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So how bad is the Switch stock situation?
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Are you in USA? Most screen protector companies on Amazon will send you a new one if you fuck up. I like TechArmor. Lifetime warranty and will send you a new one no questions asked. Also the trick is to apply it in a bathroom just after you've taken a hot shower
Wow, still available
Friend of Sonic
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Johnny Ryall
Member
It came wooooo. They still need to work on it though. I'd have bought one on impulse ages ago if I could have.
Friend of Sonic
Member
Daaaang. My best buy received a shitload. Also a parent walked up to me skeptical on a Switch for their child and I sold him on it. Where's my commission Nintendo
clockworkinyou
Banned
I managed to snag 2 - one for myself and one for my cousin as a graduation gift (sadly his party is tomorrow and Prime shows delivery for Sunday)
soooooooon
soooooooon
Black Republican
Member
Cut the check, Nintendo!
OrangeGrayBlue
Member
Seems like there was a pretty good restock. Switch was completely sold out at my local best buy by the minute they opened, though. Checked target and wal-mart: also sold out. The Switch is real difficult to find around the Los Angeles, Hollywood, Burbank area. There was a line of 20+ people outside best buy when I got there.
momshotdad
Member
Sold out at the GameStop I went to this morning (Austin area). They haven't had any in weeks.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
They had a bunch at my local Best Buy, the first time I've seen them in stock in person.
Naturally, I just had to pick one for myself.
Naturally, I just had to pick one for myself.
Schucky Ducky
Banned
This may just have been for Splatoon 2's launch. Hopefully the restocks become more frequent though.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
They have been saving up for big batches to drop when games like Kart and Splat drop. Inbetween has been a drip feed.
I wouldn't project anything off of today's stock as I don't think regular flow will be at the same amount.
PerfectFlaw
Member
Waited outside of Best Buy for 4 hours with the last hour being excruciating due to the heat. There were only two of us until around 30 minutes before the store opened, then the number grew to like six. We walk in and there are mountains of Switches available. Almost an hour later there were still a ton left. I could have just walked in at opening and picked one up. I really regret not just sleeping in.
The guy I waited with though was a good fella, and I'm hoping to get his friend code if he remembers to email me. So I guess it wasn't a total waste.
The guy I waited with though was a good fella, and I'm hoping to get his friend code if he remembers to email me. So I guess it wasn't a total waste.
CMojicaAce
Member
LA GAF, I was just at the Best Buy in Atwater Village and saw a stack of at least 20 switches at the cashiers.
UltimaKilo
Gold Member
Had 35 at my local Walmart two days ago.
The_Flyingdog670
Neo Member
Went to go pick up Splatoon 2 and Puyo Puyo earlier today at Best Buy and noticed they had like 9 grey switches behind the counter, in Cedar Hill TX btw. Seems like Nintendo is pumping out consoles for Splatoon 2.
For GermanGAF: I took a look around Heidelberg, and the Saturn had 5 or 6 Splatoon 2 bundles available, and a number of Neon consoles as well (don't know a quantity) as of two hours ago. The local Gamestop also has those two SKUS available, don't know more precise quantity for either.
OrangeGrayBlue
Member
Finally nabbed one for myself. Didn't find it in the store, but a guy on Craigslist was selling a brand new one for the same price it cost in stores ($328 after tax) so I went for it. I would've had the option to go to the target up the street from me this morning too, but according to istocknow they only received a shipment of neon units and I prefer gray, so I stuck with CL. Sure enough, it seems like the box hadn't even been opened until I met with him, so I think I lucked out finding the one guy not trying to profit from selling one. Woohoo 😀
CradleOfMan
Neo Member
Picked up a gray one after work on Friday together with Zelda and a pro controller at Best Buy in Chattanooga, TN. Was pleasantly surprised to find 4 left when I got there. Was bummed earlier in the day when I tried to get them on Amazon Prime and the stock ran out while I was checking out.
darkazcura
Member
Does anyone find it worrying how hard it is to find the neon joycons? A couple of my local GameStops said they haven't even received more than one or two shipments of neon joycons since launch.
Is Nintendo purposely making this a limited item? It is super easy to get gray joycons and pro controllers, but these neon joycons have been impossible. Sucks because I really want another pair, but the red joycons I bought didn't work properly. Instead of sending them into Nintendo for repair, I stupidly returned them hoping for an exchange. :/
Is Nintendo purposely making this a limited item? It is super easy to get gray joycons and pro controllers, but these neon joycons have been impossible. Sucks because I really want another pair, but the red joycons I bought didn't work properly. Instead of sending them into Nintendo for repair, I stupidly returned them hoping for an exchange. :/
Landed back in UK last night. Rather naively thought there should be an Argos or something within Greater Manchester that would have a system lying around but seems no dice.
BUT the Splatoon 2 bundle is surpringly in stock on the Nintendo UK site so I'm not pussyfooting around. Hope next day delivery means next day.
And Amazon Prime free trial should give me Breath of the Wild and a screen protector by the end of today.
Come on!
BUT the Splatoon 2 bundle is surpringly in stock on the Nintendo UK site so I'm not pussyfooting around. Hope next day delivery means next day.
And Amazon Prime free trial should give me Breath of the Wild and a screen protector by the end of today.
Come on!
Switch instock everywhere in Hamburg Germany except for some Media Markts, but you can easily get it starting this week.
Maaaan. I leave town for 1 week and this happens.
DeuceGamer
Member
My local Wal Mart had about 6 out today. They didn't have any out on Friday. May be worth checking again or calling.
TwilightPrincess
Member
Amazon.de has it too.
So I was snapchatting this image when I came into walmart today:
As I was posting it, I heard this guy ask one of the employees:
"Do you have any Switches?"
Employee: "Yes I believe we have one" (Not knowing she had 5)
Employee again:"Oh wow we got a lot of them, the new shipment most have came in"
Guy: "Can I-I...can I get two?"
Employee: "Sure"
*Proceeds to get two*
Lock it up and leaves.
So then I call my friend who owns a Switch and tell him about this, as I was talking to him another employee comes and takes ANOTHER 2 from the display. So I had to ask:
"Is that your last one?"
"Do you want it"
Me: "Uhhh, uhh, yeah sure"
I walk to the register thinking "Wtf am I doing, I just came in here for a shoe rack organizer"
Charged my debit card and now I have a Switch in my house. I know I should be responsible and return it cause I shouldn't have dropped that much money so quickly when I was TRYING to save money. I didn't get any games yet but damn that was crazy, 5 Switches gone in like 3 minutes.
As I was posting it, I heard this guy ask one of the employees:
"Do you have any Switches?"
Employee: "Yes I believe we have one" (Not knowing she had 5)
Employee again:"Oh wow we got a lot of them, the new shipment most have came in"
Guy: "Can I-I...can I get two?"
Employee: "Sure"
*Proceeds to get two*
Lock it up and leaves.
So then I call my friend who owns a Switch and tell him about this, as I was talking to him another employee comes and takes ANOTHER 2 from the display. So I had to ask:
"Is that your last one?"
"Do you want it"
Me: "Uhhh, uhh, yeah sure"
I walk to the register thinking "Wtf am I doing, I just came in here for a shoe rack organizer"
Charged my debit card and now I have a Switch in my house. I know I should be responsible and return it cause I shouldn't have dropped that much money so quickly when I was TRYING to save money. I didn't get any games yet but damn that was crazy, 5 Switches gone in like 3 minutes.
Thaedolus
Gold Member
So I was snapchatting this image when I came into walmart today:
As I was posting it, I heard this guy ask one of the employees:
"Do you have any Switches?"
Employee: "Yes I believe we have one" (Not knowing she had 5)
Employee again:"Oh wow we got a lot of them, the new shipment most have came in"
Guy: "Can I-I...can I get two?"
Employee: "Sure"
*Proceeds to get two*
Lock it up and leaves.
So then I call my friend who owns a Switch and tell him about this, as I was talking to him another employee comes and takes ANOTHER 2 from the display. So I had to ask:
"Is that your last one?"
"Do you want it"
Me: "Uhhh, uhh, yeah sure"
I walk to the register thinking "Wtf am I doing, I just came in here for a shoe rack organizer"
Charged my debit card and now I have a Switch in my house. I know I should be responsible and return it cause I shouldn't have dropped that much money so quickly when I was TRYING to save money. I didn't get any games yet but damn that was crazy, 5 Switches gone in like 3 minutes.
YOLO dude enjoy it
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
The key is how much stock did they hold for Splat 2 launch. If they held like a ton of stock just for the Splat 2 launch, and that sells out within a week welp. Doesn't bode well for restock.
Generalpsyduck
Banned
Preorders up on GameStop
https://www.nowinstock.net/videogaming/consoles/nintendoswitch/
https://www.nowinstock.net/videogaming/consoles/nintendoswitch/
T.Slothrop
Member
I bought a bundle through Gamestop without a problem. It took a week to get in, but that was it.
It cost $500 bucks, which seemed steep until I found out I could return everything I didn't want in the bundle for in-store credit. I purchased Splatoon 2, a memory card, a screen guard and a pro controller with my credit.
It cost $500 bucks, which seemed steep until I found out I could return everything I didn't want in the bundle for in-store credit. I purchased Splatoon 2, a memory card, a screen guard and a pro controller with my credit.
shoepolishsmelling
Member
I happened to walk into Walmart last night and saw 10 switch's a mix of gray and neon in the case, needless to say I grabbed one sat it at the counter and ran to get TP. Anecdotal I know but I hadn't seen one in the wild so it might be clearing up.
0ptimusPayne
Member
I was out during lunch and saw a few Neon Switch sets at Walmart in Tampa. Ended up picking up a pair of the neon joy cons for my grey switch fuck it lol.
TerminalDogma
Member
Just got back from buying Splatoon and some eshop money from my local Best Buy in Nassau Park, Princeton NJ. They had 3 Switches available. Looked to be all Grey.
GregLombardi
Member
Haha. That's crazy that this is still happening! Still, even though I'm a shareholder, I will never tell someone they shouldn't own a switch. The simple thing is you should. Its a great system.So I was snapchatting this image when I came into walmart today:
As I was posting it, I heard this guy ask one of the employees:
"Do you have any Switches?"
Employee: "Yes I believe we have one" (Not knowing she had 5)
Employee again:"Oh wow we got a lot of them, the new shipment most have came in"
Guy: "Can I-I...can I get two?"
Employee: "Sure"
*Proceeds to get two*
Lock it up and leaves.
So then I call my friend who owns a Switch and tell him about this, as I was talking to him another employee comes and takes ANOTHER 2 from the display. So I had to ask:
"Is that your last one?"
"Do you want it"
Me: "Uhhh, uhh, yeah sure"
I walk to the register thinking "Wtf am I doing, I just came in here for a shoe rack organizer"
Charged my debit card and now I have a Switch in my house. I know I should be responsible and return it cause I shouldn't have dropped that much money so quickly when I was TRYING to save money. I didn't get any games yet but damn that was crazy, 5 Switches gone in like 3 minutes.
Wii U...ugh...why did I buy that.
shoepolishsmelling
Member
So I was snapchatting this image when I came into walmart today:
As I was posting it, I heard this guy ask one of the employees:
"Do you have any Switches?"
Employee: "Yes I believe we have one" (Not knowing she had 5)
Employee again:"Oh wow we got a lot of them, the new shipment most have came in"
Guy: "Can I-I...can I get two?"
Employee: "Sure"
*Proceeds to get two*
Lock it up and leaves.
So then I call my friend who owns a Switch and tell him about this, as I was talking to him another employee comes and takes ANOTHER 2 from the display. So I had to ask:
"Is that your last one?"
"Do you want it"
Me: "Uhhh, uhh, yeah sure"
I walk to the register thinking "Wtf am I doing, I just came in here for a shoe rack organizer"
Charged my debit card and now I have a Switch in my house. I know I should be responsible and return it cause I shouldn't have dropped that much money so quickly when I was TRYING to save money. I didn't get any games yet but damn that was crazy, 5 Switches gone in like 3 minutes.
Honestly I think the fact that it was 9pm prevented them from getting snapped up super fast as well, no lie all you probably saw was ass and elbows as I ran to get what I originally came in for since they wouldn't let it leave electronics, rightly so.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
Because it's great. Like, every game worth owning for the Switch, or an equal or better equivalent so far is on Wii U. Switch no doubt has a more promising future, but if you look at the first party lineup for the Wii U vs. everything they've done since SNES, you'll find it compares really favourably.
shotgunbob04
Member
So I was snapchatting this image when I came into walmart today:
As I was posting it, I heard this guy ask one of the employees:
"Do you have any Switches?"
Employee: "Yes I believe we have one" (Not knowing she had 5)
Employee again:"Oh wow we got a lot of them, the new shipment most have came in"
Guy: "Can I-I...can I get two?"
Employee: "Sure"
*Proceeds to get two*
Lock it up and leaves.
So then I call my friend who owns a Switch and tell him about this, as I was talking to him another employee comes and takes ANOTHER 2 from the display. So I had to ask:
"Is that your last one?"
"Do you want it"
Me: "Uhhh, uhh, yeah sure"
I walk to the register thinking "Wtf am I doing, I just came in here for a shoe rack organizer"
Charged my debit card and now I have a Switch in my house. I know I should be responsible and return it cause I shouldn't have dropped that much money so quickly when I was TRYING to save money. I didn't get any games yet but damn that was crazy, 5 Switches gone in like 3 minutes.
Now, go get Zelda, start playing it, and realize you made the right decision
Sounds like when I got a Wii almost lol.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
Here you can get one now fairly easy most webshops have them in stock about 70% of the time and ships that day and you have the next day.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
The Wii U is the best hardware Nintendo has ever produced.
[/controversial opinion]
To each their own though, y'know.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Wait, am I reading this right, you bought three Switches?So I was snapchatting this image when I came into walmart today:
As I was posting it, I heard this guy ask one of the employees:
"Do you have any Switches?"
Employee: "Yes I believe we have one" (Not knowing she had 5)
Employee again:"Oh wow we got a lot of them, the new shipment most have came in"
Guy: "Can I-I...can I get two?"
Employee: "Sure"
*Proceeds to get two*
Lock it up and leaves.
So then I call my friend who owns a Switch and tell him about this, as I was talking to him another employee comes and takes ANOTHER 2 from the display. So I had to ask:
"Is that your last one?"
"Do you want it"
Me: "Uhhh, uhh, yeah sure"
I walk to the register thinking "Wtf am I doing, I just came in here for a shoe rack organizer"
Charged my debit card and now I have a Switch in my house. I know I should be responsible and return it cause I shouldn't have dropped that much money so quickly when I was TRYING to save money. I didn't get any games yet but damn that was crazy, 5 Switches gone in like 3 minutes.
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