That's just plain silly...everybody knows it was Kinect behind it.

I mean it is possible that Nintendo makes sure to withhold stock of systems, like the Wii, to just beat the previous Nintendo console, and then with the next console they make sure to make a little more than that to say, "Oh, we beat the Wii everywhere!" Personally, I think there may be a little of that at play, however, those sales still aren't guaranteed. If the demand isn't there it can blow up in your face when, even with the plentiful stock, people aren't buying them and there are shelves piled with them. That's a bad image in consumers' eyes. It can also blow up in your face, even if the launch part works, and demand falls off a cliff. People will then say, "So what if you beat your own launch records, nobody but your fans really wanted it."

That was funny! xD

well all I can say is Nintendo off to a strong start like the Vikings in 2016 lol.

Erm ok

So you basically made this whole story up based on no external information at all and ends with assumptions based on those non-existent facts and information? Your post would have benefitted greatly from opening with a statement that you have a wild guess instead of claiming common sense.

What's with all the negative responses?

Part of what the op said makes sense. They made more consoles this time around so they sold more.

This is clever since they can create buzz with gaming sites reporting how it's breaking records, beating even the mighty ps4. Consumers see it as a must have item to own, the way they did with ps4. Weren't there stories of people going to stores to buy an xb1 and leaving with a ps4 because of everyone else getting a ps4? Casual gamers are much more easily persuaded than most of us here.

Hype and buzz can do wonderful things for a produce. Just look at iphone. I bought a wii because everyone was talking about it. And even though I was planning on buying a psvr, I may not any time soon. Companies need to rethink their console launches.

The problem is that you are doing the same mistake as the OP, stating something unsubstantiated as fact. Where does this story come from? It originated from the OP:s own mind and is therefore the only reference point we have to go by. There are no references to any articles supporting this idea, and press releases ttat doesn´t make sense or any third party reports that would hint to this.

It sounds more like a conspiracy theory than a valid idea of why Nintendo had such a big launch.

What are you even talking about? Never did I state that this is a fact. Read the bolded instead of jumping to conclusions. Or are you gonna go through every single post and say "ha, this isn't a fact". Newsflash, most of the time we're guessing what's happening.