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mikrolik on 30 April 2017

Hey folks. So, it's the last day of April, and for the past couple of weeks or so, I've been going to Nintendo's website, where they have links to six retailers (Amazon, BestBuy, GameStop, Target, WalMart and ToysRUs) to buy the Switch. Whenever I check the links, the Swtch is either sold out both online and at local stores (I live in New England, US), or in the cases of Amazon and, bizzarely, Walmart, being sold at scalper prices. I was wondering if anyone knew if these retailers actually are getting more Switches in stock and they're just being sold out before I could see them in stock, or if Nintendo is having trouble shipping more Switches?

I'm not really looking into buying a Switch right now; I may still wait a few months. But I wanted to get a sense if there is any replenishing going on, or if it's just a long delay.



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Green098 on 30 April 2017

Pretty sure many have been coming in lately, but they're just selling out fast.



p0isonparadise on 30 April 2017
mikrolik said:

Hey folks. So, it's the last day of April, and for the past couple of weeks or so, I've been going to Nintendo's website, where they have links to six retailers (Amazon, BestBuy, GameStop, Target, WalMart and ToysRUs) to buy the Switch. Whenever I check the links, the Swtch is either sold out both online and at local stores (I live in New England, US), or in the cases of Amazon and, bizzarely, Walmart, being sold at scalper prices. I was wondering if anyone knew if these retailers actually are getting more Switches in stock and they're just being sold out before I could see them in stock, or if Nintendo is having trouble shipping more Switches?

I'm not really looking into buying a Switch right now; I may still wait a few months. But I wanted to get a sense if there is any replenishing going on, or if it's just a long delay.

There was a big shipment this past Thursday/Friday for MK8D. Target sold out already?



mikrolik on 30 April 2017

I guess so, apparently.

Here's the link from Nintendo's website I mentioned earlier:

http://www.nintendo.com/switch/buy-now/#nintendo-switch-gray

I guess it really is just selling super-fast.



Slarvax on 30 April 2017

Nah, Nintendo decided to discontinue the Switch after seeing how successful it is. Like the NES Classic!



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160rmf on 30 April 2017
Slarvax said:
Nah, Nintendo decided to discontinue the Switch after seeing how successful it is. Like the NES Classic!

Actually, they decided that bc they realized how beneficial is for the company to go full 3rd Party. A win-win​ situation!



 

 

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pokoko on 30 April 2017

There are like 600 Switch consoles being sold on Amazon right now.

Scalpers are probably camping websites, making it almost impossible for ordinary people to find one that way.



sundin13 on 30 April 2017

The next shipment I am aware of is Amazon on "first week of May" (though its not confirmed). Unfortunately you just missed the last big shipment which was pretty much everywhere last week (sold out quickly though).

To keep up with things, you can use this tag on gonintendo and see most stock related stories:
http://gonintendo.com/stories/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q%5Btitle_cont%5D=stock&q%5Bcategory_ids_in%5D=&button=



160rmf on 30 April 2017
Mar1217 said:
Green098 said:

Pretty sure many have been coming in lately, but they're just selling out fast.

I can attest to that. Got mine last friday at my local Walmart ! And I even checked out yesterday to buy an eshop card and the other Switches were all sold.

I'm pretty sure it must be the same in Quebec City too, my neighbor town.

How did you managed to do that? Have you arrived earlier or something? For me is being a pain in the ass trying to find a Switch in a physical store.



 

 

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VGPolyglot on 30 April 2017
pokoko said:
There are like 600 Switch consoles being sold on Amazon right now.

Scalpers are probably camping websites, making it almost impossible for ordinary people to find one that way.

They may even use bots that purchase it automatically when it becomes available.