Why does nintendo do this...[underproduction]

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Originally posted by Cyco
Two words... that's lame.

(thats three... damnit) but that really is lame that businesses do stuff like that to jack up the prices... :(

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Nintendo isn't jacking up the prices. They're creating a demand for their product. If little kids can't get what they want, they're whine and moan about it for days. Then this kid's friends will hear about it and want it too. Suddenly a fresh new batch of games come in and everybody buys it. It's still the same price, but more people want it now.

If nintendo is so against printing more copies of a game, how come I can go to TRU and see 50 copies of a mario party, dr mario or something?

The most anticipated game for most gamers in 6 years, and you're telling me that there's a risk it won't sell?

I dunno man, they just seem to have tapped out and rolled over to bite the pillow now.

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Originally posted by SearchManX

Nintendo isn't jacking up the prices. They're creating a demand for their product. If little kids can't get what they want, they're whine and moan about it for days. Then this kid's friends will hear about it and want it too. Suddenly a fresh new batch of games come in and everybody buys it. It's still the same price, but more people want it now.

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Nintendo is in some dire straits if it needs to artificially create demand for a Miyamoto Mario release.

Anyway, the whole "shortage creates demand" theory is ridiculous. There are far better ways to create hype. If there aren't enough copies on shelves when a consumer goes to pick it up, Nintendo can't sell a game that isn't there, and that consumer may pick up some other game. And a die-hard fan who buys the game for more than the MSRP isn't sending any of that money to Nintendo.

The same thing applies to the PS2 launch. The PS2 is successful in spite of and not because of the release shortages. Sony could have sold a lot more units a lot earlier if the supply was there.

So, why only make 400K or so available 1st week?

Production?

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Originally posted by mattvanstone
So, why only make 400K or so available 1st week?

Production?

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Perhaps, although mini-discs and documentation should be a cinch to produce. Maybe it has to do with overconservative or inept production management. It could well be that Nintendo only ships 400,000 copies of any game a week, and they don't bother to make exceptions.

I don't know why they underproduce. I'm just saying it doesn't make sense economically.

Word gets around of shortages and people that were going to wait to buy it get whipped up into a frenzy. Why is this hard to understand?

It's hard to understand, for a simple reason.

If word gets around that it is hard to find, and there is a limited quantity, then people don't get into a frenzy, they get pissed off.

If there are 400K games, and 600K people want them, those 200K aren't going to be happy. Most'll probably buy it, but if FFXII launches with 400K, there's going to be a lot of pissed off people around.

Those people who get left out in the cold will know better next time. I'm pissed at Konami for not rereleasing Dracula X on a new console but that doesn't change things does it?

If people want it, they're pay money for it plain and simple. This has happened with nearly every one of Nintendo's major releases. I was looking everywhere for Zelda: Majora's Mask during Christmas time and I had no luck. I waited and waited and eventually got it in February. I still enjoyed it, and I know better next time.

You win some and you lose some. Businesses don't have to take every single customer they can get. If that were true, there wouldn't be "lists" to get into clubs in NYC.

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Originally posted by SearchManX
Those people who get left out in the cold will know better next time. I'm pissed at Konami for not rereleasing Dracula X on a new console but that doesn't change things does it?

If people want it, they're pay money for it plain and simple. This has happened with nearly every one of Nintendo's major releases. I was looking everywhere for Zelda: Majora's Mask during Christmas time and I had no luck. I waited and waited and eventually got it in February. I still enjoyed it, and I know better next time.

You win some and you lose some. Businesses don't have to take every single customer they can get. If that were true, there wouldn't be "lists" to get into clubs in NYC.

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Drac X is a totally different story. It was produced for a niche console, and Konami wasn't sure of its sales. They were not trying to drum up demand.

Likewise, Majora's Mask is a totally different story. It wasn't a sure sell because of the decline of the N64. Still, the game was readily available that October, and still is now.

A club in NYC has a limited capacity. Nintendo doesn't, or at least, shouldn't. If every human being on Earth wants to buy 10 copies of SMS, then they should be happy to sell 10 copies to every human being on Earth. Cutting supply only makes sense when prices can rise. Even if Nintendo only makes 10 copies of SMS altogether, the MSRP is still going to $49.99, and any increases in price occur in the aftermarket.

The whole "shortages drum up demand" argument is totally bankrupt. What makes a game more enticing? Hearing a friend bitch about how he can't find a game? Or going to his house and playing it? If a game (or a console) has more hype than substance, maybe it would be better to sell it on hype. But we're talking about Mario here.

NINTENDO HAS ABSOFRIGGINGLUTELY NOTHING TO GAIN BY UNDERPRODUCING SUNSHINE.

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8 - Kamaitachi no Yoru 2 - PS2 - (Chun Software) - July 18, 2002
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