well apparently, its because not enough people are interested in buying them, so they only sell them online, so that not many people know they exist, which means less people buy them, so they put them on the online store only, so you have to know what youre looking for if you do find them becuase.... yeah get the point?
Also because 3rd party companies aren't able to make them, because GC component cables require a DAC chip to convert the digital signal... Which makes the cable expensive. I don't know if it's the cost or if Nintendo has some copyright lock on the DAC design that's preventing 3rd parties from making GC component cables.
not likely that theyll take them off the online store, since they have a system set up where you can mail in a new model GC and get it replaced if you want one with digital output.
