>>57358656I doubt it, other than the headache of having to figure out how to balance the response. Not panic, but figuring out exactly what, if any, response is actually worth it. The problem is you can't rely upon this kind of hype. Even more than getting a bunch of servers to handle a big multiplayer launch, just buying up a bunch of print runs or even printers themselves isn't so carelessly done. What if the "bubble" immediately bursts and now you have a ton of capital and print runs no one wants? That's way worse than the ultimately temporary problem of not meeting demand or scalpers running rampant.
Thing is, unless people just completely don't want to get Pokemon cards for the next few years, the inconveniences faced by the vendors and retailers is kind of not important. If people want to buy the cards, the retailers will sell them. They'll only not when it's actually a problem too, like with the crazy scalpers making a scene. But in that case, someone else is gonna want the limited inventory anyway and once that stops happening as the market cools, they'll stock them again if, again, the customers still want to buy cards. And I can't think of a single TCG that just died because an investor bubble made it inconvenient for awhile. This isn't beanie babies, the Pokemon TCG has been running near continuously for the last 25+ years. Even when the current nonsense dies down, it's incredibly unlikely to just completely die away as a product.
