Zippy6 said:
Is Switch stock really that bad in other places? Normal Switch has been in stock most of the holiday season in UK and the OLED has been in stock many times too. Everytime someone says this I check amazon UK and yet again they're in stock. Switch is in stock at £255 on Amazon, can get delivered on the 16th (below RRP) Switch OLED is in stock at £305 on Amazon, can get delivered on the 16th (BELOW RRP) Both are £5 less than the RRP so they're not even charging full price for them.
Just bizarre to me that the situation is so different in the UK apparently. |
My Amazon (US) is showing delivery early January if I ordered either sku of the OLED today (posted elsewhere in this thread). I've been in Targets and Best Buys recently and never see them on shelves. The websites are stating that some stores in my area have them. I just haven't seen any in the wild recently (not that I'm actively looking for one, since I have a Switch already, but I do notice the empty case display while looking at the games aisle). In any event, the Switch has been on the market since 2017, and has sold to 97 million consumers already. On any given day, there would be 82 million less people looking for one than a potential PS5 customer. So, you would expect the Switch to have plentiful stock everywhere. That it's not in some places, like the major metropolitan area I live in, shows a combination of Nintendo also struggling with the chip shortage, and the device remaining in high demand over 4 years after release. I think that sometimes gets taken for granted when comparing Switch stock to devices that just began selling 1 year ago.
