People were saying Ninendo ramped up production and/or retailers held back stock for MK8 launch week and GW sales isn't really that different from before.Golden Week/MK8D launch.
People were saying Ninendo ramped up production and/or retailers held back stock for MK8 launch week and GW sales isn't really that different from before.Golden Week/MK8D launch.
Perhaps they had planned low shipments for this week for Japan because of the post-Golden Week drops? Which would mean that they always planned to ship low numbers, despite it seemingly not being necessary due to high demand (whereas they expected it to normalise to this level by now).Even if the Switch is indeed supply constrained, why is it not around the 40k~ish mark like before? If I had to guess, I'd say that they moved some stock somewhere else but for what reason?
Every post golden week becomes RIP Japan week.
Starting to get worried that there may indeed be huge production problems, possibly with Japan Display. That would not be good.
Even if the Switch is indeed supply constrained, why is it not around the 40k~ish mark like before? If I had to guess, I'd say that they moved some stock somewhere else but for what reason?
Does it seem like that? To me it seems more like there are steady shipments that always sell out. It's not that easy / fast to increase production.
I know Nintendo said they will try to increase production but the 10m forecast shows the actual shipment is what they planned.Jesus, Nintendo. When is the increased production supposed to take effect? I hope this isn't it...
Perhaps the 10m forecast is already the doubled production? They expect 5m before Switch success?They were rumored to be doubling their FY production starting in early March. I would've expected we would be seeing those effects by mid May, but apparently not. I guess it could just be taking longer than I thought but it's at least an issue we should keep our eyes on.
Starting to get worried that there may indeed be huge production problems, possibly with Japan Display. That would not be good.
Perhaps the 10m forecast is already the doubled production? They expect 5m before Switch success?
I think it's a little too early to worry about this. Its been 2 1/2 months man.
Perhaps the 10m forecast is already the doubled production? They expect 5m before Switch success?
While it is true production is a bit different from shipment... I don't expect a over 2m gap between them.The WSJ rumor was 8m originally to 16m. For production, which isn't the same as target shipments.
16m being produced would make sense with a conservative shipping estimate of 10m, but if the 10m is really all they think they can manage then I don't think those numbers add up.
Does it seem like that? To me it seems more like there are steady shipments that always sell out. It's not that easy / fast to increase production.
There you go mansplaining again.
Perhaps the 10m forecast is already the doubled production? They expect 5m before Switch success?
True, it's just a worry I've had since hearing about Japan Display's financial issues in general. I think this holiday's shipments will probably be a lot more telling about their production capacity.
At this rate, MK8D will overtake BOTW in less than 2 weeks.
Now those are the Japanese hardware sales we all know and love.
https://gamewith.jp/gamedb/article/show/43620?from=ios
As I said in the other thread, the console is still having shortages problems at least on all the online storefronts (the last update is a few hours ago, so it's extremely recent).
There you go mansplaining again.
so why they just shipped 25k when usually they shipped 40k ?
those shortages are fake, same as happened with famicom mini
real shortages were during DSL time, the more nintendo shipped the more they sold; now they just make "fixed" shipments to keep the hype among the consumer cause the line-up is so modest that without those "shortages" the hype would have been already vanished
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| | PlayStation 3 | PlayStation 4 | Difference |
| | (2006/11/11) | (2014/02/22) | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | PS4 - PS3 |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| 167| 35.156|4.598.114| 25.303|4.704.526| 106.412|
| 168| 26.966|4.625.080| 27.954|4.732.481| 107.401|
| 169| 34.431|4.659.511| 17.295|4.749.776| 90.265|
| 170| 25.450|4.684.961| | | |
| 171| 24.811|4.709.772| | | |
| 172| 32.130|4.741.902| | | |
| 173| 27.763|4.769.665| | | |
| 174| 28.824|4.798.489| | | |
| 175| 26.481|4.824.970| | | |
| 176| 50.164|4.875.134| | | |
| 177| 50.448|4.925.582| | | |
| 178| 38.877|4.964.459| | | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
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| | Nintendo 3DS | Nintendo Switch | Difference |
| | (2011/02/26) | (2017/03/03) | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | NSW - 3DS |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| 9| 23.038| 920.133| 76.679| 777.252| -142.881|
| 10| 28.413| 948.546| 47.911| 825.163| -123.383|
| 11| 29.149| 977.695| 24.712| 849.875| -127.820|
| 12| 18.324| 996.019| | | |
| 13| 17.240|1.013.259| | | |
| 14| 24.283|1.037.542| | | |
| 15| 27.357|1.064.899| | | |
| 16| 24.649|1.089.548| | | |
| 17| 40.649|1.130.197| | | |
| 18| 27.905|1.158.102| | | |
| 19| 30.233|1.188.335| | | |
| 20| 22.943|1.211.278| | | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
+--+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
| | 3DS | PSV | WIU | PS4 | NSW |
|La|2011.02.26|2011.12.17|2012.12.08|2014.02.22|2017.03.03|
+--+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
| 1| 374.764| 324.859| 308.142| 309.154| 329.152|
| 2| 209.623| 72.479| 126.916| 65.685| 61.998|
| 3| 96.463| 42.648| 122.843| 35.294| 49.913|
| 4| 61.394| 42.915| 69.386| 29.677| 78.441|
| 5| 50.710| 18.361| 67.083| 30.201| 45.509|
| 6| 42.979| 15.219| 20.715| 23.327| 41.193|
| 7| 32.910| 18.942| 16.654| 13.401| 45.673|
| 8| 28.252| 17.141| 13.746| 13.034| 48.694|
| 9| 23.038| 13.939| 12.959| 14.396| 76.679|
|10| 28.413| 12.309| 12.185| 12.712| 47.911|
|11| 29.149| 11.186| 10.744| 11.486| 24.712|
|12| 18.324| 10.023| 9.633| 8.480| |
|13| 17.240| 10.041| 10.021| 6.792| |
|14| 24.283| 10.021| 9.454| 7.543| |
+--+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
Remember when you said no one would have bought the Famicom Mini in Japan because they could have just bought the original Famicom and the carts?those shortages are fake, same as happened with famicom mini
That shipment is not acceptable for a market as important as japan is to nintendo. They need to fix this.
Switch gonna need a sustained shot up the ARMS if it's going to try and chase crossing 3DS' trajectory, prior to the price drop making that nigh-impossible.
Yeah the US number was troubling in terms of how nintendo was handling stock. This number just reeks of incompetence though. All of their resources, access, and experience and they still cant gauge market demand?
You know why they call it 'ramping up production'? Because you cannot instantly double output. You add bandwidth which accelerates output, until you reach your desired velocity.While it is true production is a bit different from shipment... I don't expect a over 2m gap between them.
This 16m looks way oof.
That Attack on Titan did even worse than I was expected.
Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains - 89 448 FW (Famitsu)
vs
05./00. [3DS] Attack on Titan: Escape from Certain Death # <ADV> (Koei Tecmo) {2017.05.11} (¥5.800) - 8.599 / NEW
Guess going with an Adventure game on 3DS with original story wasn't KT's best idea, heh.