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Nintendo increasing Switch production, preorders good
- Thread starter Oregano
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Do they ship globally? I'm in Mexico and I'm literally desperate since we still don't have official preorders up in here
mocolostrocolos
Member
Do they ship globally? I'm in Mexico and I'm literally desperate since we still don't have official preorders up in here
Dunno, try to process the order and see what they charge.
The_Endgamer
Member
Well considering they're preorders and people generally pay by the 'release day' like most preorders, I'd imagine release day.
Or we can be pessimistic and change the goalposts.
LordRaptor
Member
I hope theres enough artificial scarcity to go around
as long as nintendo's success isn't due to people wanting the thing they're making.
SinCityAssassin
Member
I dunno man, what date do your preorders usually ship?
Diprosalic
Banned
was it?
I gave it a try and nope :'( They don't ship to Mexico. Sighhhh. The waiting game to see if preorders go up soon here continues. This statement from Kimishima gives me a lil' bit of hope, lol.
For the whole of March it wouldn't be very good. I think Wii U did more than that.
Not sure about it being a good news. In Asia, Maxshaft, subsidiary of Nintendo Japan released a mandate that:
Pay >= $410 bundle (1-2 Switch and Zelda) or preorder cancelled. We cannot replace 1-2 Switch with any other game.
You also couldn't pre-order in certain stores in Japan without buying either 1-2 Switch or Zelda.
Ever tried to get a Post Office box in a country they do ship too and then have the mail forwarded to your actual adress?
No.
That's actually a good idea! But it will take days, perhaps weeks to receive it and I would love to get it pretty much on day one! Lol. Guess I don't have any other option but wait till preorders go up here.
Yes, it is practically sold out in Germany if you don't want to pay the full price up front for pre-ordering or even a higher price. Places like buecher.de might have some stock left, but it would be silly to buy it there with a worse deal.
Well, when you can even still preorder it at Saturn, then it's far from sold out.
Jawbreaker
Member
Hope this means there won't be any long-term shortages for those who haven't been able to pre-order.
Aww you're so concerned!
That's cute
On topic: this is good news, not any real negative way to spin this, though some will try
stan423321
Member
Amazon.de is sold out, for instance. Amazon.fr is not but as this thing has batteries and such they are not shipping it all over Europe.
They would have no problem selling ten million consoles in the first year or so. The question is will it continue at that pace or start to fall back. Since I am assuming for sure there will be a handheld only version of the switch, I think the system ltd would be 50 to 60 million which I guess is ok?
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Meanwhile NES mini trickles in to retailers at 2-3 units at a time.
Plenty of places to get launch day stock in the UK still, including Nintendo themselves.
Mithos
Member
And that one will be me, good news for Nintendo bad news for me, was hoping for a quick price reduction during 2017, might not happen now, ~us$420 (3700SEK) and possibly higher later this year, new taxes imposed, no thank you.
Unless ofc the upcoming 4 weeks produce myriad of AAA first and third party announcements I'm happy to hear/see.
It's good news, but it also doesn't really tell us much. I hope Switch works out for them, but I remain sceptical (regarding the current proposition).
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
excellent!
i got my pre order in because the grey model was available again on amazon. neon seems to be most popular unless they just made less? i kinda want a neon now!
i got my pre order in because the grey model was available again on amazon. neon seems to be most popular unless they just made less? i kinda want a neon now!
If the Switch sells more than 60 million, it becomes the second best selling home console in Nintendo history, only behind the Wii. On the other hand, 60 million would also be Nintendo's worst selling handheld.
I'm predicting 40-50 million, something between the N64 and the SNES.
WiiU launch during the Holiday, successor to their most successful console and launch with +20 games.
Switch selling much during the launch period wasnt a no brainer whenever they started production and planed for 2m units at launch.
runnin_blue
Banned
I've already noticed some of the usual suspects lol.Aww you're so concerned!
That's cute
On topic: this is good news, not any real negative way to spin this, though some will try
I wonder if they are aware they are so obvious?
Do saturn actually have allotments?
Here in Italy some store is not so reliable in those terms
Yes, but you can also just order it online on their website. Media Saturn is getting the largest supply of Switch systems in Germany.
Some stores takes pre-orders BEFORE they get allotments from the manufacturer. Must be fun for some people to be put on a waiting list afterwards....
MHWilliams
Member
Given a launch early in the month and a worldwide launch, yes.
The PS4 sold 1 million units in its first 24 hours on Nov 15 launch, and added Europe and Australasia at the end of the month to reach 2.1 million by Dec 3. The Xbox One did the same (slightly more regions) and did 2 million in its first 18 days.
I think it was reasonable for them to be conservative, given the launch of 3DS and Wii U.
SinCityAssassin
Member
If they want the big views, they're gonna have to copy from the Pokemon book.
ATXAlchemy
Member
I have nothing on Switch until more titles are announced, but I really do hope that it also replaces 3DS sooner than later.
The perfect Dark
Banned
I don't think there is any hype (except for Internet forums). We are 4-5 weeks before release and nobody talks about the Switch here.
I haven't seen any commercials either. Even the WiiU had more advertising. The Switch is going to tank pretty hard.
I haven't seen any commercials either. Even the WiiU had more advertising. The Switch is going to tank pretty hard.