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Topic	Do MS/Sony/Nintendo deliberately manufacture fewer consoles at launch?
Zeus 12/19/20 5:53:44 AM #7:	FatalAccident posted... Seems deliberate, to build hype maybe. lol, this old silly theory again. There's no real benefit to creating an artificial scarcity long-term product offering where the real money is based on lifetime software sales rather than the console itself, which is often a loss-leader. Limited-run strategies are really reserved more for collectibles and fashion. By contrast, game companies WANT to get consoles in as many hands as possible. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:948519221] in Do MS/Sony... [t:79185893]...</cite> <quote>FatalAccident posted... </cite> <quote>Seems deliberate, to build hype maybe.</quote> lol, this old silly theory again. There's no real benefit to creating an artificial scarcity long-term product offering where the real money is based on lifetime software sales rather than the console itself, which is often a loss-leader. Limited-run strategies are really reserved more for collectibles and fashion. By contrast, game companies WANT to get consoles in as many hands as possible. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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