redmetal86
Member
Can we drop the "they restricted supply on purpose" line now?
It'll never happen.
Can we drop the "they restricted supply on purpose" line now?
True, the Vita version had crazy legs.You won't get any 'cause it's digital only for now.
I don't think the full impact of Minecraft will be felt until the retail copies drop.
I hope this ends the artificial shortages narrative.
they sold the wii u at a loss. if the thing is unexpectedly popular, then give people more. unlike the ps4 or xb1, you're more likely to buy accessories for switch in addition to games.
They're making a killing on these things if accurate, since there's no way Nintendo would sell the Switch at a loss.
edit: I actually had entirely forgotten the Wii U was sold at a loss. Either way, if they are able to take a momentary $45 hit, they must be making a tidy profit out of this one-time air freight.
They're making a killing on these things if accurate, since there's no way Nintendo would sell the Switch at a loss.
edit: I actually had entirely forgotten the Wii U was sold at a loss. Either way, if they are able to take a momentary $45 hit, they must be making a tidy profit out of this one-time air freight.
Are those numbers really accurate? I can send a package from Germany to China via air freight at about the same price. Businesses should be able to get better deals.
They're making a killing on these things if accurate, since there's no way Nintendo would sell the Switch at a loss.
edit: I actually had entirely forgotten the Wii U was sold at a loss. Either way, if they are able to take a momentary $45 hit, they must be making a tidy profit out of this one-time air freight.
Most modern 600 dollar smartphones actually have only 200-250 dollars worth of materials in them.
The switch is, to my knowledge, top 2 or 3 powerful devices in tablet form on the market right now. But the switch also has redundancies in hardware due to the nature of the joycons. Extra batteries, bluetooth receivers, accelerometers, motors, etc.
I thought it was proven that the margins on switch are small. It costs like $250 to manufacture.
they probably used fake planes since demand for the Switch is all fake anyway./s
Now the system is hard to find again.
Thanks Mario Kart 8.
Can we drop the "they restricted supply on purpose" line now?
If anything, it's a good sign that the narrative has moved from "let's wait a year to see if this launch is actually successful!" to "they should have manufactured 5 million units for launch!" We've advanced from denial to anger. Can't wait for the bargaining phase.
What would depression look like, I wonder?
"All of the multiplats are going to get gimped by Switch, aren't they?"
But they said it doesn't get AAA games and then if it does they'll move the goalpost to something else?This is guaranteed to become a talking point if Switch starts receiving any level of AAA third party support.
Are those numbers really accurate? I can send a package from Germany to China via air freight at about the same price. Businesses should be able to get better deals.
That's nice that they did that but it gives me the impression that they aren't super confident.
I don't blame them after WiiU.
Hopefully it all goes better than expected for Nintendo.
I chuckled.Holy shit, people would actually die.
link this topic anytime someone mentions "artificial scarcity"
"All of the multiplats are going to get gimped by Switch, aren't they?"
But artificial demand!
Undershipping means lost money and sales. People need to understand that. Nintendo is SPENDING MORE to ship more.
Sony did the same for UK PS4 launch.
In fairness, it's an analyst making that estimate. So it might be lower, but Nintendo is still likely paying a heftier cost than usual shipping.
link this topic anytime someone mentions "artificial scarcity"
we should just start calling it what it is, fucking salt.
Can we drop the "they restricted supply on purpose" line now?
I really doubt that 5000 yen number is accurate, but good on Nintendo.
In regards to the Switch, yes. But on NES Classics, special editions and such, it's either that or incompetence.
It's either that or Nintendo is just boneheaded when it comes to shipping enough product. There's no excuse for the case with the NES Classic. There was clear and obvious demand for it, and yet they didn't produce more. I don't really buy "artificial scarcity", but Nintendo definitely fucked up big time in shipping it, and instead opted to discontinue it less than 6 months of being on the market.
So they failed to gauge market demand for yet another product? When is this going to stop being a thing with Nintendo?
I don't know, they got it right with WiiU and 3DS, now they are back with their artificial scarcity... Right?So they failed to gauge market demand for yet another product? When is this going to stop being a thing with Nintendo?
link this topic anytime someone mentions "artificial scarcity"