Switch preorders go live in Japan - and are gone in minutes

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StuOhQ said:

Soundwave said:

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.

 

If "Splatoon 2" hits in May I believe that the Switch will maintain momentum in its homeland for good. If Nintendo plays their cards right (big if), their should be 6-8 million NSs in the wild by the time "Mario Odyssey" hits. 

Late April/early May to me is when Nintendo is going to release ARMS with Splatoon coming at the tail end of Summer in August.  What I'm most worried about is June and July because so far, it seems like a blank slate in terms of game releases.  I'm hoping that Nintendo uses those months to release a couple of significant Wii U ports like Mario Maker, Xenoblade X and Bayonetta 2 while leaving an updated Smash 4 port for October/November as a 1-2 punch with Mario Odyssey.