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Miyamotoo said:
quickrick said:

maybe they could have shipped more, but history shows that this isn't the case,so it's just an assumption on your part. most console launches are rushed and have shortages, they rush them for the holidays to make third party's happy, even if they don't have proper supply. ps4 had a million preorders nearly 4 months before launch, did sony make more units for november? no they didn't, it's just too much examples (most consoles launches with high demand) that show your point has no backing too it.

Again, fact is that holiday season incomparable stronger than March, April in any case, of course they wouldn't had same plan for launch during March and during November. Maybe Switch would again have shortages even during holiday season with bigger stocks, but point is that they would prepare more consoles for launch. Again, Nintendo said months before Switch launch they preparing to ship 2m consoles for launch, you can bet they plan would be to prepare around 4m if launch was in November instead of March.

not even sony shipped that much ps4' for November so stop. they shipped 4.2  million for the entire holiday, despite knowing that the ps4 would be a sure hit and knew it huge demand, it had a million preorders 4 months before launch in north america alone.  they had to launch in japan 6 months later, because they didn't have enough stock.  you keep bringing up the same point, why didn't nintedo launch with much bigger supply for wii? they knew it was the holidays right? why didn't 360 launch with much bigger supply? why didn't the ps3 have enough supply to launch in europe? why didnt the ps2 have enough supply, you keep bringing the holidays they would have made sure to have more units, most of the times it just impossible. you act like launching during the holiday is perfectly planned when its almost never the case, and nintedo was coming off the wiiu, i doubt they would gone crazy with shipments.