Jaded Alyx
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I don't see this happening.I will pick one up eventually when there's a Zelda pack in model.
I don't see this happening.I will pick one up eventually when there's a Zelda pack in model.
I think reasons 2 and 3 are correct but reason 1 probably is not much of a factor, other than to explain the underlying basis for reason 3.
280k seems low. Is stock still constrained?
The biggest April ever recorded in the 8th gen is the PS4 with 199K in 2014. Second biggest? XB1 with 187K in 2015.
from the prediction thread
April is usually low.
While a little lower than I thought, it's understandable. They took shipments from April to March and the increased manufacturing hasn't hit yet.
It'll be interesting at what point they hit demand. I'm starting to doubt it'll be this year.
While a little lower than I thought, it's understandable. They took shipments from April to March and the increased manufacturing hasn't hit yet.
It'll be interesting at what point they hit demand. I'm starting to doubt it'll be this year.
Maybe 10million for the year was an accurate number. How can supply be this constrained?
not necessarily if they will hold back quantities for the holidays
Honest question; why are Nintendo having issues keeping up with demand? Sony and Microsoft didn't have this problem, or at least not as bad, did they?
Wouldn't it be a better comparison to track Wii's first month of sales vs. it's second month and track the increase/decline in production?
Wouldn't it be a better comparison to track Wii's first month of sales vs. it's second month and track the increase/decline in production?
Wouldn't it be a better comparison to track Wii's first month of sales vs. it's second month and track the increase/decline in production?
Edit: Just looked it up for the US...
November 2006 (Launched the 19th)
- 476k
December 2006 (Full month sales)
- 604k
January 2006
- 436k
Good for them. I honestly thought this system was going to crater and kill the company, and I'm thrilled to be wrong.
I still don't get the immediate appeal, personally, considering the only two games worth a damn are Wii U ports, but it's all good. I will pick one up eventually when there's a Zelda pack in model.
Not necessarily, since Wii launched in the holidays and therefore Nintendo will have predicted big sales in the second month as well. Of course, the current comparison isn't great either, but it is what was asked. There's simply no direct comparison between the two situations possible yet.
Not really, since companies will always hold back their supply for the holiday season. It could be very possible that a certain percentage of Switches being produced now are going to sit in warehouses until they can be shipped during the holiday season.
We'll know by May if things have improved which is for Switch hardware numbers to be higher than 280k for NPD.
Wouldn't it be a better comparison to track Wii's first month of sales vs. it's second month and track the increase/decline in production?
Edit: Just looked it up for the US...
November 2006 (Launched the 19th)
- 476k
December 2006 (Full month sales)
- 604k
January 2006
- 436k
You do realize May is 2/3 of the way over right?
You do realize May is 2/3 of the way over right?
Maybe 10million for the year was an accurate number. How can supply be this constrained?
Yeah supply constraints but being April is as much a factor too.from the prediction thread
April is usually low.
You do realize May is 2/3 of the way over right?
That's not true as of now.I see it pretty much everywhere on shelves and even Amazon.it/.es/.de/.co.uk carries it.
The only one having stock available is Italy, definitely not the strongest european market for Nintendo (IIRC that would be Germany and France).
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.
I think he means the May NPD numbers will help us understand the stock/production situation.
280k seems... low? Stock that bad?
As I mentioned in a different thread, stock was mostly dead / non-existent for the first half of the month. We didn't see large shipments up until right near the end of the month.
Great to see nintendo doing well again. I really cant understand why people think it would be better with them out of the hardware market, they show so many times (switch probably the best example) that you need innovators to create the products noone knew they wanted.
from the prediction thread
April is usually low.