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Here's What Nintendo Says About Those NES Classic Shortages
Posted on 12/10/16 at 12:29 am
Posted on 12/10/16 at 12:29 am
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Every day there's more going into the retail channel. The overall level of demand is certainly greater than we anticipated, that's why we're suffering through the shortages out there in the marketplace.
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Posted on 12/10/16 at 1:09 am to pioneerbasketball
If you could just order directly from them, and have the option to pick which 30 games you wanted, it would be so much easier.
Posted on 12/10/16 at 9:09 am to pioneerbasketball
Fabricated shortage to inflate the sense of demand to help their dying presence in the gaming industry.
Posted on 12/10/16 at 11:16 am to SEClint
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If you could just order directly from them, and have the option to pick which 30 games you wanted, it would be so much easier.
that would slow it down even more. 
Posted on 12/10/16 at 2:33 pm to sicboy
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Fabricated shortage to inflate the sense of demand to help their dying presence in the gaming industry.
They don't own manufacturing
Apple does this though and They're not a dying presence.
People act like shitting out a million of anything in manufacturing is no big deal. There are constraints even with the largest companies (except apple. They're manufacturing compounds are like small cities)
Posted on 12/10/16 at 2:55 pm to DelU249
This is on purpose, don't believe for a second it isn't
Posted on 12/10/16 at 3:15 pm to GalvoAg
How? Theyd know what they needed instead of guessing. Plus youd get a better product.
Posted on 12/10/16 at 3:25 pm to Mr Gardoki
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This is on purpose, don't believe for a second it isn't
Idk man. Feels like incompetence, not understanding their audience.
Posted on 12/10/16 at 3:25 pm to pioneerbasketball
I think everyone but Nintendo saw the high demand for this. This is what I wanted for X-mas, but I guess a shitty sweater from the wife will suffice.
Posted on 12/10/16 at 3:42 pm to LSU Coyote
I heard about (maybe from Sterling) a Target that got all of 3 of them. 3. Sold out, tried to get to get more, and received 2.
It's intentional or really friggin dumb, and I don't think Nintendo is dumb. Arrogant, out of touch, perhaps. But they've had shortages since the Wii, I believe, and you'd have to think they would finally learn their lesson.
Purely intentional.
It's intentional or really friggin dumb, and I don't think Nintendo is dumb. Arrogant, out of touch, perhaps. But they've had shortages since the Wii, I believe, and you'd have to think they would finally learn their lesson.
Purely intentional.
Posted on 12/10/16 at 3:56 pm to sicboy
Nintendo has intentionally short shipped since the nes. This is on purpose.
Posted on 12/10/16 at 4:05 pm to Mr Gardoki
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This is on purpose
This...
Posted on 12/11/16 at 12:58 pm to pioneerbasketball
Why would they do it on purpose, a lot of lost revenue from not selling another million or so units.
Posted on 12/11/16 at 1:05 pm to swanny297
They have limited supply of every console since the nes in order to create hype. It's a trick from the toy industry.
Posted on 12/11/16 at 1:21 pm to swanny297
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Why would they do it on purpose, a lot of lost revenue from not selling another million or so units.
Because it's Nintendo and they are awful at marketing lately
Posted on 12/11/16 at 4:06 pm to pioneerbasketball
Count me as someone who didn't think this would be as successful.
Posted on 12/11/16 at 4:22 pm to Mr Gardoki
I agree it's a ploy and I don't understand it. I talked to a target manager this morning. The got 3 consoles the opening day and have received 1 since then. How is that even possible? Why would you not ramp up production during the holiday season? A lot of people are just not going to worry about it after Christmas. Just seems really dumb
Posted on 12/12/16 at 9:37 am to swanny297
quote:Nintendo is obviously not the only company to do this. Just think about Disney and their Movie Vault. This practice can increase demand and exposure for an item that otherwise would have come and gone with little fanfare. Each time I hear someone at work mention their unsuccessful attempt to acquire an NES Classic, someone asks the question "What's this thing you're hunting for? NES what?" And then the person explains and now you have another potential buyer who likely would have never heard of the thing.
Why would they do it on purpose, a lot of lost revenue from not selling another million or so units.
Obviously the key to turning those potentials into actual sales is unleashing supply before your audience loses interest. Whether Nintendo times that correctly is a whole other question but, as others have pointed out, this isn't Nintendo's first artificial scarcity rodeo.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 10:32 am to DieDaily
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this isn't Nintendo's first artificial scarcity rodeo.
Member the Wii shortage?
Member the N64 shortage?
Glad to see that 20 years later, Nintendo still cannot properly judge demand. I remember getting my N64 because we lucked into finding some at a small store in Hot Springs when we went for Thanksgiving.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 10:40 am to bbrownso
The n64 was plenty available in the fall
It really is the first hot Christmas item. That wasn't manufactured scarcity. Demand skyrocketed and it wasn't just so easy to poop out millions of them and ship them across the pacific by boat
The nes classic edition may be, but i don't know.
It really is the first hot Christmas item. That wasn't manufactured scarcity. Demand skyrocketed and it wasn't just so easy to poop out millions of them and ship them across the pacific by boat
The nes classic edition may be, but i don't know.
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