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NATO on 07 March 2017
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Trunkin said:
NATO said:

the only game worth full retail price at launch sold well? who would have thought..

Meanwhile, japanese auction sites are flooded with Switch consoles that scalpers picked up to make a profit on, and barely any have any bids, and the ones that do are so close to retail price that the scalpers wasted their time.
Demand for Switch just isn't there it seems, nobody is bidding on consoles that are more than $50 over retail, which is unheard of for the week following a sold out consoles launch I'd estimate that a LOT of sales were down to scalpers picking them up, too.

I say sold out because the xbox one never actually sold out, they still had day one edition stock on shelves the last time I went into Bic Camera a few months ago.

I take it you're referring exclusively to Japan with those statements? How was the scalping for the 3DS? PS4? I know that in the US, Gone are the days where you could get over $1000 for your launch day console, but i was still able to flip my Switch on eBay for $100 more than what I payed for it, including tax.

Yes just Japan, it's the market i'm most familiar with, Scalping for 3DS was pretty bad, same for PS4 and PS4 Pro once the initial stock had sold out, even PSVR was scalped for 2x retail or more, and even now is still being sold for $200 over retail.

Even the Nes classic was selling for 1.5-2x retail after initial stock had sold out - and Switch HAS sold out, but the demand for them at auction just isn't there.