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Megiddo on 29 November 2018
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RolStoppable said:
Megiddo said:

Why the same time period? I could look at something like July in Japan where it sold

25k, 28k, 30k, 100k, 90k

There's no shocker that once Splatoon 2 released there was a big restock over there. That tended to be Nintendo's modus operandi last year for when they were struggling heavily to keep up with demand. A small trickle and then a big restock once there was a big game release.

Because the same time period makes for a much better comparison.

The flaw of your comparison is that the Splatoon 2 release coincides with the date of increased production capacity getting into the marketplace, so the restock for the release week of Splatoon 2 was bigger than usual as well as all following weeks had a notable higher baseline than prior to Splatoon 2.

Your suggested size of the restock for April 2017 in the USA is simply unrealistic and you know it. That's why you opted for a different time period in the first place.

You're going to have to source me with that increased production capacity claim. Because everything I read and know say that the increased production wasn't even getting started until September (and not very shockingly, that's when the shortages slowly started to dissipate)