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Forums - Sales Discussion - November 2017 NPD Thread! PS4 > XBO > Switch

ThisGuyFooks on 10 December 2017
RolStoppable said:
thismeintiel said:

Your post suggests that stock is what was holding back the Switch this Nov.  That is not the case.  Stores had them.  I would be surprised if Nintendo didn't make sure to get at least 1M into the US for Black Friday month.  It was also heavily advertised in BF ads.

I'm not saying that the Switch did shitty or anything.  Far from it.  Just that the stock excuse is now over since Nintendo ramped up production.

Is there a reliable source that Switch is readily available nationwide?

People have posted here pictures, experiences, links, real-time stock availability websites, but apparently none of that is enough.

Everything is Anecdotal Evidence.



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thismeintiel on 10 December 2017
RolStoppable said:
thismeintiel said:

Your post suggests that stock is what was holding back the Switch this Nov.  That is not the case.  Stores had them.  I would be surprised if Nintendo didn't make sure to get at least 1M into the US for Black Friday month.  It was also heavily advertised in BF ads.

I'm not saying that the Switch did shitty or anything.  Far from it.  Just that the stock excuse is now over since Nintendo ramped up production.

Is there a reliable source that Switch is readily available nationwide?

Well, we had no reports of it being sold out.  A few online retailers sold out of them for a couple days, but stock was quickly replenished, with them pointing people to pick them up in stores while they were sold out online.  The rest is really anecdotal, with most, if not all, people reporting they were still in stock near them.  I know the stores around me still had 6-8 of them after BF.

Trust me, Nintendo wouldn't have put ads in store flyers for BF if they didn't have stock fixed.  Also, notice how the Switch wasn't sold out on Dec 1st.



 

ThisGuyFooks on 10 December 2017
thismeintiel said:
RolStoppable said:

Is there a reliable source that Switch is readily available nationwide?

Well, we had no reports of it being sold out.  A few online retailers sold out of them for a couple days, but stock was quickly replenished, with them pointing people to pick them up in stores while they were sold out.  The rest is really anecdotal, with most, if not all, people reporting they were still in stock near them.  I know the stores around me still had 6-8 of them after BF.

I dont know why is it so hard to believe that the Switch stock issues are over.

Some user reported that he visited several stores in his area and all of them had plenty of stock, minutes later another user replied "But did you go to every store in Texas?".

I mean, some people wont be convinced by anything.



quickrick on 10 December 2017
ThisGuyFooks said:
RolStoppable said:

Is there a reliable source that Switch is readily available nationwide?

People have posted here pictures, experiences, links, real-time stock availability websites, but apparently none of that is enough.

Everything is Anecdotal Evidence.

it's amazing. it's in stock at every major retailer online the whole month of november, yet there was stock issues, it was sold out on amazon only for a few days.



Lawlight on 10 December 2017

Third and fourth years are the best years if the system launches at $399 or more. I would expect a system launch at the same price as the first PlayStation to do well from the get go.



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ThisGuyFooks on 10 December 2017
RolStoppable said:
ThisGuyFooks said:

I dont know why is it so hard to believe that the Switch stock issues are over.

Some user reported that he visited several stores in his area and all of them had plenty of stock, minutes later another user replied "But did you go to every store in Texas?".

I mean, some people wont be convinced by anything.

What's the name of that user?

I dont remember the username.

He/she has some cartoon in the avatar.



VGPolyglot on 10 December 2017
ThisGuyFooks said:
RolStoppable said:

What's the name of that user?

I dont remember the username.

He/she has some cartoon in the avatar.

So, it was Rol himself that said that?



zorg1000 on 10 December 2017
quickrick said:
zorg1000 said:

Why does it matter that they are 4 years old? This is PS4 best year yet and most consoles dont peak in their first year anyway. PS3/360 had their best years in 2011 which was 5/6 years after launch.

We cant just say, "oh PS4 was $400 in 2014 so Switch should be doing better at $300". Otherwise we have to look at it the other way as well, Switch at $300 did just about the same as $170 3DS in 2011. All three are different types of devices with different prices and all sold roughly the same in their post-launch Nov and it was a good result for all 3.

I thought it would push 1 million as well but after doing some research i found out that XBO in 2014 was the only time in history that a console did over 1 million in its post-launch November. PS2 didnt, Wii didnt, PS4 didnt so after looking into it, it was naive to believe Switch would.

Sure it has Mario & Zelda but Nintendo is alot more than just those two franchises. Pokemon, Smash bros, Animal Crossing have yet to release and are all capable of doing over 10 million so Nintendo still has some big console movers up its sleeve.

And yes a $250 Mario Kart bundle next holiday seems pretty likely and will move alot of hardware.

ps2, and wii were surely hampered by stock, and it just doesn't have mario and zelda, it has mario kart, and splatoon as well. as for 2014 ps4 big games, they were all on xbox as well, so it's not like nintendo where they are all exclusive.

It doesnt matter that they are multiplats, multiplats are huge system sellers for PS consoles.

Zelda & Mario Kart were on Wii U so according to you we cant count those as big games for Switch and its just Splatoon 4.5 months after launch and Mario almost 8 months after launch.



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ThisGuyFooks on 10 December 2017
VGPolyglot said:
ThisGuyFooks said:

I dont remember the username.

He/she has some cartoon in the avatar.

So, it was Rol himself that said that?

LMAO!!!

I would remember Rol hahahah



zorg1000 on 10 December 2017
Lawlight said:
Third and fourth years are the best years if the system launches at $399 or more. I would expect a system launch at the same price as the first PlayStation to do well from the get go.

Well Switch has done well from the get go so there you go.



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.