Video Games Thread - Gamertags in 1st post

[WRXtranceformed]

I don't know a single person that bought a classic or that was upset they couldn't get one. I don't even think I saw a single post about it from any of my friends on facebook.I don't think the demand is what you think it is.

I mean, Nintendo executives themselves admitted that they misunderstood the market. I don't think there was as much profitability planning or artificial demand production as you guys think :lol:

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Discussing the NES Classic shortages (the system remains sold out basically everywhere following its November 2016 launch), Fils-Aime said it was simple matter of demand outpacing supply. But why?

"When we looked at that proposition what we believed was the adults, 30-40 years old, who grew up playing NES as a kid, 10 years old or so but had stepped away from the gaming category--that was going to be the buyer [of the NES Classic]," Fils-Aime said.

"As we thought about that, that led us to a certain level of supply."

The reality, however, was that the lapsed gamer and the "more active gamer" bought the NES Classic, leading to a demand that Nintendo didn't fully anticipate and in turn the supply issues.

"That was the maketplace disconnect that happened," Fils-Aime said.