Bit on the sidelines with this one.... chavosaur posted a funny, but in my opinion not entirely true, piccie further up: regarding Amiibo, I don't think anyone including Nin would've guessed they'd be this popular...
This is a company that's losing after all - we've all read the "less than 20mill Wii Us sold in lifetime" etc stuff, and the 3DS is losing the battle against the mobile phone..... why release a new product and flood the market with 10s of millions of items that might not sell? Mario, Pikachu, Zelda, well they're dead certs for shifting copies, so concentrate on those....
It's a sad state of affairs looking on eBay at all the fukkin parasites taking advantage (don't get me started further on THAT subject, certainly don't mention the anniversary PS4s to me GRRR...
), but you can't totally blame Nintendo for that one just because they were being a little cautious. But if you must, I suppose you can add Sony up there for not producing enough anniversary model PS4s.... and the list goes on...
Regular model New 3DS in the US? Yeah you've got a point... stands to reason the XL variant will be the one shifting the most units, but a limited, perhaps order-only of the regular should be an option for you guys.... I suspect NoA are trying to shift all that 2DS stock and know a New regular 3DS would impact that...
Overall though this is a company in trouble, with a dead in the water console they must stick with for a good 2 years yet, and a handheld that's in a losing battle. As a business, their strategy needed to change, and not everyone is happy with change are they? Change also always has its teething troubles.... it'd be great if Nintendo could try to keep everyone happy (and generally they seem like a decent set of peeps to me, so would probably like to do this), but if they did that they'd be in the dole queue next monday, as a Nin fan if their change of focus rattles you you can either fukk 'em off or stick with them - as a consumer that's entirely your choice of course. Me.... I'm gonna stick with 'em
, though having the other two consoles under my telly does help ease any shortcomings I have with their Wii U!