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arkarian

2017-07-18 02:07:46 pm

red chamber dream

... you know the switch is the fastest selling console ever, right?

DJGrenola

2017-07-18 02:17:36 pm

no thanks to me!

ryu

2017-07-18 02:37:01 pm

wasn't that only in the very early months? there are no big western AAA games coming to it as far as I know so I don't expect it to hold it up. it doesn't have memes like wii fit and an unbeatable price tag either

arkarian

2017-07-18 05:34:15 pm

red chamber dream

?????

by all indications, it's going to continue to be a huge success

arkarian

2017-07-18 05:34:45 pm

red chamber dream

Quote from DJGrenola:

no thanks to me!

i don't have one either. waiting for that odyssey

tomatobob

2017-07-18 06:00:07 pm

One shall stand, one shall ball.

The only real problem the Switch is having atm is that Nintendo produces about fifteen units of whatever they sell these days.

arkarian

2017-07-18 07:00:50 pm

red chamber dream

yeah, they're way behind on supply given the insane demand

arkarian

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arkarian: 2017-07-18 07:01:53 pm

2017-07-18 07:01:45 pm

red chamber dream

but nintendo doesn't know how to run a business, make money, or give customers what they want, so it's no surprise

DJGrenola

2017-07-18 07:04:31 pm

they're one of those rare companies that somehow succeed in spite of themselves rather than because of themselves

arkarian

2017-07-18 07:22:53 pm

red chamber dream

totally. the main reason being that they make incredible video games

arkarian

2017-07-18 07:23:57 pm

red chamber dream

i think they're also super conservative + unable to predict the market. "oh, we don't know how many people would be interested in a nes classic, so we'll only make a few"

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DJGrenola

2017-07-18 07:25:33 pm

yeah the "not enough units" thing is pretty strange

it sort of made sense with amiibo, artificial scarcity sort of has its uses, but doing it for consoles is just bizarre

Serris

2017-07-18 07:54:20 pm

I dread the day Nintendo realizes the full extent to which they could exploit the nostalgia for all their past systems and games

arkarian

2017-07-18 08:00:10 pm

red chamber dream

i don't. it's what we all want lol

arkarian

2017-07-18 08:00:45 pm

red chamber dream

Quote from DJGrenola:

yeah the "not enough units" thing is pretty strange

it sort of made sense with amiibo, artificial scarcity sort of has its uses, but doing it for consoles is just bizarre

i honestly think they're not doing it on purpose and never have. they just don't want extra stock that they won't sell ... they were probably burned by the n64 and gamecube and haven't got their confidence back

Opium

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Opium: 2017-07-19 08:03:11 am

2017-07-19 08:02:57 am

my gaming partner and I argue about this. I say there's no way in hell ninty increases demand for their products by purposely not making enough. There is NO benefit for them if they do that. Absolutely none. The only people who benefit from that are scalpers. That's all.

DJGrenola

2017-07-19 08:28:22 am

I'm pretty sure economic theory shows that it doesn't work

the only reason I think it might make some sense for things like amiibo is that it generates you extra publicity, particularly in a market like gaming where there are a thousand desperate, shit news sites that are champing at the bit to print literally anything

Opium

2017-07-19 08:37:29 am

ok but what good is that publicity to nintendo? So it raises demand and has people talking. So what? They don't make any money from that. The only thing good about demand is the profit you reap when you meet that demand. They're not meeting it, therefore no profit.

DJGrenola

2017-07-19 08:54:34 am

I dunno, mindshare, it generates an unconscious impression that nintendo stuff is rare and valuable

I agree it's probably just incompetence rather than some piece of marketing ninjitsu though