Response to Congestion (as of Dec. 15)

[Hasrat]

What's really wild with the suspending sales/advertising is... they may very likely have no solid idea how long they'll have to be suspended. Maybe they're hoping, like the rest of us, that things calm down quickly enough that they can resume sales by the end of the year or something. But, they could seriously be looking at waiting until they've got new hardware...

That is grim. I mean, I know they won't necessarily be suffering for it. But, that's definitely an admission of defeat, that they can't keep up.

[Yahallo]

What's really wild with the suspending sales/advertising is... they may very likely have no solid idea how long they'll have to be suspended. Maybe they're hoping, like the rest of us, that things calm down quickly enough that they can resume sales by the end of the year or something. But, they could seriously be looking at waiting until they've got new hardware...

That is grim. I mean, I know they won't necessarily be suffering for it. But, that's definitely an admission of defeat, that they can't keep up.

Just goes to show how severe the chip shortage is. To be honest, I think they may not fully realize how popular the game is. I imagine the situation feels rather surreal to them. Like it is really weird saying that a game sold too well.

[DamianFatale]

Just goes to show how severe the chip shortage is. To be honest, I think they may not fully realize how popular the game is. I imagine the situation feels rather surreal to them. Like it is really weird saying that a game sold too well.

It's also possible they are being humble to avoid looking like narcissists.

[Kes13a]

What's really wild with the suspending sales/advertising is... they may very likely have no solid idea how long they'll have to be suspended. Maybe they're hoping, like the rest of us, that things calm down quickly enough that they can resume sales by the end of the year or something. But, they could seriously be looking at waiting until they've got new hardware...

That is grim. I mean, I know they won't necessarily be suffering for it. But, that's definitely an admission of defeat, that they can't keep up.

I think its more an admission of very upper management they were wrong.

digital keys do not have to be produced, so can "stock" billions.

I imagine they had a planning meeting to set a cap on those keys way back, maybe 2020, on how many copies they could sell and not have what happened, happen. Yoshi and the server team was overruled when they ran out of keys and kept selling more. my guess is that some suit far higher up said, sell more, we can cope...

if nothing else, next time maybe they'll listen to Yoshi and the server team and abide by whatever caps they set.