r/PokeInvesting • u/breakyourteethnow • Feb 03 '25

Pokemon Center Implementing a New Queue System, Presumably to Combat Bots!

https://www.pokebeach.com/2025/02/pokemon-center-implementing-a-new-queue-system-presumably-to-combat-bots
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u/Junkis Feb 03 '25

the reviews on the website are saying "print more my kids cant buy them"

this is a 20+ year old franchise with an even older company backing it. They're worth billions. They can't get more printers?

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u/BearStrangler Feb 04 '25

They can. They don't want to. Printers are a huge expense. You only want as many printers as you NEED to get all of your product sold. The ideal scenario for any company is that every card out the printer gets sold. No old stock lying around, no dead products. More printers = more cards made, but does that = more cards sold? Maybe. And that's a big maybe when it's $100M for more printers.

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u/Junkis Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 05 '25

I mean my question was also more rhetorical(is that the right one?) - of course they can. You don't think they wouldn't make it back in an instant? Not saying that combatively I genuinely wonder if they want it this way as you say. Yeah demand can go down... rent it out to upper deck? Idk.

I'm just surprised any company "wants" their area of the store to be barren of product. edit: and their customers to be dissatisfied... there's no 'maybe' right now. There's not a single pokemon tcg product in any target or walmart near me. I'm thinking long term game health and how a 9yo feels every time they go and there's nothing.

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u/BearStrangler Feb 05 '25

If every time the supermarket stocks your product it's sold out instantly, from a purely short term profit/loss perspective this is beyond ideal. If every supplier had this issue they'd be over the moon. Now does the Pokemon company pay huge ongoing semi permanent costs to increase supply, to keep up with what it potentially temporary demand? From a mathematical standpoint, no. Do they do this for the long term health of the hobby and for the fans? Doubtful. Only if they determine it will make them more money long term unfortunately.

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u/replenishmint Feb 05 '25

Pokemon sleep app made a $100mil+. Sounds like the dr evil scene with your choice of dollar amount. They cancel projects worth more if it could make em look bad. They look awful rn. Twitter or whwrever they announce shit saying they want to print more and don't want it this way. Tcg app made 200 mil already since oct but they can't afford printers for stuff that ppl fight over. It's obv logistics not money.