| mikrolik said: Hey folks. So, it's the last day of April, and for the past couple of weeks or so, I've been going to Nintendo's website, where they have links to six retailers (Amazon, BestBuy, GameStop, Target, WalMart and ToysRUs) to buy the Switch. Whenever I check the links, the Swtch is either sold out both online and at local stores (I live in New England, US), or in the cases of Amazon and, bizzarely, Walmart, being sold at scalper prices. I was wondering if anyone knew if these retailers actually are getting more Switches in stock and they're just being sold out before I could see them in stock, or if Nintendo is having trouble shipping more Switches? I'm not really looking into buying a Switch right now; I may still wait a few months. But I wanted to get a sense if there is any replenishing going on, or if it's just a long delay. |
the replenishing is likely to occur more IN STORE than it is online. The reason being that retailers would prefer it that way (obviously like Target's, Walmarts, Best Buy, etc.), because it means getting consumers into their stores and potentially to buy things they might not otherwise (cough accessories and extra games)
so the odds of finding them regularly online will probably be worse than in person. I have a strong feeling the restocks are occuring more regularly at storefronts than online. There are also probably more people CHECKING the online stores because its far less effort than driving and walking into a store.
so just a heads up, you'll probably want to call your local electronics or general store and try to get a guesstimation of what days they get stock of things in and just go check whatever mornings that might be
Now's an awkward time though with Mario Kart just releasing. I'm sure there will be much more readily available stock at stores (online or otherwise) later in the summer
