Yeah it's a fantastic one two punch of Nintendo core and bridge. What TP and Wii Sports did before. I guess they moved Kart up when they understood 12Switch probably wasn't going to do it.
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Gamestop: Nintendo Switch Selling out in hours not days (Mario Kart Launch info)
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I'm just saying what my local Gamestop told me when I went to try and buy one the other day. No need to be smarmy.
Basically this:
I want to bash my controller into my TV and this wasn't even me it happened to.
Dark Cloud
Member
I'm not surprised. I'm not going to keep pretending to be surprised nor worry about certain people and their so called concern of the Switch will sell well still. It's going to do great. I feel like anything above N64 sales is a success.
moltonasty
Member
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Shows that they nailed a good idea with the hybrid console that it could launch with such a weak lineup and be selling so insanely well. Awesome piece of hardware. Bring on E3 and show us what's to come.
It looks like software is actually selling well though(not even just Zelda) so I guess its subjective.
GuitarGuruu
Member
This can't be real lmao.
gamerMan
Member
Yah the Ps4 launch lineup were just ports of Ps3 games. I didn't buy it because of the games, I bought it because of the potential. With the Switch, you know you are going to get killer first party software that you can take with you. That's a big selling point.
Thebullfrog
Member
Compared to the PS4's incredible launch lineup of... what, Resogun?
But the switch is a dated console based on specs and online play alone. Expensive controllers can't hide that.
Indeed Switch had a genuine killler app. Without Zelda Switch would have struggled at launch. It really helped change the narrative.
Yeah, I wouldn't want to stretch the Switch' output onto my 75" 4K OLED TV
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Third party games are even selling well.
The only third party companies who didn't sell are the ones who didn't even up (SquareEnix, Atlus, Namco, Sega, Take Two, EA) and the games that would have sold terribly on the other platforms (Disgaea).
Perhaps a bit but I don't think it will be noticeable. I think MK8D numbers are going to show an incredibly high attach rate to the Switch consoles that are already sold.
I think Switch needs to do around 3DS sales or higher to be a success because they're replacing both their console and handheld lines
ToysRus in France
we were 3 friends, we called every stores and FINALLY they had 5 in stock... after a good race , we bought 3 . Good times!
Neff
Member
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Pretty sure even Disgaea managed to sell through it's intial shipment just about judging by it's stock issues. Not gangbusters or anything but well it could have gone worse.
El-Pistolero
Member
Yeah, it had a foggy career...
If it has stock issues it's sold well in the eyes of the publisher, so you can be sure NIS is happy.
It's really small and the balance of every parts put together is, as we have now, the best you can buy in 2017. If there was a better product like this, Switch wouldn't do these numbers.
Went about 11 to pick up my copy of MK8 from Best Buy and was shocked to see a pile of about 20 Switches right at the checkout counter along with a couple carts of MK8, controllers, etc. They weren't store pickup, they were just in the wild Switches-- my first sighting. I purposely went about an hour after opening to avoid any chaos from people trying to buy everything...
Gotta wonder how many of them are gone now, 3-4 hours later..
Gotta wonder how many of them are gone now, 3-4 hours later..
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Good point, so even Disgaea did well.
So basically the only ones who lost were the ones who didn't show up. Switch owners are probably a different breed because the killer app was Zelda (and now Mario Kart), and those are more likely to buy third party games.
What is to understand? PEOPLE are buying it.
thestopsign
Member
That's a common misconception, I have seen a number of lizard folk and doggos walking out of stores with Switches. It clearly has a very wide appeal.
Nintendo didn't want to pull a Wii U where they over estimated demand and basically sat on launch units until the console was shelved. I don't really know who expected this thing to be such a wild success but hey it worked out. I thought it was DOA at $300 and will definitely eat my hat over this.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
switch owners are 3DS owners and Wii u owners (I imagine mainly 3DS owners since those games are also available on the wii u making buying the switch a harder proposition at launch). 3DS did just fine third party wise. Yokai Watch became a phenomenon on it, MH sold 4.1 million consistently. Bravely default sold a million outside of Japan etc. The handheld owners have never really had a issue buying 3rd party games on it. The one thing you could say is that they skewered heavily to JRPG's though really most of the games on the 3DS that aren't indie are JRPG's Vita as well really. For mid tiers and below on handhelds it's mostly what they make.
Neff
Member
Life in the jungle man
At the least, it's first week sales were almost exactly proportional to what it did on the PS4 when you compare the Japanese userbase for both consoles.
Granted, I seem to recall the first week sales for the PS4 version being beneath what NIS was publicly hoping for. While I imagine they were probably hoping for the launch rush to push it more, maybe it doing what it did with a significantly smaller userbase is still enough to make them confident in eventually just starting to do more multiplat stuff. They've made it clear, either way, that PS4 alone can't sustain them.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Its quite clear the switch will be the king of the jungle in Japan, its not a matter of if it will get a flood of Japanese games but when.
What The Forest Taught Me
Member
Switch's inherent self-marketing capability is likely to keep sales momentum strong for the foreseeable future.
What The Forest Taught Me
Member
The aesthetics of the Switch alone will result in purchases from a certain segment of the market.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Yup, family gatherings or friends hanging out, especially with Mario Kart 8 out in the wild will sell far more switches than Nintendo TV ads could ever do. I imagine there will be many instances of a fun day translating into "I need to get this for my own house now." Situation.
Beast mode has been unlocked, have fun Nintendo!
Wyndstryker
Member
Basically this:
Is there a source to this gif?
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
The thirst is real.
Dark Cloud
Member
How long can some of these western third party devs wait? Nintendo is laying the groundwork. Just put some of your damn games and support it.
It won't, Nintendo should have pulled all the stops and make a "second launch!" making sure millions would be available. Buuuuut.. it probably was 2 boxes of 7 again per location of reseller, while apps that keep track of stock, notify all the scalpers there has been a "new delivery".
No working aprent will be able to get them LOL.
ANd yes that is NINTENDO's fault.
They by now know the intensity of the demand, so they can produce like crazy. But they choose not to. If done right, and with production revved Nintendo should be able to sell 20 million in the first year even. As it ticks off all the boxes for a success, a nice bundle during Christmas would really push people over. But nope....
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Don't expect many announcements for the next six months if they've been waiting till now to even decide to start something
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
I suspect 2018 is when we will start seeing day and date mutiplats.
They need to see the receipts that third party games sell on the console, and the Christmas season is a good time to see if it happens.
For Japan I think we will start seeing trickles of announcements in Famitsu/Dengeki starting in summer, and then it floods over in fall into TGS.
What The Forest Taught Me
Member
Can I put you down for a plate of the house special?
Haha!
Dark Cloud
Member
Yeah I guess 2018 will be the year. This is the year of Nintendo, Japanese and indie games.
Captain Chaos
Member
Mass production of complicated electronics doesnt work like that. They've already reportedly increased production rates in line with forecsted demand and I suspect this is pretty maxed out without incurring extra cost.