO components? Of course not, they already projected 10M sales, so they have at least that much. It's what comes after that is causing the shortages.

What does "artificial demand" mean? Are they hypnotizing people into thinking they want them?

Nope.

Yes. Because apple just started producing mobile phones when they saw the switch reveal.

>Nintendo DS 2004
>iPhone 2007
Hmm

Nice argument retard.

If something is sold out because there was only 3 units, that is artificial demand. OMG IT'S SOLD OUT EVERYWHERE, EVERYONE HAS ONE CAUSE THE DEMAND IS SO HIGH.
See? You must be underage if you can't figure this one out yet

I thought that was "artificial scarcity." But now that we know the scarcity is real, it must be the demand that's artificial?

Why they call it Nintendo switch? Because when women see it they switch off any interest in you

I'm tired of arguing with you idiots. You're the epitome of people who think their little knowledge makes them an expert. You have an elementary school level knowledge of business and economics, so nothing anyone tells you will ever matter, because you're too ignorant to process it

not really, but what I'm saying is, it's just a business decision in the end
when things go bad, they have to do shit like this otherwise they end up getting fucked
I have no idea why they didn't just make a stronger console when the competition did, with gimmicks included
they still have their exclusives and they'd look better too
otherwise, I'm still happy with the games they make
but I'm not retarded and buying the console with no new games yet
I'm picking it up for Splatoon 2

user, "artificial" demand means people aren't able to buy a product even if they want it.

Which makes it more desirable

>pull anti-consumer moves like DMCA'ing Metroid 2 and claim it's "within your rights"
>be surprised when Apple does the same thing

That is some delicious irony.

You are comparing apples and oranges.

Not a argument

>Hogging components is the same thing as enforcing copyright

>apple, the company
>orange as in Samus's suit

LIKE POETRY.

How does that help when people can't even buy it from Nintendo? It only helps scalpers. They ceased production of the NES Classic, only scalpers got money from the lack of units.

Artificial scarcity is a ok when Nintendo does it.

Actual material scarcity is bad when Nintendo experiences it

It doesn't. Captain retard doesn't realize Nintendo doesn't make money without selling things.

He has a degree in Economics though.

If you want a switch order it from Poland literally no one bought the first shipment yet. T. Auchan worker

They're both legal in the eyes of the law, right?

Typical neoga/v/ here as usual ha in victim complexes color me surprised, I agree

Nintendo makes money faster like this, then wait a few months for another shipment and it sells out instantly too

You spend less on storage.

How come people actually believe in artificial scarcity?

Copyrights and components are completely different.
Plus if you don't enforce your copyright you flat out lose it. If Nintendo didn't shut down that fan game, then they permanently lose the Metroid property. This is why Disney will make preschools get rid of unlicensed drawings of Mickey Mouse or other characters. It's not because they're inherently terrible people, it's because they could lose that property if they don't.

And just like that, you instantly lose the argument by lying to my face.

So what apple is doing is illegal? Nintendo should totally sue them.

>Nintendo makes more money if they sell less consoles
That doesn't make any sense, especially because the best selling games on Nintendo consoles are first party games and less consoles mean less games sold.

How many people bought ps4 or xbox because switch was sold out? Gg nintendtards

Look at it like this, would you rather sell a million in a day or a million over the course of months

a day obviously retard

>Sup Forums defending phoneshitters literally killing the vidya industry.

I'd rather sell ten million, and limiting supply prevents that

Xbox and ps4 were already out for years, people wanting a switch probably already got one of the other consoles

>Hogging components
We call that "capitalism."
If you don't like you're free to fuck off, commie piece of shit.

Having more supply decreases interest in it

>Nintendo makes money faster by slowing down how soon people can buy their stuff
Sup Forums really believes this

see

Source on this? Seem like a rumor honestly.

>buying things is illegal

Yeah, you have no idea what you're talking about. Go ahead and post proof for that bullshit, though, I'd love to see you try

>artificial demand
source please.

Completely forgot the switch has a 32gb harddrive. What the fuck were they thinking?

>Plus if you don't enforce your copyright you flat out lose it.
user, what? Where the fuck did you hear that?

Artificial scarcity for luxury goods is marketing not economics. Poor little timmy won't be able to play the new Zelda for his birthday because of scalpers and the feelings he associated with Nintendo are negative now. Gg Nintendo

Look at how many people are trying to buy one as fast as possible

>tfw no one is giving a shit about switch and it's just getting dust on the shelves

It's true, sort of. It happened to Xerox

You're right, I was thinking of trade marks that you have to defend.

Buying certain drugs is illegal. I don't see your point.

Can you prove that any of the people looking to permanently own it wouldn't have otherwise? Let alone a significant margin of them? Of course not, because you're an idiot with no data

Buying components to manufacture phones is certainly not illegal.

And not being able to because there aren't enough units. Which means Nintendo is making less money than they could. How does that help them?

...

More units means a less demand to buy one as soon as possible thus meaning Nintendo makes less money

>memory and LCDs are drugs now

Still no source on that bullshit

Source is on human behaviour

>More units means a less demand to buy one as soon as possible
Because people are buying it. Which means more money for Nintendo and more games sold.

>he's so stupid he actually thinks this is a source

People won't be buying it though, if there was more than most people would wait to buy later on holiday

No they wouldn't. Human nature dictates they would buy it now

Wow you posted a anime reaction image, that totally changed my mind!

You mean xerox"ing" becoming synonym with copying something? They didn't lose the trademark because of that, not to mention that it's a completely different case; the word was in danger of becoming a proprietary eponym, meaning other copying machines could say they "xeroxed stuff". It would be the same as Nintendo becoming so linked with "playing videogames" that the worlds because interchangeable and thus other brands could say they had nintendo consoles (when they meant they had videogame consoles, or consoles that played videogames). It doesn't work the same way for other types of copyrighted property.

Why buy now if they had a shit ton of constant supply?

I start posting anime when it's obvious the other person is too stupid to take seriously. If you ever post a real argument maybe I'll stop

Why buy later if you can have it now? Why do anything at all? I'll just say it's human nature and leave it at that, because that's a good source

>u stupid, i don't need argument

Very mature for your age kiddo

>Plus if you don't enforce your copyright you flat out lose it.
That's trademarks, not copyrights.

*that the words became interchangeable

Sorry when typing out something quickly I always mess up. Anyway, does the parts being chugged by Apple have a source or is it just a rumor?

>even when he knows I'm just shitposting he can't stop replying

lol Nintendo didn't artificially create Switch shortages, they didn't expect it to sell as well as it has.

>Why buy later if you can have it now?
People save money, buy as a present for someone else, might not be interested at the moment, spending money on other products

There never was another shipment of NES Classics, they made a single production run and that was it.

Yeah but I said it's human nature to do it. Can't argue with that can you?

>all of these dumbasses not understanding how Artificial Scarcity works

Dumb toddlers, listen up, why in the hell would you just manufacture millions of consoles when you don't know if they are going to sell? if you don't manage to sell all of them they are going to sit in whatever shithole you're selling them. Doing this you can sell these small batches and the people that don't manage to buy one will be eager to get one in the next batch, and they won't be manufacturing consoles that will collect dust because no one buys them, it's playing it safe.

they ship them 5 at a time according to the employees at toys r us. it's like the furby craze except everyone sees through it and it will damage the brand.

Yep, and I admitted that I was thinking of the wrong thing here but people are still arguing over it

What you have described is literally, by definition not artificial scarcity

Cause these classics systems aren't a future product to get heavily invested it

You make a profit from the first sale and thats it, no money from game sales or game services like Xbox Live

It's almost like actual important technology takes precedence over children's toys...

Not a argument