I've never seen a smartphone boxes cardboard you could bend, I have kept all my smartphone boxes since the S2, while there is one brown box where they were going eco friendly that's a bit off they are strong as hell and same for Apples packaging at least up to the IPhone 14. The Switch 2 has a very thin cardboard over the top top with the screen exposed, not even padding or a thin foam. It is packaged so, so much worse and it was inviting the stapler incident, not gamestops fault and completely on Nintendo, I find is suspect and the fact that they could simply flip it over screams planned, controlled controversy that costs them nothing. 

I don't know where you are trying to take this but I said you have an already formed opinion on how Switch 2 is going to perform and are working backwards to find anecdotal indications to support that. Never said anything about the validity of being overly focused on stock on a videogame sales forum. I also care to find out how consoles are selling, otherwise I would not be here. I am however not going to take the anecdotal evidence that stores around here are selling out as an indication that Switch 2 has had an amazing launch because it I don't know what the supply quantity Nintendo provided.

Moreover, the part about PS4 following the same graph as PS5 is flat out wrong. PS5 fell behind for about 5 million at some point, exactly because of the supply problems before boosting back up when the supply situation improved.