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The Wave Master posted...

Why does Nintendo always do this artificial shortage crap? Every single big ticket product is a struggle to get. The Wii, 3DS, Aniibo, The Switch. It's old and I'm sick of their insanity.

Come on, we've been over this. It's been explained by not just from me, but countless others on here how this line is, from every possible angle, utter false and makes no sense. Yet you keep repeating it. That's not how supply and demand works, Wave.

That said, this DOES appear to be a true case of drumming up hype. It's less artificial shortage and more of a promotional run. Which isn't crazy in itself if you're talking about a physical product- Nintendo has done limited special edition bundles of games before (like the 4 game Zelda bundle on the GCN), as have other companies. But that stops making sense when the digital is a limited run, too. And it's a Mario bundle, so it's going to sell regardless. Quite odd indeed.

But it's just as odd to get in a huff about it. If you don't like Mario enough to get the games within 6 months of release, chances you were never going to get it anyways. No harm, no foul, as stupid as it is. Now, No SMG 2 included IS something to get mad about. That's truly a very odd and glaring omission. I'd probably buy the bundle if it had that, just to keep them all in one nice, portable place. But I still have both SMG and the DS64 one (and never cared enough for Sunshine to resist it) that I'll probably pass.


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