From nintendo3dsblog.com 3DS launching in 2011 because of limited supplies, inability to manufacture enough hardware to match forecasts Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's president has said that they didn't want to launch the Nintendo 3DS during 2010 because they would "not be able to supply enough units" based on their forecasts (which suggest the 3DS will sell 4,000,000 units before the end of March 2011). This is actually quite surprising as Nintendo often seem quite adept at shipping products on a tight schedule and, even though the Wii had shortages it was because of those shortages in was perceived as must-have gadget. Everyone wants what they can't have, after all. Still, it helps to have fairly compelling justification, rather than just feeling like Nintendo is torturing us. Source: Nintendo World Report
I remember the Wii being impossible to find for nearly two years. Nintendo loves creating shortages. That way when someone walks into a Gamestop ans asks if they have a 3DS, the clerk will say "no, we're always sold out." Then the mom who's there buying a game with their kid will hear about the 3DS and infer that it is the hot new "it" toy.
I really think they need to come down from the $300 price tag on it. $249 would be more reasonable IMO.
kittensRjerks
The$300 price tag (25000 yen I think?) is only for Japan, an actual price for all other parts of the world has not been announced. Though yes, I do believe it will be between $220 and $249.99. No higher, though if it is higher, it will still sell well, just is not everyone in a single family will be able to get it at the same time.
^ why does everyone in a single family NEED a 3DS? In my family, I have a DS lite, my brother has my old GBA SP, and my parents aren't gamers, and I'm perfectly fine with that. Although it would be nice to have someone else to play DS games with besides my cousin.
I really think they need to come down from the $300 price tag on it. $249 would be more reasonable IMO.
kittensRjerks
The US price has not been announced. People are putting far too much value in the current exchange rate. Given how consoles are usually priced, the 3DS will almost certainly be $250 or less.
I remember the Wii being impossible to find for nearly two years. Nintendo loves creating shortages. That way when someone walks into a Gamestop ans asks if they have a 3DS, the clerk will say "no, we're always sold out." Then the mom who's there buying a game with their kid will hear about the 3DS and infer that it is the hot new "it" toy.JAB991
You got the scenario spot on.
Anyway wouldn't shortages help increase the popularity as a hot item?
I disagree, why would a Wii scenario 2.0 (where the system is nearly impossible to find for over a year after its release) be a good thing? Nintendo obviously learned from their problems with Wii shortages and are trying to get things right this time around with the 3DS. To all the people saying that by having a shortage of 3DS systems would make it sell better and be a hot "it" item everyone wants to buy: it already is a hot "it" item that tons of people want to buy, and demand doesn't do you any good if you don't have any systems to sell, so how would having fewer 3DS systems make them more money when there are tons of potential customers that want it and can't buy it because it is sold out? And look at other hot "it" gadgets like the iPhone 4, iPad, etc.: they may have sold out when they were first released and demand for them was insane, but Apple has been smart enough to make them easily available now, there isn't some Wii scenario going on where they are still very hard to buy for over a year after they come out, and sales of these things have been incredibly successful, so clearly something not being available doesn't actually help sales, but hinders them, for obvious reasons.
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