Demand for online games gives Nintendo the Obamacare disease

Published December 27, 2013 5:00am ET



Children around the world woke up Christmas morning to open their presents, with millions receiving video games and video game systems as gifts. Sadly, for those who received Nintendo games and systems, they’ll be forced to endure wait times for online purchases akin to what their parents went through with healthcare.gov.

I learned the problem firsthand on Thursday, when I tried to purchase a game for my Nintendo 3DS XL (which was totally something cool like Legend of Zelda, and not at all girlie like Harvest Moon). The game I wanted wasn’t at any of the nearby GameStops, so I decided I would purchase and download it from Nintendo’s eShop service on my device.

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