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Forums - Nintendo - Nintendo scaling up Switch production as quickly as possible, improving supply “a key focus”

Ultrashroomz on 16 June 2017

Summer is gonna be crazy in Japan with Splatoon and Monster Hunter around the corner, even crazier around the holidays with Odyssey.

Speaking of which, I hope they do a bundle for that once Christmas rolls around.



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WagnerPaiva on 16 June 2017

Never gonna happen. Once MArio Odissey gets released we will see scalpers making money all over again.



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Stefan.De.Machtige on 17 June 2017

Supply would likely need to double before SMO arrives.



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COKTOE on 17 June 2017
Shikamo said:

his information comes from Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime…

    “What we are doing, as quickly as we can, is scaling up the production to make more available into the marketplace, to get to the point where every consumer who wants a Nintendo Switch can find a Nintendo Switch.”

    “That’s what we’re trying to get to. I’m not going to tell you when we’ll get there, but our goal is to improve our supply chain so that more product is available to more consumers. And that is a key focus.”

 

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Well, that's a nice sentiment and all, but it doesn't inspire much confindence. At least he didn't say they'll "try to try". It's always the way with them. No wonder people think these shortages are being manufatured on purpose.



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VGPolyglot on 17 June 2017

Yeah, once the big heavy hitters arrive, it's going to have to keep up production, or Nintendo will really lose out on key sales.



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Cerebralbore101 on 17 June 2017

How many can they produce by the end of the year? IMO they need to move 10 million units by the end of 2017 to be successful. Wii U was a PR disaster, and until Switch sales pass the 10 million mark it will have a lot of gamers, and devs being to timid to invest in it. The same thing happened to Dreamcast thanks to Sega's abandonment of the Saturn. Everyone wanted a Dreamcast back in 99, but nobody bought one because they were all skittish from the Sega CD, 32x, and Saturn support.



Cerebralbore101 on 17 June 2017
RolStoppable said:
Cerebralbore101 said:
How many can they produce by the end of the year? IMO they need to move 10 million units by the end of 2017 to be successful. Wii U was a PR disaster, and until Switch sales pass the 10 million mark it will have a lot of gamers, and devs being to timid to invest in it. The same thing happened to Dreamcast thanks to Sega's abandonment of the Saturn. Everyone wanted a Dreamcast back in 99, but nobody bought one because they were all skittish from the Sega CD, 32x, and Saturn support.

There's no evidence of strong demand for the Dreamcast, just like there's no evidence that there is widespread hesitation among gamers to buy into Switch. Switch sells too well to assert caution.

You are entitled to have an opinion, but you are better off by not putting the opinions of a few people on gaming forums over sales data when analyzing a situation.

Well we only have sales data for March and April. That's not a big enough sample size to draw rock solid conclusions from. I'll feel better about Switch sales once Nintendo releases their report at the end of July. I'm expecting 5-6 million units sold by then. 



Cerebralbore101 on 17 June 2017
RolStoppable said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

Well we only have sales data for March and April. That's not a big enough sample size to draw rock solid conclusions from. I'll feel better about Switch sales once Nintendo releases their report at the end of July. I'm expecting 5-6 million units sold by then. 

We know that Nintendo hasn't stopped shipping the console and that it's still selling through its shipments quickly three and a half months after launch. Basically, we have a good idea of what the sales are going to be once VGC posts them. And actually, you are aware of this, hence your expectation of 5-6m.

The Dreamcast sold below GameCube pace, and the GC sold 5-6m units in its first twelve months. I didn't look it up to verify this number, but it should be close enough. The important point is that it's safe to say that Dreamcast and Switch are nothing alike in terms of sales performance.

Yeah you're right. So as long as shipments have remained steady Nintendo is in good shape. If Switch is still selling out and impossible to find by mid July, I'll just assume it passed the 5 million mark. 



AngryLittleAlchemist on 17 June 2017

I'm really starting to think this whole "Nintendo is deliberately putting their consoles stock short" thing is just a dumb myth.



bonzobanana on 17 June 2017

Still not a single Argos store in the uk with Switch's as well as just about every other store out of stock. This is worse than when it launched.

http://www.stockinformer.co.uk/checker-nintendo-switch

It's got to be Mario Kart causing it unless Nintendo hasn't been able to restock the console in the last few weeks.