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[MagitekAngel]

A fat lot of good that does when you can only purchase Xenoblade from GB/Gamestop anyway.

[Mendon]

MagitekAngel, on Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:38 AM, said:

A fat lot of good that does when you can only purchase Xenoblade from GB/Gamestop anyway.

Yeah, that was my point.

I'm not sure what Nintendo's business plan is anymore. Xenoblade, Circle Pad Pro, Crush 3D.... all recent retail exclusives to GameStop (with Nintendo Store web orders). Not sure how you make sales numbers when the product is so difficult to purchase.


Mendon

[Mord]

Mendon, on Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:57 AM, said:

MagitekAngel, on Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:38 AM, said:

A fat lot of good that does when you can only purchase Xenoblade from GB/Gamestop anyway.

Yeah, that was my point.

I'm not sure what Nintendo's business plan is anymore. Xenoblade, Circle Pad Pro, Crush 3D.... all recent retail exclusives to GameStop (with Nintendo Store web orders). Not sure how you make sales numbers when the product is so difficult to purchase.


Mendon

I'd presume that Gamestop is paying for the exclusive, at which point Nintendo wouldn't need to make the sales in volume.

I got Xenoblade all the same since gamestop didn't gut every copy in the store. Otherwise I'd just walk away from it regardless of it being an exclusive to gamestop.

[cimerians]

Oh crap. I just saw what you guys said. Its a Gamestop exclusive.

[Mendon]

Mord, on Sat Apr 14, 2012 2:54 PM, said:

I'd presume that Gamestop is paying for the exclusive, at which point Nintendo wouldn't need to make the sales in volume.

It would be interesting (at least to me) to know what kind of deal has been worked out between GameStop and Nintendo. Crush 3D, the Circle Pad Pro, and Xenoblade are all GS exclusives. Plus GS had exclusive sales, via a point card, for the download of the Kid Icarus 3D remake for the first month of its availability. There are also rumors floating around that Pandora's Tower and another 3DS title will be GS exclusives.

It's not like Nintendo has a warehouse full of these products that they are trying to unload at any price because they aren't selling. These are all new products that have to be produced in order to sell and I can't imagine Nintendo manufacturing them for pennies on the dollar just for GameStop. Doesn't sound like the typical Nintendo business model.

GS makes money, that's for sure. But to fund all of the above projects with the hope to not only make their investment back but also return a profit on products that probably wouldn't be huge sellers on any store shelf.... that doesn't sound like the typical GS business model.

It would be interesting as hell to me to know the real story.


Mendon

Edited by Mendon, Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:22 AM.