It was poorly worded then honestly, and unclear.
Now that's an exaggeration, but a fraction of what it originally sold? Totally warranted. I think you're highly underestimating how critically acclaimed this game was received for the high expectations it had as a remake of one of an award winning best game of all time. To say only a few people would buy this especially in the last year is highly misinformed. Again I can't stress enough, apparently to no avail, that it's successor was just released (and with the build up to it additionally) it's definitely garnered interest. To compare the 3ds releases that pale in comparison to the legacy of this game is negligible nonsense, this game influences consumer's decision to get this system. Forget how old the release is, ask freakin' Shipwreck he'd agree that people still love this game!
Ugh, but you must think this is your average Professor Layton game, quickly forgotten. We can agree to disagree due to different backgrounds and skills. Either way it's disappointing that gamers can't find this at a fair price anymore.
I actually do agree that this isn't just your average Professor Layton game. People had 4 years to get this game. It already went out of print once, and was given another run about a year ago. If you didn't take that as a sign that it wouldn't be on shelves forever, that's your own fault. See, this website tends to skew toward cheapasses, what with the name and all, who wait forever for a game to drop in price. That's fine, but you have to understand that in the vast majority of Nintendo releases, that just doesn't happen. They print enough to sell at full price based on retailers' orders and when sales have dried up at full price they just discontinue it. This isn't anything new with Nintendo. If you haven't figured this out by now then that's your own fault.
"Different backgrounds and skills"? I have no idea what that means, skill at waiting to buy games?
Also, just because a semi-successor is coming out doesn't mean sufficient people will be chomping at the bit to play the previous version. Look at Link Between Worlds. No one was going on and on about not being able to get Link to the Past anymore.
Look, Zelda being my favorite franchise, I didn't absolutely have to play Link to the Past before I played Link Between Worlds. In fact, it's been a couple years since I've played it. Partially because, despite that dumbass Hyrule Historia book, they're all independent games and stories. There's not really any
direct sequels that require knowledge of previous games to understand subsequent games.
Furthermore, there's plenty of instances of other publishers not reprinting older games in the series when actual, direct sequels come out. For instance, the Orange Box didn't get a reprint when Portal 2 came out. Different publishers yes, but there could have been some demand there, under your theory. Saints Row is another example. Hell I remember having a hell of a time tracking down Dead Space 1 when 2 came out. We're talking about direct sequels here that actually have a story reason to play the previous version and yet publishers aren't reprinting those games.
Quite a few, actually. When I look at the top 10 best rated games of 2011 the only one that isn't in print is Skyward Sword, another Zelda Nintendo game.
Available at a decent price doesn't automatically equate to still in print. Many of those games will likely have existing stock, likely in platinum hits, but they aren't raising in price because there's already so many copies out there, because well they printed a ridiculous amount in the first place. Way more than their orders, unlike Nintendo who, going back to a previous part of the discussion, prints much closer to their retailer order numbers.
We've already been over that, see the previous posts. And it's not about collecting, the digital version has no resale value and you can't, say, loan it to a friend if you want to. So once you buy it, in monetary terms it's pretty much worthless lol.
See, here's where you're losing me. You are swearing up and down about how much this game means to you in spite of the fact that A) you had 4 years to buy it and failed to do so and B) are already contemplating situations in which you would like to resell it. If this game is so important to you, then why would you ever care about selling it? And borrowing it to a friend? Come on, honestly when's the last time you actually did that?