Japan Goes Switch Crazy; Supply Starved Consumers Line Up For Lottery Chance To Buy A Switch.

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IkePoR said:

This is bananas. Sadly, there isn't much Nintendo can do about the supply-demand problem:

Edit:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nintendo-battles-apple-for-parts-as-switch-demand-rises-1496136603 - WSJ is stupid.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/05/nintendo_in_competition_with_apple_for_in-demand_switch_parts

Something interesting from the article that I overlooked originally

Of course, companies producing smartphones tend to make larger orders than Nintendo, so analysts say they often have better terms than the big N when it comes to acquiring these sought-after parts.

I wonder if part of Nintendo's reason for upping supply to 18 million was to secure better terms.