| Topic List | Page List: 1 |
|---|---|
| Topic | Super Geek Odyssey |
| ParanoidObsessive 07/29/17 5:00:16 AM #276: | The Wave Master posted... Continuing my rant against Nintendo. I read an article about the shortages of The Nintendo Switch in Japan. The lines are still miles long Supposedly Nintendo was surprised by how successful demand for the Switch was, even above and beyond their usual pattern of underproducing consoles to generate artificial supply/demand. I can easily see that being a problem, especially in Japan where the consumer-base is probably both the most pro-Nintendo and the most pro-handheld (per capita). The Wave Master posted... You stand in a line for hours just to get raffle tickets to get a chance, a chance, to buy the system. Pretty sure that's actually a thing in America as well, though. It's not common, but I seem to remember it has been used in some cases for some things at various times. The real problem is that the Japanese have always been more obsessive about video games in general. THEY love Dragon Quest so much they have to make its release days national holidays because everyone skips work anyway, WE wind up having so many unsold copies of the game Nintendo Power has to give them away for free. Things like Black Friday sales aside, the Japanese are way more likely to be the ones staking out an electronics store for games more than Americans ever really do. So you're always going to see the more extreme scenarios there first before anything comparable happens here. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family ... Copied to Clipboard! |
| Topic List | Page List: 1 |