Report: Nintendo has sold more than 1.5 million Switches in the first week - Sensationalist Headlines

[url]https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/03/report-switch-sales-pass-1-5-million-pushing-closer-to-nintendos-sales-goal/[/url] [QUOTE]Early numbers are still rolling in for Nintendo's Switch, and for now it looks like the news is still good: according to numbers compiled by SuperData from both Famitsu and market research firm GfK, Nintendo's new console has sold 1.5 million units worldwide, including 500,000 consoles in the US, 360,000 in Japan, 85,000 in the UK, and 110,000 in France. SuperData also says that 89 percent of Switch buyers have also purchased The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which would work out to sales of about 1.34 million (this doesn't account for Wii U sales of the title). [B]GamesIndustry.biz points out that "most" of these numbers just account for the console's first week of sales and that the actual number should be higher now. The numbers are also measuring consoles actually sold to customers, while Nintendo's official sales figures count consoles shipped to retailers (a higher number).[/B][/QUOTE] Surprised the UK is so low, I've only seen one other switch at that's someone at my work who has been playing it on their lunch hour

[url]https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2013/130130e.pdf[/url] According to consolidated reports provided by Nintendo the Wii U was setting at a little over 3 million units shipped after its first month.

Artificial scarcity is the reason, they're pretty difficult to find. Imagine how many units they could sell if they shipped enough.

half of those are youtubers looking to see how durable it is

[QUOTE=Limed00d;51959962]half of those are youtubers looking to see how durable it is[/QUOTE] "Can you eat a Nintendo Switch?"

Doesn't say in the article but theyre aiming for 2 million before the end of March so these are fine numbers.

[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;51959954]Artificial scarcity is the reason, they're pretty difficult to find. Imagine how many units they could sell if they shipped enough.[/QUOTE] Damn shame artificial scarcity continues its rampage through consumer electronics since the 80s. Kinda surprised the Switch is getting a restock by the beginning of April. Maybe to tide over they should consider shipping the unsold stock over in Europe overseas to see if they can get rid of it to Youtube LPers and scalpers looking to make a quick buck on impatient people on ebay.

Out of curiosity, anyone know how much did the PS4 and X1 sell on their first week?

[QUOTE=Steel & Iron;51960034]Damn shame artificial scarcity continues its rampage through consumer electronics since the 80s. Kinda surprised the Switch is getting a restock by the beginning of April. Maybe to tide over they should consider shipping the unsold stock over in Europe overseas to see if they can get rid of it to Youtube LPers and scalpers looking to make a quick buck on impatient people on ebay.[/QUOTE] What places are getting restocked by the beginning of April? I've tried calling a shitload of local stores and some are saying they probably won't see any stock that's not that $500 bundle until later in the summer or fall.

[QUOTE=Steel & Iron;51959936][url]https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2013/130130e.pdf[/url] According to consolidated reports provided by Nintendo the Wii U was setting at a little over 3 million units shipped after its first month.[/QUOTE] Yeah, the Wii U did something like a quarter of its total sales in the first month. Maybe the Switch will be different, but honestly, how many people (who don't already own a Wii U, or decided they wanted to pay extra to play it on the Switch) are gonna buy a console to play Zelda? As the article points out, that's basically what everyone's doing right now - Nintendo needs to secure a long term line-up, or at least confidence in that there will be one, to actually go beyond just that market.

-snip nevermind-

cant wait to buy the gen2 hardware in 2-3 years that fixes all the issues and will hopefully actually have games

[QUOTE=Limed00d;51959962]half of those are youtubers looking to see how durable it is[/QUOTE] It also fucking annoyed me how some rich youtuber buys a switch just for the sake of dropping and destroying it when someone who may have been saving up for a switch couldn't get one because of the low stocks in stores or whatever.

I'd probably have got one if I could find one somewhere. I guess it's fine for Nintendo because they know I'll buy it eventually, but goddamn, all they needed to do was ship the amount of units they needed by estimated demand and they're sorted. Why do they have to do this artificial scarcity bollocks?!

They have mountains of Switches in stock in every supermarket/consumer electronics store here. If this artificial scarcity thing is true hell I should start scalping these things up.

[QUOTE=Sheer Visor;51960226]cant wait to buy the gen2 hardware in 2-3 years that fixes all the issues and will hopefully actually have games[/QUOTE] yea that won't happen

[QUOTE=World Eater;51960103]What places are getting restocked by the beginning of April? I've tried calling a shitload of local stores and some are saying they probably won't see any stock that's not that $500 bundle until later in the summer or fall.[/QUOTE] GameStop is getting restocked in April. But of course they're making it worse by making them available in $500~$600 bundles. I've seen a pretty steady stock in my area at local Targets and heard about a few Walmart and Best Buy locations getting shipments. I live near NoA though so it may just be a local thing..?

[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;51960181]Yeah, the Wii U did something like a quarter of its total sales in the first month. Maybe the Switch will be different, but honestly, how many people (who don't already own a Wii U, or decided they wanted to pay extra to play it on the Switch) are gonna buy a console to play Zelda? As the article points out, that's basically what everyone's doing right now - Nintendo needs to secure a long term line-up, or at least confidence in that there will be one, to actually go beyond just that market.[/QUOTE] Their line up for the current year looks good: MK8 Deluxe, Arms, Splatoon 2, Xenoblade 2, Super Mario Odyssey are the first party line up. [QUOTE=Shotz;51959911] Surprised the UK is so low, I've only seen one other switch at that's someone at my work who has been playing it on their lunch hour[/QUOTE] UK is one of the worst countries when it comes to titles that aren't Call of Duty, FIFA or Battlefield. Barely any innovative games dominate there.

[QUOTE=Makol;51960458]GameStop is getting restocked in April. But of course they're making it worse by making them available in $500~$600 bundles. I've seen a pretty steady stock in my area at local Targets and heard about a few Walmart and Best Buy locations getting shipments. I live near NoA though so it may just be a local thing..?[/QUOTE] The bundle is way outside my price range otherwise I'd do that. Not surprised gamestop wants to have their own version of scalping.

[QUOTE=Limed00d;51959962]half of those are youtubers looking to see how durable it is[/QUOTE] will it blend

[QUOTE=adam1172;51960400]They have mountains of Switches in stock in every supermarket/consumer electronics store here. If this artificial scarcity thing is true hell I should start scalping these things up.[/QUOTE] Damn, there isn't jack shit where I live. Nobody has any in stock around me at all. I wish I could trade with you :v:

The thing I've heard about a good way to get a Switch is that calling a store to see if they have any doesn't work. Talk with the employees and ask them when they can expect the next shipment, and keep asking regularly until they can give you a concrete day. Then, be prepared to camp out early in the morning at that store, like at least five or six hours before the store opens.

[QUOTE=KillRay;51960001]"Can you eat a Nintendo Switch?"[/QUOTE] "DROPPING A NINTENDO SWITCH IN A POOL OF DIAMOND WATER!!!"

[QUOTE=Fox Powers;51960071]Out of curiosity, anyone know how much did the PS4 and X1 sell on their first week?[/QUOTE] On wikipedia with valid sources the PS4 sold over a million units in 24 hours in North America alone. Meanwhile for Xbox One it sold 2 million units in 18 days. I know it's not exactly one week sales but it's kind of comparable to the Nintendo Switch sales.

[QUOTE=Mio Akiyama;51960429]yea that won't happen[/QUOTE] true i think this is another wiiu and not another DS :/

[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;51960181]Yeah, the Wii U did something like a quarter of its total sales in the first month. Maybe the Switch will be different, but honestly, how many people (who don't already own a Wii U, or decided they wanted to pay extra to play it on the Switch) are gonna buy a console to play Zelda? As the article points out, that's basically what everyone's doing right now - Nintendo needs to secure a long term line-up, or at least confidence in that there will be one, to actually go beyond just that market.[/QUOTE] look a little bit further than zelda and maybe you'll see that, in 2017 [I]so far[/I] nintendo's pushing it's most profitable ip (mario), on top of that it's most popular casual competitive game (mario kart, albeit a port but a well deserved one), it's most unique and interesting ip that did very well in 2015 (splatoon), a new ip that's interesting a lot of folks and trying on some original shoes again since it did so well the first time (ARMS), all after zelda which is undeniably a smash hit. you want to talk about long term? nintendo's already got you covered on the first party games for 2017, and they're making deals and partnerships to make sure the market is saturated with high quality indie titles and third party deals like sonic 2017/mania, no more heroes (albiet that's 2018 but the point is SEGA is 100% behind them,) yooka laylee, stardew valley, the list goes on. [URL="https://i.redd.it/bh48zjswmpby.png"]heck, you can actually check out that list right here.[/URL] now i'll make the admission that a lot of these are ports, but the big thing about the switch is the fact that you can play console games on the go, which leads me to my main point for getting a switch: if i have the ability to play a game on the go, why would i want to buy it for any other system? [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZOx91W2GnA"]nick robinson had a very good video on that same subject/point, i suggest watching it.[/URL] we're at a 100 game lineup for the first/second year with a fair share of everything and [I]we're not even at e3 yet[/I]. if nintendo can be this confident with pushing their system throughout 2017 and into 2018, what with all of it's commercials and how much interest the switch has generated and reinvigorated in it's core demographic, then i can't see what can go wrong (other than stock issues, but the fucking systems been out for 12 days, you've gotta give it a second to breath in america. the system has been well stocked all over europe apparently.)

[QUOTE=Gamerman12;51963155]look a little bit further than zelda and maybe you'll see that, in 2017 [I]so far[/I] nintendo's pushing it's most profitable ip (mario), on top of that it's most popular casual competitive game (mario kart, albeit a port but a well deserved one), it's most unique and interesting ip that did very well in 2015 (splatoon), a new ip that's interesting a lot of folks and trying on some original shoes again since it did so well the first time (ARMS), all after zelda which is undeniably a smash hit. you want to talk about long term? nintendo's already got you covered on the first party games for 2017, and they're making deals and partnerships to make sure the market is saturated with high quality indie titles and third party deals like sonic 2017/mania, no more heroes (albiet that's 2018 but the point is SEGA is 100% behind them,) yooka laylee, stardew valley, the list goes on. [URL="https://i.redd.it/bh48zjswmpby.png"]heck, you can actually check out that list right here.[/URL] now i'll make the admission that a lot of these are ports, but the big thing about the switch is the fact that you can play console games on the go, which leads me to my main point for getting a switch: if i have the ability to play a game on the go, why would i want to buy it for any other system? [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZOx91W2GnA"]nick robinson had a very good video on that same subject/point, i suggest watching it.[/URL] we're at a 100 game lineup for the first/second year with a fair share of everything and [I]we're not even at e3 yet[/I]. if nintendo can be this confident with pushing their system throughout 2017 and into 2018, what with all of it's commercials and how much interest the switch has generated and reinvigorated in it's core demographic, then i can't see what can go wrong (other than stock issues, but the fucking systems been out for 12 days, you've gotta give it a second to breath in america. the system has been well stocked all over europe apparently.)[/QUOTE] Maybe it's just me, but "your list goes on" picture kinda includes a lot of games I've never even heard of (Cube Life: Island Survival?), and then you have a bunch of games that have already been released on other platforms; Shovel Knight and The Binding of Isaac, but also much larger stuff like, y'know, Skyrim. Sure, the Wii U suffered from not having something like, but I don't see how many of those games expand upon the Wii U's demographic - people who buy BotW are probably also buying Splatoon 2 or Mario Kart (for the second time), but they aren't new people, they're people who also bought a Wii U. Sure, not everything needs to be a success on the scale of the Wii, and early sales help a lot in driving future publisher interest, but I don't think it's enough for Nintendo to sell Switch'es to its core demographic. I'm open to the possibility that I'm wrong, though - let's see where the Switch is in a year.

The thing is, not everybody owns a Wii U and therefore doesn't own some of those games on the Wii U. So they will probably buy those games on a Switch. The Switch would be their new console after leaving out the Wii U. And Splatoon 2 didn't exist on the Wii U btw. Other than that the Switch has ultimately a better marketing. Even 5 years after its release the Wii U is still considered to be a gamepad addon to the Wii by a lot of people. The ads didn't appear anywhere than on Nickolodeon. It has a better name and a much better line up than the Wii U in its first two years. Obviously I can't see into the future but the chances for the Switch to be much more successful than the Wii U are very high.

[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;51959954]Artificial scarcity is the reason, they're pretty difficult to find. Imagine how many units they could sell if they shipped enough.[/QUOTE] It baffles me how Nintendo think that artificial scarcity will make them money. "Let's make a big burst of money.. then a long drought.. then ANOTHER BIG BURST OF MONEY!!!" Why not just go for the full constant trickle of money?

[QUOTE=Antimuffin;51963368]The thing is, not everybody owns a Wii U and therefore doesn't own some of those games on the Wii U. So they will probably buy those games on a Switch. The Switch would be their new console after leaving out the Wii U. And Splatoon 2 didn't exist on the Wii U btw. Other than that the Switch has ultimately a better marketing. Even 5 years after its release the Wii U is still considered to be a gamepad addon to the Wii by a lot of people. The ads didn't appear anywhere than on Nickolodeon. It has a better name and a much better line up than the Wii U in its first two years. Obviously I can't see into the future but the chances for the Switch to be much more successful than the Wii U are very high.[/QUOTE] Maybe I worded it poorly, but I am aware of the fact that Splatoon 2 is a new game for the Switch and hasn't been released before. I wouldn't be surprised if the Switch is more successful than the Wii U, but I'll remain sceptical with regards to it being a success of its own - Nintendo is a weird and unpredictable company, though, so who knows.