Famitsu sales: Week 41, 2021 - (4th Oct - 10th Oct)

[Mandalore76]

Alistair said:

Happy to say the Switch OLED is sitting on shelves at our local Bestbuy. Not many interested in it. Gamers don't want to spend over $500 CAD for low end mobile hardware? Without a controller? Shocking, I know. Meanwhile if we could only get more PS5s and XBOXs in stock. Maybe they could start by lowering the price in Canada, where the Switch is truly shockingly expensive.

Since you need a controller and the Switch doesn't come with one (and no, the joycons don't count), it is actually cheaper to buy a PS5 than a Switch.

Since when is Canada the metric for hardware sales success or failure?

This is what OLED availablity looks like in my area:

Nintendo Switch – OLED Model w/ White Joy-Con - White

$349.99Your price for this item is $349.99

Sold Out <-------

Nintendo Switch – OLED Model w/ Neon Red & Neon Blue Joy-Con - Neon Red/Neon Blue

$349.99Your price for this item is $349.99

Sold Out<------

Also, LOL at pretending the joycon isn't a controller.  No one would care if analog drift was a thing or not if a vast number of people weren't using the joycons regularly.