Sensationalising “a simple $35 desk toy” selling out in a week is disingenuous and (in at least one sense of the word) sloppy journalism if we consider that sai

Sensationalising “a simple $35 desk toy” selling out in a week is disingenuous and (in at least one sense of the word) sloppy journalism if we consider that said toy is merch for a product that once won Guinness World Record as the best-selling video game of all time and which has such cult status that a second-hand unopened copy recently got sold for multiple millions of dollars. Respectfully, and not to detract from Nintendo’s chops in any way, but I suspect almost any genuine product that is Super Mario Bros. themed is guaranteed to sell very well; the bar is very low when a franchise is this well-recognized. [0] Possibly in more than one way…