Straight from a rep in the amazon customer service cha (which I loooove) while I 'm about to return a defective switch (lucky me! :( ) . Have to paid the shipping since I'm from Ecuador.

Me: thank you
can i ask you why is it that nintendo switch is out of stock?
Gaurav Vivek: You're welcome XXXXXX.
The item you have ordered is a high demand item.
In order to meed these demands we need to procure the products from the manufacturer and the fulfill the orders .
In fact we received a very high number of orders for this which was not expected . Due to this unexpected flood of the orders our stocks ran a little dry and eve the manufacturer was unable to meet the stock demand which has eventually led to delays in a number of orders .
But do not worry a ticket has been raised regarding this issue and our teams are trying their best to update the stocks as we speak .

Switch will have amazing sales, but the stock is killing it!!!!!

The Switch is selling out constantly, but it is not impossible to find.

If you have even the tiniest amount of patience, you can find it in a couple of days at retail price.

Obviously it is an issue for Nintendo, but nothing major like some people are pretending to be.

Switch + Mario and Zelda continues to top the chart!

ThisGuyFooks said: The Switch is selling out constantly, but it is not impossible to find. If you have even the tiniest amount of patience, you can find it in a couple of days at retail price. Obviously it is an issue for Nintendo, but nothing major like some people are pretending to be.

Like you said, its far from impossible to find but i think the point is that Switch has a great turnover, it doesnt just have units sitting there for days going unsold.

7 hours since last update.

HARDWARE:
#03 NS Grey (down 1)
#10 NS Neon (down 2)
#16 PS4 Fool's Edition (same)
#31 XB1X (down 2)
#38 SNES Classic (down 2)
#39 PS4 Star Wars (up 3)
#42 N2DSXL T+B (up 1)
#66 XB1 Forza (up 8)
#69 XB1 (down 15)
#84 PS4 Pro (up 2)

SOFTWARE (Pre-orders Only)**:
#11 XB1 PUBG (same)

Does not affect this month: *
Software outside of the month only gets added if it's in the top 20: **

PS4: 3 in the top 100 / 2 in the top 50 / 1 in the top 20 / 0 in the top 10 / 0 in the top 5
XB1: 3 in the top 100 / 2 in the top 50 / 0 in the top 20 / 0 in the top 10 / 0 in the top 5
NIS:  2 in the top 100 / 2 in the top 50 / 2 in the top 20 / 2 in the top 10 / 1 in the top 5

Jranation said: Switch + Mario + Mario and Zelda continues to top the chart!

FTFY

ouch Xbox

Now that Xenoblade 2 has is actually in stock, it's been climbing back up the rankings.

KLAMarine said: Playstation_awaiter said: They can continue to do all they want, but unless they take first party development I will no longer take them seriously. And if anyone gets mad, there’s nothing wrong with what I said. Games have always been the selling point, not just more power. Nintendo and Sony doing a good job so far.  "Games have always been the selling point, not just more power." For you. And many best-selling titles are multi-plats, not exclusives and X1's library has a lot in common with the PS4's.

Looks  at the gigantic  amount  of physical  indies and Japanese  andexclusives

ok,now trying  to findthen on xbox.

Mission  failed. e

TheBlackNaruto said: xl-klaudkil said: Yea,switch  hardware  is extremely  old  gen. Still the games are amazing.  At least its first  year  The tech may be old but the Switch is the start of the 9th gen without a doubt.....

I highly  doubt  it yes, so in 2020-2021   when ps5 drops that's  the start of gen 10?