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method114 on 28 March 2017
Eagle367 said:
method114 said:

Except you can find them in stores. I just checked and two stores in my area have it. One has 2 the other has 6 in stock.

Can you buy one and send it to me cause I can't find it.

Have you used Brickseek? 



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Kai_Mao on 28 March 2017
Soundwave said:
Shadow1980 said:

To those talking about Switch availability issues, the Wii was sold out all the time and was nearly impossible to find on store shelves for many months after launch, yet even while being supply-constrained it sold very well. It's just that whatever stock that made its way to stores sold out in short order. It managed to sell over 6 million units in the U.S. alone in 2007, and never once dropped below 200k/month, and was often over 300k. As stock availability improved, so did sales, marking the first (and, as far as I can tell, only) time a system saw improved sales over time without the benefit of price cuts. The idea that the Switch is selling well despite being supply constrained is not something that ought to be considered odd. There is precedent for such a thing.

If Switch is selling 300-400k in June/July NPD after a big restock in April, then sure something is definitely happening. If it doesn't well then probably .... not I guess. We will just have to wait and see. 

I don't think Switch is a Wii though, you would have much, much, much more buzz/craziness, social media hype on 1,2 Switch if it was taking off like the Wii and Wii Sports did. 

I suspect 1, 2 Switch will do OK largely because it's basically the only other retail game that has any kind of push behind it (zero competetion until Mario Kart really) and some people like more than just 1 game. It was kinda like the N64, many of its initial games sold over a million copies with ease, but there wasn't much else to choose from.

The N64 did launch with only two titles (or three if you were in Japan). At least there's a little more variety on Switch along with a top-notch game (even if BoTW is not necessarily the revolutionary that Mario 64 was).



maxleresistant on 28 March 2017

soooo.. Where are those shattering, record braking, sales figures?
It's been almost four weeks now, and still nothing.



Nautilus on 28 March 2017
maxleresistant said:
soooo.. Where are those shattering, record braking, sales figures?
It's been almost four weeks now, and still nothing.

They are most likely holding them for the investor meeting to increase the impact, as it would also include April numbers.The Switch is doing really well, and that fact has already been said to everyone, so they are in no rush to prove that their strategy is working.



My (locked) thread about how difficulty should be a decision for the developers, not the gamers.

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=241866&page=1

fedfed on 28 March 2017

good to read.... positivity!



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maxleresistant on 28 March 2017
Nautilus said:
maxleresistant said:
soooo.. Where are those shattering, record braking, sales figures?
It's been almost four weeks now, and still nothing.

They are most likely holding them for the investor meeting to increase the impact, as it would also include April numbers.The Switch is doing really well, and that fact has already been said to everyone, so they are in no rush to prove that their strategy is working.

the only fact out there is that Nintendo is not keeping with the demand.

That doesn't mean the demand is higher than any other launch. We'll see



Nautilus on 28 March 2017
maxleresistant said:
Nautilus said:

They are most likely holding them for the investor meeting to increase the impact, as it would also include April numbers.The Switch is doing really well, and that fact has already been said to everyone, so they are in no rush to prove that their strategy is working.

the only fact out there is that Nintendo is not keeping with the demand.

That doesn't mean the demand is higher than any other launch. We'll see

The moment that they are breaking sales record with the Switch, be it by being better than their own other consoles launches or better than any other consoles launches, you cant really blame or accuse Nintendo of undershipping, especially after the Wii U.Soon enough we will know the numbers.



My (locked) thread about how difficulty should be a decision for the developers, not the gamers.

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=241866&page=1

Pavolink on 28 March 2017

Aha. Now give us the numbers to brag



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Soundwave on 28 March 2017
Shadow1980 said:
Soundwave said:

If Switch is selling 300-400k in June/July NPD after a big restock in April, then sure something is definitely happening. If it doesn't well then probably .... not I guess. We will just have to wait and see. 

I don't think Switch is a Wii though, you would have much, much, much more buzz/craziness, social media hype on 1,2 Switch if it was taking off like the Wii and Wii Sports did. 

I suspect 1, 2 Switch will do OK largely because it's basically the only other retail game that has any kind of push behind it (zero competetion until Mario Kart really) and some people like more than just 1 game. It was kinda like the N64, many of its initial games sold over a million copies with ease, but there wasn't much else to choose from.

I wasn't necessarily thinking the Switch will post Wii numbers. However, it could still be getting good numbers despite the stock issues. If it can hold a baseline of 200-250k per month through October, that ought to be a good start.

And speaking of the N64, it didn't have a whole lot its first few months. It had Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64 and nothing else on day one, and it got Killer Instinct Gold, Shadows of the Empire, and Wave Race 64 later in the year. The first half of 1997 had Mario Kart 64, Turok, Doom 64, and Blast Corp. Yet despite the relative paucity of major titles early in its life, the N64 was at the time the fastest-selling system ever in the U.S. The Switch doesn't have a whole lot of gee-whiz-must-have titles in its first 10 months, either—there's MK8Dx next month, Splatoon 2 in the summer, and Mario Odyssey in the fall, plus whatever big surprises they're saving to announce at E3—but if they can keep up with the marketing and keep a decent stock, the Switch could retain good momentum.

Super Mario 64, Pilotwings 64, Wave Race 64, Star Wars: SOTE, Killer Instinct, Mario Kart 64, Turok, and Blast Corps in a console's first six months is actually quite impressive. 

N64 would've crushed 65-70 mill IMO if Nintendo not been stupid and allowed at least the option for CD games as well as cartridge (Saturn did this). 



Soundwave on 28 March 2017

I honestly don't know if Sony would even making game systems today if Nintendo had used CD-ROM + cartridge for the N64.

I think the N64 would've spanked the Playstation three ways to Sunday, most of its third party exclusives would've ended up multi-plat on the N64 (RE1/2/3, sports games, Tekken, etc.) and some of them would've been on the N64 only IMO (Final Fantasy VII-IX, Dragon Quest VII).

I think Nintendo would've won that gen, Sony would've bailed on a PS2, and Sega would've fallen apart. Game industry would be completely different today. I think probably Microsoft would've entered the business and tried to compete against Nintendo but probably failed as well.