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Kai_Mao on 28 March 2017
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Soundwave said:
Shadow1980 said:

To those talking about Switch availability issues, the Wii was sold out all the time and was nearly impossible to find on store shelves for many months after launch, yet even while being supply-constrained it sold very well. It's just that whatever stock that made its way to stores sold out in short order. It managed to sell over 6 million units in the U.S. alone in 2007, and never once dropped below 200k/month, and was often over 300k. As stock availability improved, so did sales, marking the first (and, as far as I can tell, only) time a system saw improved sales over time without the benefit of price cuts. The idea that the Switch is selling well despite being supply constrained is not something that ought to be considered odd. There is precedent for such a thing.

If Switch is selling 300-400k in June/July NPD after a big restock in April, then sure something is definitely happening. If it doesn't well then probably .... not I guess. We will just have to wait and see. 

I don't think Switch is a Wii though, you would have much, much, much more buzz/craziness, social media hype on 1,2 Switch if it was taking off like the Wii and Wii Sports did. 

I suspect 1, 2 Switch will do OK largely because it's basically the only other retail game that has any kind of push behind it (zero competetion until Mario Kart really) and some people like more than just 1 game. It was kinda like the N64, many of its initial games sold over a million copies with ease, but there wasn't much else to choose from.

The N64 did launch with only two titles (or three if you were in Japan). At least there's a little more variety on Switch along with a top-notch game (even if BoTW is not necessarily the revolutionary that Mario 64 was).