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NES Classic and Nintendo's futility trying to meet demand.
Soren:
So...how many times does Nintendo have to fail in order to understand that their failure to meet demand for their products at launch is hurting their already fragile business? They keep doing it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.
The announcement of the NES Classic was a viral hit and it tapped into a lot of people who either are casual gamers or lapsed gamers. It touched into that nostalgia. Nintendo had to understand that I was going to deliver a hit. And yet here were once again, with hardcore gamers and scalpers being the only people who can buy the system at launch and stores selling out their stock almost instantly. Check one of the links I posted above and you'll see journalists talking about how many pageviews their NES Classic stories got. Most stores got units in the double digits, going from as low as 20 to as many as 80. Some stores even got as few as 5 units! Crazy!
And fine, you want to talk me out of being angry because Limited Editions sell out in 2 minutes, go right ahead. But this was a product aimed at a casual market and the fact that people won't be able to buy it in the near future is a bit frustrating. Specially when I'm thinking of getting one as a gift for several people. It's insane.
For the record, I was able to get an NES Classic at a local Wal-Mart, after I went to my local Best Buy and saw a line of 100+ people wanting to buy 80 systems. Both stores had a 1 system per customer limit.
ShyGuy:
dang it.
Oedo:
Well, on the slightly brighter side, there's this via Nintendo of America:
--- Quote ---There will be a steady flow of additional systems through the holiday shopping season and into the new year. 2/3
--- End quote ---
After having the same thing happen with so many of their products over the past couple of years, it is pretty darn inexcusable for them to fall well short of meeting demand at launch again. But if they do manage to deliver a steady supply of additional units in a timely fashion, it'll at least be a marked improvement over the amiibo or GameCube adapter situation.
Kairon:
They seem to be having a lot of misses lately about what items will be in demand versus what items won't be in demand. Just look at the overstock of Animal Crossing Amiibo and Wii U, versus the understock of Amiibo Launch Waves and NES Classic.
Whoever predicts consumer demand for Nintendo Corporate these days needs to have their tea table upended.
Luigi Dude:
Yeah it's pretty fucking pathetic Nintendo keeps undershipping products that are guaranteed hits. The Wii was at least understandable since they were coming off the Gamecube and the design and appeal of the system was unproven and had no idea it'd be as big as it did, but the NES Classic being this hard to find is pure bullshit. Especially since this isn't even a new system like the Wii that will at least keep having new games coming out in the future. This is a one and done deal which they should have had 10 million plus units ready to ship since something like the NES Classic is going to be much easier to the casual audience to forget about if they can't find the damn thing.
Seriously this type of incompetence is what worries me the most about the Switch. Even if games like Zelda deliver, Nintendo could easily find a way to **** things up with a total lack of systems post launch that just kill the momentum.
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