Nintendo Switch Has Incredible Demand In Japan; Online & In-Store Pre-Orders Sold Out In Minutes

Whether it was queuing up outside for almost 24 hours or trying to get a Nintendo Switch online, it didn’t last long for them to completely sell out. Amazon pre-orders went up at 9am in Japan, and it was gone in just 5 minutes, people who waited outside stores all night, didn’t have too much luck either with the console selling their complete stock allocation in just 15 minutes. While demand has been great in Europe and America, it doesn’t come close to how popular pre-orders have been in Japan.

Many gamers in Japan have been left without a pre-order for a launch day Nintendo Switch, which has caused the reselling market in Japan to explode with resellers in Japan already selling the console on Amazon for double the price of the retail price.

It’s not known when Japan or even Europe/America will get a second allocation of stock for beyond the launch day pre-orders but we will make sure to keep you updated on the stock of the console.

http://thisgengaming.com/2017/01/21/nintendo-switch-has-incredible-demand-in-japan-online-in-store-pre-orders-sold-out-in-minutes/

sounds promising, unless it's Nintendo creating artificial demand again

Hopefully Nintendo gets the second batch out as soon as possible.

i think it's here to stay , so get used to it

2 million world wide is like 660,000 per major market ... that should sell out easily, that's not a lot of stock and in Japan with it being a more portable centric market this was a bit of a no brainer. What sales are like say come May will be more telling.

Selling out just doesn`t mean nothing. If they offer extreme low numbers of course it`s going to sell out. It would mean more to sell 4 million from a 5 million initial shipment than selling 100.000 from 100.000... for example. And the later scenario is much more likely since no hard numbers were shared, whitout any real data this kind of headline is just... you know... clickbait ...

Guys it's here..... Wii 2.0  is finally taking place! 

How is that possible?

Isn't Switch the most disastrous, out of touch thing Nintendo ever made?

I thought more than 80% of the japanese gaming population were mocking the Switch?

Bingo.

Hardcore Nintendo fans adopting early and limited stock will have Switch selling out at first, but once the initial rush dies down, then we'll have a better idea of what its sales will be like. Wii U and Dreamcast sold well at first, it's no guarantee of long term success.

Not surprised in Japan since it seems like Nintendo specifically catered the Switch for Japanese audiences. It makes me optimistic that a new Animal Crossing is going to come out sooner rather than later since that IP is huge in Japan. I'd also mention Pokemans but it feels like Game Freak is going to ride the 3DS for another year before switching over.

2mil worldwide is a tiny number so not surprised, that's the number that would have been pre-ordered in Japan easily since they are more portable centric.