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Talking about the Classic NES system that was recently released: "It’s possible Nintendo limited stock to create a bottleneck, and thereby a holiday phenomenon
by Taylor_OD 10y ago
Talking about the Classic NES system that was recently released:
"It’s possible Nintendo limited stock to create a bottleneck, and thereby a holiday phenomenon. But more likely, the company just didn’t anticipate demand for an official re-release of its three-decade old flagship."
Isn't it kinda Nintendo's thing to bottleneck their consoles? Does anyone else remember having to wait in huge lines to get a Wii? The Switch will likely have the same "issue"
- jamesgeck0 10y agoNintendo does lowball console production, but the Wii is a bit of an abnormality. At one point it was selling more than the Xbox 360 and PS3 put together.
- bobajeff 10y agoThis is actually an old accusation of Nintendo going back to the original NES and it's cartridges. The truth then (and likey today) was that demand is hard to calculate and supply costs money. Nintendo I'm sure greatly underestimated the demand for NES Mini convincing themselves that 'nobody wants to play classic games today but what people actually want is new games with our characters and bits of nostalgia put in'. They were wrong of course as evident by NES Mini sales versus that of Wii U sales.
- no_wave 10y agoNobody accurately forecasted the Wii's popularity. Nintendo would have been insane to actually make as many consoles as they ended up needing. Nintendo's released a lot of products and while not having enough supply is annoying, dramatic oversupply can be catastrophic.