Reggie: Nintendo Switch Is Setting Sales Records Every Day, We’ve Turned the Industry on Its Ear

[Ariakon]

Nuvendil said:

Ariakon said:

The Wii launch had very short supplies. If we're talking strictly US (as Reggie is), the ps4 had a much better first month, as it sold a million on its first day of release. The Wii sold 600k in 8 days, so apparently the Switch is doing better than that. The Wii's stock shortages lasted for a long, long time, though. 

 Worth noting the Wii's shortages after that initial problematic period were in the face of rather than due to the lack of high production rates.  Nintendo is stepping up Switch production quite substantially so we'll see if the next few months are still restricted.

Still all good news.  Numbers will be more interesting though.  

Very true, I just meant that Wii's initial shipments (i.e. the first few months) weren't huge. The fact that those shortages lasted for years afterwards was a product of ridiculous demand. As bullish as I am about the Switch, I just don't know if it can do the same. I mean, the Wii had everyone salivating for it, freaking retirement homes were buying units for their residents to use.