peachbuggy said:
Exactly my sentiments. It's not doing as poorly as some think in the U.K. but given the size of the market, Nintendo products usually underperform over here. I think the lack of shelf space allotted to it doesn't help either. |
It is not doing as poorly as the Wii U, no. It is doing much better but where the Wii U was this is not difficult.
I am not saying you are wrong but from what I see in London ( I can only speak for London, and I do get around most of it a bit. ), it is getting much better shelf space than the Wii U ever did. Granted it is not at the level of the other consoles BUT it is still far better than the Wii U.
Why I agree with you that it is not doing as poorly as some think is that Amazon UK and Argos always seem to be low or out of stock, 9 months later. You couldn't give away a Wii U in the UK after 6 months. No one wanted it.
Walking past a CeX at lunch yesterday it was surprising to see the Switch as their center piece item. I walked in pretending to be interested in buying it and they said they had only just put it in the window and it was their only one. They got a handful after xmas and they all sold out quickly. They were selling it above the RRP.
I know this is no big deal but we are talking about a Nintendo console in the UK.
I honestly believe these positive sales in the USA will give UK Switch sales a nice boost.
