blazeuk
Member
I buy them due to them being collectible and don't want to miss out on them later, as that's something I do in general, however I am consistent at least, I bought RCR, Rez, Shovel Knight Vita, and any other ones I see. If they were not limited, i'd buy most of them later at a cheaper price, so my main goal is to have them, but unfortunately most people only see the appeal BECAUSE they are collectible. Much like Amiibo, you had tons of people going in for chars they didn't even know about just because, once they became common no one cared (aside me, I have them all)
But having stock which lasts longer than 5 minutes isn't a bad thing, just because it's still available a few hours later doesn't mean it's not still going to be rare/collectable and it also gives more people who are interested a better chance of getting a copy, SC is now sold out so there's definitely a balance to be had where releases last longer but still sell out (selling 6900 copies in less than a day is still stupidly quick!). LRG could definitely look at increasing Vita print runs without it affecting anything.
Rez doesn't seem to be doing all that well because the price point is higher which puts people off anyway but I know for me as much as I'm interested in getting it I can't support a company which is charging so much for postage when it obviously costs nowhere near that, it would cost close to £45 for 1 release when 3 games cost me £70 from LRG.