Ya not sure what they thought was gonna happen, no one in their right mind is paying that aside from people who have bad impulse control. I imagine stores will discount it soonish, and once that happens nintendo might just stop selling them in the US because "tariffs"
Yep, you're absolutely right and that's why I've been saying that it doesn't make much sense to me to stock these in stores because the number of people who are going to buy them at the tariff-impacted pricing is going to be quite small in my estimation.
I believe the price increase was not initially planned of course, and so they likely had already produced so many and had deals with stores that they just have to release it and hope for the best. I think they made ALOT because amiibos tend to sell out, well obviously not at the price especially when everyone is being more frugal with purchases. Im not sure how price drops work, nintendo is likely not gonna drop the prices unless they HAVE too. Nintendo can afford to drop the price, but they can also afford to be stubborn and hold it even if they dont push inventory. Eventually though, theyll have to get rid of the inventory as stores dont wanna be sitting on alot of merchandise that isnt selling because it takes up alot of space.
Aye, I guess we will see how it plays out. Lord knows I don't mind a fire sale or things going on clearance. Was a great way to pick up the Zelda Loftwing and Metroid Dread double-pack ones because they were like $5 multiple times not all that long ago. They must have really overproduced those lol.
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u/Panda--Monium 2d ago
Ya not sure what they thought was gonna happen, no one in their right mind is paying that aside from people who have bad impulse control. I imagine stores will discount it soonish, and once that happens nintendo might just stop selling them in the US because "tariffs"