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naruball said:
Alkibiádēs said:

It came out 4 months ago. By this time the Xbox One sales already dropped off a cliff and the same can be said about Wii U and PS Vita (which never had great sales to begin with). 

Of course NES Mini sold out, nostalgia is a powerful thing. SNES Mini, if stocked properly, could outsell Xbox One and more this holiday season. 

Yes, but compare the NES mini's 4th year with Xbox one's fourth year and you'll see why your comparison of NS with ps4 is problematic. 

Also, what shortages did wiiu and psvita face?
Shortages do help create hype, hence the sales of amiibos when they weren't in stock with when they were and most people stopped caring.

The problem with arguing about shortages creating hype is that the numbers themselves can show the is genuine hype with out them, NS with shortages is selling at PS4 levels a platform that itself is selling beyond well. This highlights genuinely that the is high demand, looking at the numbers on this site NS passed 4m back in May and would passed 5m heading to 6m right now, that is on par with other high demand platforms.

Vita and WiiU didn't have shortages simply because of one fact they weren't anywhere near the demand the Switch has right now, shortages don't create demand and hype it's the other way around.