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Gamestop: Nintendo Switch Selling out in hours not days (Mario Kart Launch info)
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Skittzo0413
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There is one- http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1349770
EDIT: Whoops beaten by 3 minutes.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Pretty much, the last Nintendo direct showed us that Japan is starting to wake up. So expect to see some hints in E3, but the flood will happen after, since E3 is not Japan focused. Just like how I suspect western developers probably wont be doing a lot of switch announcement until E3 2018, not now.
If EA, Activision, Ubisoft, and Take Two start publishing a shit ton of games on Switch this year, color me very surprised. On the other hand, if SquareEnix, Capcom, Namco, Sega, and many other don't start announcing games this year, I will also be surprised.
We got about 30 in a refresh that were only to be sold today at Best Buy. The first 15 or so we're ticketed and were gone by noon (we open at 10am). Our gaming department hit budget for the day around noon too (thanks Nintendo for keeping us on track to bonus). I Left around 4 and we had about 10 left. It's been steadily selling alongside Zelda and MK8. Doubt we'll have any by day's end.
1/3 were Neon btw.
We don't put them out on the floor. So the customer has to actually ask so we go get them out of the back.
1/3 were Neon btw.
We don't put them out on the floor. So the customer has to actually ask so we go get them out of the back.
I doubt it. Nintendo is at most rumoured to be manufacturing 16M this financial year and expecting to sell about 10M. They are off by about 5-10M in both cases. It will be impossible to get a switch when Mario Oddessey, Zelda DLC and whatever other Nintendo games release these Holidays.
RomanceDawn
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I saw about 6 wild Switches in Target this morning. I wonder if they are still there?
The Wii U situation this is not.
The Wii U situation this is not.
freeofgreed
Member
Damn that last bit is crazy. Also you guys need to sell at least $4500 worth of gaming goods a day to hit target? That seems like a lot.
Also I don't understand your first sentence. You can only sell them today? And they can only be sold at Best buy? I'm assuming you work at Best buy so where else would you sell them?
This is Wii version? Lol
OrbitalBeard
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He means they received stock earlier in the week, but were required to hold them for today.
To show it's maintaining momentum.
We got them in over last weekend. Couldn't sell them until MK8D came out today, Friday.
As far as gaming's budget. It's a weekend. A time of higher spend. And we were already over 20% over budget at that time. Budget's actually more like 3.5k.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Digital version next month, retail version later this year.
Dark Cloud
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I believe it's the second week of May.
freeofgreed
Member
Ah ok that makes sense. Also how common is it for you guys to hit that target? I'm always curious as to how well games do at retail these days.
wumster3000
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Wonder how people feel here on Gaf that said it was going to flop?
Unless it's Sony, it's a guaranteed flop on Gaf.
Unless it's Sony, it's a guaranteed flop on Gaf.
Doesn't matter. Nintendo games keep selling at full price for a very long period of time.
Dear god. I need to get my Switch and Zelda ASAP or else I ain't playing it before Minecraft. Fuck.
Everything is a flop. People predicted PlayStation 4 to flop as well before release. As long as you are enjoying what you've bought that's all that matters.
I think they're giving the Switch time for enough units to be sold so they can do bigger numbers for games of that magnitude. But indeed, that is going to be bonkers when it (they?) drop.
wumster3000
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I hardly remember that.
I am enjoying my consoles and yes you are correct, but that still doesn't negate how Gaf reacted to the Switch. It was not good.
Dark Cloud
Member
I expect Square to be at Nintendos Digital Event. I'm hoping TGS we get a lot more games from Japan.
PhantomZone
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I got one on Thursday, opted for the grey (3 left while they had 15 Neon blue). Mario Kart was an influence to buy one now (I'm horrible at it... can't take corners lol), but my real motivation is Ultra Street Fighter 2 next month.
No interest in Zelda, might not even get the new Mario. But if/when they release the classics to collect (og super mario 1-3) I'll be in like flynn.
No interest in Zelda, might not even get the new Mario. But if/when they release the classics to collect (og super mario 1-3) I'll be in like flynn.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Ultimately depends on the stores traffic, which sound like he work in one if its $4500 a day in just gaming. I remember when I used to work in PCs in bestbuy the damn goal was like 20-30K each day. Gaming was probably like $2000-3000. We never hit gaming budget. It was all home theater budget lol
And you call yourself a professor?
blame space
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You bought a switch to play street fighter 2 and to collect hypothetical NES games.
SolicitorPirate
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Well, shit. I knew the Switch was selling well, but I didn't realise it was selling that well. The EB Games near my office got a new shipment yesterday, but I was too lazy to get it and decided to wait till next week. Hope they still have any by then
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
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by luck and thanks to the gaffer that posted about it, i grabbed another one on amazon myself seconds later it was gone again (from amazon)
talkingood
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So...nothing like Wii, then?
The depths of hell.
Not sure. I don't work in that department.
Good, because that practice is actually kind of gross. Especially in previous generations, when those bundles would be loaded with really undesirable stuff.
lwilliams3
Member
Just realized how close Daisy was from the finishing line. Man.. hope that wasn't the last lap.Basically this:
It was. She stopped moving at the end because the race ended on her.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Compared to the rest of the series, Mario Kart Wii was legit trash. That gif is giving me nightmares.
Jaded Alyx
Member
I heard you can just snap your​ fingers and up production in factories you don't own and also teleport product from one side of the globe to the other in an instant. Lazy Nintendo should have just done that.
That is a very good question my friend. Nintendo does have a reputation for creating demand through supply shortages. They've done it repeatedly, but I'm sure we can give them the benefit of the doubt this time, right?
I'm pretty sure zombiu did more ww. Probably not over 1m though.
AzureSkies
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I think Minecraft sold more on Wii U.
The salt
whyreggielie
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I'm fairly confident ZombiU sold more than 500k but I couldn't find a reliable source. Bomberman could probably leg it up to a million since that was only march sales and it has some name power for when it goes on sale.
Yea this as well.
We never actually got a figure for Zombi U though...
Oh yeah, it's Japanese sales guarantee that.
Hence "I'm pretty sure". Only figures online are from that banned site though, but it's very likely Bomberman will top 1m at some point and it won't be a discussion then.
ShockingAlberto
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Don't know how much Zombi U sold on its own, but it, Splinter Cell, and AC3 did so badly that Ubisoft swore off any M-Rated games for Nintendo systems after that.
Ac3 or black flag, or both?