Got one!

[Emperor Smeat]

Originally Posted by Droford If Nintendo supplied enough it wouldn't be a priblem. no one would want to buy more than 1 because there woukd be no resale market which only existed because Nintendo didn't make enough .

Outside of some really sure hits mostly in regards to games, Nintendo has been really stingy with production ever since the Gamecube era. Got burned big time because Microsoft ate a lot more of their marketshare than Sony's at the time.

Think it was only very recently they finally got around to adding another manufacturer company in order to boost their production. Even then it might be till the Switch's launch that the real increase capabilities ends up showing for them.