Switch Launch Sales Numbers are Manufactured?

[Puppyroach]

Faelco said:

Puppyroach said:

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.

France is pretty good example of what OP is saying. 

 

The Switch had a better launch than the PS4 in France (something like 110k against 90k). France is a really Nintendo friendly country, yes, but the PS4 was also completely sold out for weeks (and I know, I ordered one at launch and got it weeks later), when the Switch was still available on Amazon and in some stores 2 days after launch.

So the Switch had way better stocks in France than the PS4 or the Wii (also sold out at 100k back then), it's proven.

Absolutely, but that doesn´t equate to sales figures being manufactured by a console company, in essence saying that they are deliberately trying to mislead the public about their actual numbers. What I object to is the notion wether or not they had more stock than they claimed and tricked with their numbers, when there is no evidence of that.