Okay, here is why your argument makes no sense. If you are making 1000 switches an hour but people are buying 1500 switches an hour, that is still not a natural shortage. You can always pony up more cash to increase your manufacturing capabilities.
In other words, your first scenario is the same exact thing as your second scenario except it doesn't have the conspiratorial non-factual spin.
"Natural" manufacturing shortages are only real in circumstances where NATURAL resources are scarce. An example of a natural resource are metals, diamonds, plants, water, food, etc.
That type of shortage simply doesn't affect the videogame industry. All shortages in videogame hardware are due to misaligned projections, investments and planning.
im just tyring to explain what people mean with this >_>
i dont remember too well but a company that provided a part of the wii u shutted down or something, so yeah, there can be shortage of parts making you produce less products by hour,
it is not just "natural" resources
edit: also no, you just cant throw more money and make more products,
foxconn is manufacturing this shit, and they manufacture a lot more of products, they know how much employees and hours and bla bla bla they need to meet the numbers of units that nintendo or whatever company requires.
so if the products is selling really fast, you just cant give them more money and whoop! suddenly there are more switch, foxconn need to plan to create new plants or something and that takes time, they dont just pop in from thin air and start making 500 more switchs, so yeah, in that case, thats a natural shortage i think\
if nintendo estimated to sell 500 switchs an hour and they suddenly selling 1000, they need time to plan the production and cover that demand.
