thatJohann
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Those lines are nuts. And here I am barely using mine. Wish there were more games and then Id use it tho!
Last I checked there still seems to be a lot of stock in Australia.
Don't think Nintendo has much hold here. Come for a holiday and pick up a Switchon the way.(and a spider bite)
Why aren't you scalping them?
And you think they haven't done this? You do realize different regions get drastically different stock allocations, right?
People could buy a Switch locally from a scalper for less than a Switch costs in Australia.
350 units for 3000 people? In your native market?! Get your shit together Nintendo.
But then again people can spin this as "Watch how the Switch has people turn into crazed Zombies!" Well you are gonna get lines when you can't provide your product.
350 units for 3000 people? In your native market?! Get your shit together Nintendo.
But then again people can spin this as "Watch how the Switch has people turn into crazed Zombies!" Well you are gonna get lines when you can't provide your product.
350 units for 3000 people? In your native market?! Get your shit together Nintendo.
But then again people can spin this as "Watch how the Switch has people turn into crazed Zombies!" Well you are gonna get lines when you can't provide your product.
How do these people even get the time to queue, don't they work practically every day?
350 units for 3000 people? In your native market?! Get your shit together Nintendo.
But then again people can spin this as "Watch how the Switch has people turn into crazed Zombies!" Well you are gonna get lines when you can't provide your product.
Don't even know how any business is open at all tbh.How do these people even get the time to queue, don't they work practically every day?
Muppets. Just backorder one on Amazon and then wait.
http://www.istocknow.com/live/#devi...on=37.661913730236, -92.02563329302598&zoom=4
Its unfortunately walmarts and targets and they do disappear sometimes after a bit but I have had friends in Dallas and Minnesota tell me there are still switches for sale in some targets in those areas. You may be able to use brickseek to pinpoint it, if you know the Switch SKUs, but the two stores are really finicky when it comes to inventory of an item when it drops below 3 available iirc. Like 0-3 is all equivalent to 0.
3,000 people 😳
Its the price and lack of advertisingNintendo need to work on their stock distribution. The Switch is readily available in Australia. As one of their weakest markets a lot of our stock should be in Japan right now.
I thought they were competing with the big apple for componentsNo, I dont think they've done this because when I say limited I'm saying limiting sales to specific regions only. Either Japan or US alone first. Then some EU markets a much later date. Like they've already done with other successful launches. There is no benefit to under shipping everyone.
I thought they were competing with the big apple for components
It's just another way of spending your Saturday.I wonder if there's a Japanese @Wario64 people could just follow? I can't imagine waiting in a 1000+ person line.
Whereas the Nintendo DS took 52 months to hit 2 million units sold, the Nintendo Wii took five months less hitting the same target in 47 months.
Its the price and lack of advertising
Why don't Japanese people just import one from overseas? Pretty sure there's plenty in Australia.
I think the worst part is Ive seen so many opportunities where a lottery wasnt necessary to buy one. I walked into Yodobashi Camera (Akihabara) in late March and picked mine up after about five minutes queueing. Seen multiple other stores with stock too.
Guess I just lucked out?
Why don't Japanese people just import one from overseas? Pretty sure there's plenty in Australia.
If Nintendo could somehow divert all Australian stock to Japan, it'd probably be sold out within a week. It's actually smart to just leave the units there, so they don't have to worry about resupplying that market anytime soon.
Expensive as fuck and the average person isnt going to spend the time figuring out if voltage etc works.
I'm talking about individually. Japanese people could just go to eBay.com.au and buy one probably.
And yet they're continually lining up even three months after launch, for a lottery? If they want one that bad they could try other ways.
Well yeah, but it wouldn't take long for that to drain most stock in the region. Australia is a very small market. Also, I'm pretty sure Switch is a lot more expensive there.
I'm talking about individually. Japanese people could just go to eBay.com.au and buy one probably.
I'm talking about individually. Japanese people could just go to eBay.com.au and buy one probably.
Nintendo actually losing tons of money by not having anticipated such strong demand.
Well I'm just saying what I would do if there were no switches where I live. I wouldn't personally pay extra, but it's an option for people who don't mind.
How many posts will it take to spin huge demand into a negative? Place your bets now!