DecoReturns
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So Mario Kart Deluxe sold over half a Mil in just April?
That's pretty damn good.
That's pretty damn good.
So Mario Kart Deluxe sold over half a Mil in just April?
That's pretty damn good.
No one should rag on you as it's true. Their stock is shit and they need to get this sorted ASAP.
Switch First Two Months: 1186K
March: 906K
April: 280K
3DS First Two months: 592K
March: 398K
April: 194K
3DS First 6 months: 1175K
Wii U First 2 Months: 885K
Wii U First 6 Months: 1187K
Wii First 2 Months: 1080K
DS First 2 Months: 1225K
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How about this month? Has the first half of May been any better?
It's great that a couple of stores in Italy have plenty of stock, but Switch is absolutely not readily available all over Europe.That's weird though, switch is readily available in Europe.
Here in Italy every major retailer has stock, I see it pretty much everywhere on shelves and even Amazon.it/.es/.de/.co.uk carries it.
And it's not like Nintendo systems don't sell here. Could there be such disparity in stock supplies between regions?
EDIT: I guess making people import from Europe is all according to the artificial scarcity keikaku.
They don't need to do that, when orders from retailers slow down then they end up with stock to put into inventory because their production is independent of retail orders.
They don't need to hold back stock when it's in their best interests to fulfill demand now.
There's no sense holding back stock for the holidays when it's still 8 months away, especially it the product is currently selling like hot cake.
It's great that a couple of stores in Italy have plenty of stock, but Switch is absolutely not readily available all over Europe.
France and Germany in particular are virtually sold out. And just because something is "carried" by Amazon doesn't mean you can actually order one.
Switch First Two Months: 1186K
March: 906K
April: 280K
3DS First Two months: 592K
March: 398K
April: 194K
3DS First 6 months: 1175K
Wii U First 2 Months: 885K
Wii U First 6 Months: 1187K
Wii First 2 Months: 1080K
DS First 2 Months: 1225K
If you're going to steal this to put on Twitter please credit!
Damn two days and over 500kNo, only two days of April because the cut off date for NPD was April 29th.
There's no sense holding back stock for the holidays when it's still 8 months away, especially it the product is currently selling like hot cake.
So Mario Kart Deluxe sold over half a Mil in just April?
That's pretty damn good.
MK8D launched on April 28th. So that's half a million for 3 days, I'm guessing it would sell triple that amount with the benefit of a full month. I wouldn't expect less than half the current WW install base to pick that title up.
MK8D launched on April 28th. So that's half a million for 3 days, I'm guessing it would sell triple that amount with the benefit of a full month. I wouldn't expect less than half the current WW install base to pick that title up.
I will admit that I have no idea how this works but I'm just trying to logically deduce what is the most likely/cost effective solution for a console maker.
What happens if demand doesn't slow down before November? They have to drastically yet temporarily ramp up their production in the preceding months if they're not holding back any stock right now. That seems like a fairly risky and expensive proposition, especially for a conservative company like Nintendo.
But again I'll admit that I have no business experience and no idea what actually happens, so you guys could very well be right.
They probably are, but to a small degree. Much like any manufacturer, holidays represents a particular time period that they need additional stock due to heavy demand, but also a period where people are more likely to pass on buying your product for something else if they can't get it. Comparatively something being a little hard to find during the normal calendar is not as bad, becauae the consumer is more willing to wait and find one, rather than buy something else.
Having said that, Nintendo makes their revenue from software, so it's unlikely they would intentionally hold back any large amount of stock when they need to much as many as possible to sell software now, and during the holiday season.
Man am I happy I stood out in the cold for my switch
I will admit that I have no idea how this works but I'm just trying to logically deduce what is the most likely/cost effective solution for a console maker.
What happens if demand doesn't slow down before November? They have to drastically yet temporarily ramp up their production in the preceding months if they're not holding back any stock right now. That seems like a fairly risky and expensive proposition, especially for a conservative company like Nintendo.
But again I'll admit that I have no business experience and no idea what actually happens, so you guys could very well be right.
Manufacturing consumer products is all about reading the market and predicting initial stock and production based from preliminary research. If demand happens to be way more than supply, you have no choice but to ramp up production, again predicting how much the increase would be, exactly like what Nintendo is doing now. It's not going to be risky if their prediction is more or less correct, but even with the current demand, I would assume they would rather err on the side of caution and still be conservative. It's much better to come short on demand rather than oversupply and incur added expense storing unsold stocks.
It's very simple, if we go by the WSJ rumour where they planned to increase production from 8M to 16M for the FY then, that is what will be produced regardless of demand.
They did that change because they expected that 8M produced wouldn't be enough to fulfill demand. If they still don't fulfill demand by November with production now being 16M. Then it just means they underestimated demand again.
They lose sales that's it. They just predicted things wrong, they could still increase production further if they think 16M won't be enough assuming demand is still outstripping supply but that choice would have to be made around July/August to prepare for holidays.
The reason they couldn't do this in the first place is obviously they didn't know how it would perform, once they see by July/August how shipments are going, they could do more than 16M if they have to because the fact is the product just launched and it will experience growth in the following year which is what normally happens in the product life cycle so they'd have to increase production again.
I guess the question I have about their production capacity is, do they basically produce X amount per day and stay at that rate throughout the entire fiscal year? Or is there a production schedule put forth in March (or earlier) which has their factories producing X amount per month between March and August and 2 to 3X amount per month from September to November (numbers and months just for this example)?
It would seem to me that producing X amount a day steadily for the entire year would be far cheaper than opening up new production lines at certain times of the year, especially when many companies will be opening up such lines before the holiday season so there will be competition among the various manufacturers and factories.
There's no middle ground on these switch threads. Either its going to fail, or it's going to put Wii to shame.
8 million units per year is 667K units per month. It may take 2-4 months to double production to 16 million units per year. The Switch may be supply constrained for another 8-10 months.
I remember that nintendo is a toy company and one of the strategies of a toy company is artificial shortages to create premium demand for the toy.
There wont even be 1.5 million Switches sold in the US yet including May. It would have zero chance of tripling those numbers with a full month.
2 days. NPD only tracked until April 29th
Did you understand what s/he said? You are predicting an attach rate of over 100%. It's not happening.It sold 1/3 of that in 2 days on a new console with owners salivating for new content, with no other really major releases this month. Bookmark this post for end of May and I'll happily eat crow if I'm wrong. If it doesn't make 1.5, it'll come damn close.
You basically have to stalk iStockNow and call every store in your area the moment they open if you see any units pop up.
My gamestop only got a few 2 weeks ago and i had to call the minute they opened. Its really fucking lame.
Dude it's on Amazon right now.
It sold 1/3 of that in 2 days on a new console with owners salivating for new content, with no other really major releases this month. Bookmark this post for end of May and I'll happily eat crow if I'm wrong. If it doesn't make 1.5, it'll come damn close.
Did you understand what s/he said? You are predicting an attach rate of over 100%. It's not happening.
Damn Nintendo
Shooting yourself in the foot much?
Terrible numbers. I doubt scarcity is THAT of a problem. I don't think Is logical to think Nintendo is shipping a similar number of consoles in JPN and US.
Just sold out, lolDude it's on Amazon right now.
The responses in this thread... Are people that unplugged from the Switch and its general situation that they don't know how scare they are? As various posters are saying, I've also yet to see one at retail. There are signs at my local Bestbuys and Gamestops specifically regarding the stock and people looking to secure one.
Did you understand what s/he said? You are predicting an attach rate of over 100%. It's not happening.