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curl-6 on 17 July 2019
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The_Liquid_Laser said:
curl-6 said:

If Switch stays above 200k throughout July and August I'll be impressed. If it dips below that i early Sept that'd be understandable, Japan especially is gonna hold their breath for the Lite.

I seriously think Nintendo are gonna have supply issues again from the release of Lite to the end of the year; Switch's sales were already really good, add both a $200 revision and the absolute onslaught of games it's getting in the last four months of the year, including Pokemon, Dragon Quest, and Luigi's Mansion, and I can see them having serious trouble keeping up with demand.

Yes, I agree.  In fact I've been saying this for a while now.  I think Nintendo is going to be in short supply around the holidays.  They only projected 18m for this fiscal year.  Is there any doubt that they will shoot far past that?  With the new models coming out, I just hope they've been building up a big inventory.

Pretty much; funnily enough, while they forecast 20 million for last year and fell way short due to their weak lineup, I actually think there's a decent chance they'll pass 20 million this FY while only forecasting 18 million. But only if they're smart enough to have anticipated this and built up supply accordingly. 

This year's slate of software is much stronger than 2018's, and when you throw in the system's first hardware revision, at a very affordable $200 no less, it's potentially thermonuclear. I'd say Wii-tier sales aren't out of the question this holiday season if they play their cards right.