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Mead posted...

Doesnt nintendo have a history of intentional creating scarcity of their products? Im sure the game is selling very well but its got some steep competition this year

I don't know people are telling you this is incorrect. As somebody who is very close with a business owner, who deals with Nintendo, it is 100% real. He once tested the theory by pre-order 300 Pikachu 3DS'. Since the point of a pre-order is to test market demand, there should be more than enough units produced, right? Wrong - he'd be lucky to get 3. Hell, when the New 3DS dropped he actually had to go to Wal-Mart and buy out their stock (from multiple Wal-Marts) just to meet his pre-order. As someof you are aware, nerds are an angry bunch - if you don't have their pre-order, you will not see their money again. And, for the record, this is in the same city as the TC so I am not surprised there was a limited supply of anything Nintendo.

Do people honestly think it is a coincidence Nintendo ships on Friday as well? It is because it lets the item sizzle for the weekend, nobody is getting a re-supply until Monday, at least. Even then, the orders are limited so that is unlikely.