Famitsu Sales: Week 24, 2025 (Jun 09 - Jun 15)

[Sephiran]

jvmkdg said:

Sephiran said:

Switch 2 weekly sales now will have nothing to do with lack of demand but with lack of stock. The fact that Switch 2 only sold 150K in Japan last week is not because there is a ton of unsold stock with no one wanting to buy it, it means that available stock in Japan was 150K and Nintendo sold out all available stock. This happens for all newly released consoles, after launch week sales collapse, not because demand collapsed but because stock after launch will always be lower than the launch stock.

you have no proof of this i have not seen anywhere that the switch 2 is sold out in japan. it is still in stock at most retailers

Its available with a lottery system. You can't buy it at retail, you sign up for a lottery and if you win you can get it. The reason they use a lottery system is because demand is higher than available stock.

By your reasoning, the reason PS5 sold next to nothing after launch in 2020 was due to lack of demand, rather than what we know the reason was, little stock available. How could Nintendo have a lot of stock available on week 2 after selling 3,5M units during week 1?