Amazon U.S. June bestsellers and general Amazon-based discussion

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JRPGfan said:

zygote said:
If only Nintendo could have shipped just 500k-1mil more units over May/June, then this would have been a near perfect launch.

Sometime mid July shipping should go up abit, nintendo said so in their apology about lack of switch stock.

It might be enough to win them NPD in July, or it could be another PS4 month.

It doesnt look great though, if you launch a console and you win 2 months of NPD, then go on to lose the next 3 in a row.

Definitely.  Consumers start to get fatigue trying to find the console and word of mouth becomes more negative or neglected, hype begins to die down prematurely.  Also Developers get mixed signals about demand and begin to second guess moving any new titles to the Switch. The effect is like putting a cover over a fire, restricting the oxygen.

It's ok to have stock issues at a launch, actually preferrable, but when it is to the point of losing the month numbers and giving apologies, then it sends bad signals.  Most consumers are not going to see the apologies or even care about them.