so why are there stock issues?  

It has done 40-50k for the last 5 weeks with not a single relevant release, its not dropping to 20k so no point in even discussing that.

You also seem to forget that Switch had plenty of 20-25k weeks last spring/summer yet the average was 45k, do you know why that is? Major software releases increase weekly sales which levels out the average.

oh please, nobody knew the baseline of switch last year, it was selling everything it shipped, switch last year was  held back by stock.

Because a couple 100k in a country of 127m is not alot.

Compare the shipped vs sold difference for 3DS at the end of 2017.

23.82m sold vs 24.63m shipped, a difference of over 800k.

You do a good job of deflecting.

If Switch is tracking higher and has a higher baseline this year than last year than demand is not dropping. Thats a fact.

Hmm could switch sweep the year and win every npd? I think so. I don’t think PS4 will win one npd this year.

where did you get those shipped and sold numbers for 3ds?

The same sources you have been using for your Switch numbers.

Media Create & Nintendo's most recent earning release

And also worth pointing out that shipped means it isn't in Nintendo's hands anymore, they have sold them to retailers.  Hence the term, "sold-in".  So if they have been sold in and not yet sold through, that's not Nintendo withholding stock, that's either in the shipment end or in the retailer end.  Intentionally withholding stock would be if shipment and sold through numbers were almost the same as that would mean they are not selling enough to the retailers/suppliers.

link?