There Could Be Switch Shortages This Holiday And Here's One Reason Why

@gamer162594: The reason it happens to Nintendo and not Sony and Microsoft is because the latter two have simple needs. Every new system they come out with uses the same basic parts as the last system, only better. They don't change. They just upgrade. Then when they try to do something different, such as the Kinect or PS Move, it ends up not catching on, so they never get to the point of hitting any sort of choke point. And if the question of why Nintendo products are hard to find was intended as a separate question, I already answered that above.

You call attention to Nintendo focusing on video games and not being able to meet demand on any of their products. You're practically answering your own question there. Sony has their PS4, and technically the Vita to produce. Microsoft has the Xbox One. What does Nintendo have? The Switch, multiple incarnations of the 3DS, the SNES classic, and Amiibo, all of which require distinct parts from one another. Sony has to worry about their non video game products, sure, but to the best of my knowledge no one's super hyped for any of those, so the only thing they have to worry about a sudden demand on is a new console. It doesn't really lap over with Nintendo's supply issues because of a point you yourself were so adamant to present. Nintendo focuses entirely on video games. That's huge. If Nintendo makes something new, you hear about it. And there's demand for it because it's something new and unique. If Sony or Microsoft makes something new, it's an iterative product, likely not much, if any better than whatever came before it, excluding new consoles (which have demand while still being iterative) which are a rare occurrence.

Honestly, the only question which I can't really give you an answer for is your final one, simply for the reason that I don't follow things like 'market share' to give you a detailed analysis of it. I was under the impression that companies themselves had share values. I wasn't aware that there was such a thing as a 'console market share' so I'm afraid I'm not in a position to answer that one for you. I apologize for that.

That all said, it hasn't escaped me that you didn't really make an argument against any of my previous points. I've still yet to hear an explanation as to *why* you think Nintendo would intentionally cut their supplies short. The logic of supply and demand only goes so far. Once you have demand, I don't see any reason to further truncate it. Maybe I'm wrong and there is some psychology to it, but to my mind, there's just no reason to eat flack and not get paid for it.

Meanwhile, I'm just sitting here thinking about how literally two hours after my last post I hear about how Nintendo's planning to relaunch the NES classic later next year, right about the time they finish production of SNES classics. It's interesting how that's exactly what I said they'd do. So it's starting to feel like the way they've been handling both the Amiibo, and NES classic supports my claim. They did the same thing with the Amiibo, running through their scheduled waves before returning to older, popular models and relaunching them. They keep demand not from cutting their supplies short, but because they're always working on something new. And when they aren't they're rotating what they have. That's a whole lot more complex that just ordering a slightly faster processor.

All that said, we're really never going to see eye to eye on this. We see the world differently, you and I. You look at this situation and you see greed, and ineptitude and can't help but to call it out. This isn't a bad thing really. It's good to be skeptical, even cynical because it can help protect you from being taken advantage of. I don't fault you for that, though caution that it can lead to a leap in logical conclusion. I on the other hand, try to take others at their word and try to methodically conclude how that could be the case. This allows me to rationalize the situation from a foreign perspective. The down side here, is that sometimes people do lie, so I stand more the risk of being the fool, and being taken advantage of. I suppose I must seem willfully ignorant to you, just as you seem, quite honestly, negative, and shortsighted to me.

I'm really not trying to ridicule you, so please forgive me if it feels like I am. People are just people, and we have our own perspectives. It stands to reason that one of us is right, and the other is wrong. I naturally believe to be in the right, and trust the logic that led me to my conclusion. I trust you feel the same. So I hope you'll agree with me when I said I'd rather not draw out this discussion too much further, lest it become unnecessarily heated.

So, shall we simply agree to disagree? At the very least I had fun discussing it.