Tendo City

Apparently, it's becoming a huge problem for collector's items in gaming. By all reports, things like Amiibos and the upcoming collector's editions of Majora's Mask 3DS (both the game and the special edition console) were basically sold out the hour they were announced. Huge numbers of eBay sales appeared that day, for items that aren't even out yet. I recall this being an issue when the PS3 came out, so this isn't exactly new, but according to what I've been reading it's become an industry now, massively scaled up from what it used to be. In the past, those pre orders were usually from a handful of individual buyers making a quick buck, but now there's basically companies who's entire business model is "watch news feeds and smash the preorder button when keywords like "Zelda" and "Final Fantasy" show up", and legitimate buyers can't compete.

Anyone run into such issues? For my part, I haven't bought a collector's edition in years. However, Zelda is my teacozy, and I will buy pretty much any special version of that. I've run into issues getting that Skull Kid statuette.

Yeah, this does seem to be a problem that's getting worse, and Nintendo seems to help these people out by seriously under-shipping a lot of stuff to the US. I mean, if you want any Amiibo other than the common ones you see everywhere... good luck, you'll probably need ebay and plenty of money to get them. The Majora's Mask limited edition New 3DS XL seems to have been shipped in tiny numbers, most preorders have been cancelled. I am sure a lot of the few they made will end up on ebay for quite a bit more than they should.

Seriously, there's no good reason for Nintendo to be so cautious, there's clearly demand.

I don't know exactly what numbers Nintendo had for these special editions, is there an official report?