your post is a big waste of space OP because its deliberately ignorant.
you could find Wii U's on the shelf all over during like LAUNCH WEEK. all over. If you don't believe me, there are photos everywhere from the launch time period. Its a fact, regardless of region.
The other fact you act ignorant towards is that the Switch launched in SPRING. Spring is not traditionally a heavy time period for gaming at all. In fact its the dry period after the holiday hot season (November-Jan/Feb). People's wallets have already been emptied for xmas and grandparents (among others) aren't thinking of last minute purchases to give someone like they would be in December for Christmas
obviously the Switch had a good launch. in March selling like 2 million systems with like one game at launch (Zelda) is stupendously great in terms of pushing consoles. If they had a lineup of Zelda+Mario+Pokemon and only pushed that many consoles then I'd agree with you, but they didn't. Also Nintendo only allotted so many systems (or were only able to manufacture so many systems). they've sold out of what they had and people are managing to resell the system online for like $400.
If you're in a market where a system is hard to find a month after release and people are paying considerably over retail value secondhand online- that suggests great success at launch.
Now the implication that most game system launches go well- that's true. But we do know for a fact that the Switch is off to a solid start. The Vita and Wii U weren't selling over MSRP online on Amazon/Ebay even a WEEK after launch. You could find them at stores.
Its literally impossible for Nintendo (or scalpers) to force demand because in the end there have to be enough people out there willing to pay for the system's store price or ABOVE the store price.
Demand is there.
Will demand stay? will the Switch Library be strong enough to consistently push sales until the holidays? that's a question mark. But there is no debate about launch at this point. A lot of that might be due to Zelda being a giant hit with critics and consumers but irregardless, the system has done well. And again, the difference between launching in March and launching in November is GIGANTIC.
