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[horuhe]

PS4 Pro Portable, Scorpio Portable and Switch Mini. The new generation!

I find it weird, but I guess Yoshida surely got convinced by Iwata words on NX about being a line of various products, so they don't want the "PlayStation 4" brand to die anytime soon.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Will Japan survive that Splatoon 2 Switch console bundle ?

 

[hiska-kun]

Splatoon 2 pre-orders open today in Japan.

 

[schuelma]

Splatoon 2 pre-orders open today in Japan.

lol.

 

[noshten]

Splatoon 2 pre-orders open today in Japan.

It has began

 

[Kouriozan]

Splatoon 2 bundle about to slay Japan, will be very interesting to watch.

 

[Mpl90]

Wait, the bundle is for Japan as well?

 

[hiska-kun]

Wait, the bundle is for Japan as well?

Of course.

 

[Eolz]

Dat Splatoon merchandising.
Dem summer sales.

 

[Maxinas]

So how many bundles are we talking about? 10 in the entire country? Nintendo needs to take care of these stock issues asap.

 

[Mpl90]

Of course.

Oh well.

Even is Switch wouldn't technically need it...could we say that a second launch is coming?

EDIT: Actually, major question. What's the MSRP for the bundle.

 

[Ōkami]

Famitsu has been up for some time now, they have Switch at 25k

 

[Mpl90]

Famitsu has been up for some time now, they have Switch at 25k

Yep, here

https://www.famitsu.com/biz/ranking/

 

[Alrus]

Look at Japan getting those

Spoiler

ugly

Splatoon colored Joy-cons before everyone else.

 

[Kanann]

Splatoon 2 pre-orders open today in Japan.

Good bye Dragon Quest XI ;^)

 

[Fafalada]

Could a "PS4 Portable" work, in theory, if Sony required devs to downport existing/new PS4 games to a new binary to work with new, portable architecture?

That's exactly what Vita was top the PS3 - and you have all of the reasons why that didn't work right there (developer and software wise - not even pointing at the sales here).

 

[boiled goose]

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

Sell less.
???
Profit.

 

[Ōkami]

Famitsu retail + digital, combined rereleases

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life - 361.074
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below - 360.698
NieR: Automata - 338.664
Resident Evil 7: biohazard - 338.324
Battlefield 1 - 336.612
Bloodborne - 314.765
Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and Prophecy's End - 314.200

RE7 must've sold some 10k or so since it dissapeared from the charts months ago, but nonetheless its not like Nier will have problems outselling it.

Nier is the 11th best selling game on PS4.

 

[Dargor]

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

Jim Sterling made a video about nintendo doing exactly that for their products. But I dont think they would do it for a console.

At least for me it makes no sense.

 

[AdventureRacing]

Most sales were expected but as with everyone else I'm surprised so little switch were shipped. Maybe it's because of the increase shipments with MK8D or the units they flew to NA. I can't believe that sort of tiny shipment will now be the norm.

Expecting shipments to go back up in the next couple of weeks. They need to get their act together by splatoon release.

 

[Polygonal_Sprite]

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

You do realise the console is sold out in most major markets? They are struggling to ship adequate numbers evenly throughout the World.

Anyone who thinks Nintendo are stopping people from dropping the best part of $500 on their console, a couple of games and some accessories are absolutely delusional.

 

[Hero of Legend]

Got the MC Top 20 and Famitu Top 30 Switch data up on my site here. Just the rest of MC's Top 50 and Dengeki chart to go tomorrow.

 

[Triplicates]

The claim is all the more silly because 40K is not so different from 25K in absolute terms. It's unclear how a temporary ~15K decline in shipments would drive fake hype, a mechanism that doesn't even make sense in the first place.

 

[Alrus]

Jim Sterling made a video about nintendo doing exactly that for their products. But I dont think they would do it for a console.

At least for me it makes no sense.

Jim Sterling doesn't always have valid points either.

 

[ggx2ac]

That was not true at all with Wii U because we got a negative shipments in one quarter that pretty sure means retail returning units to Nintendo warehouses.

That was the first time I saw this happen since Wii gen.

Context!

Those returns from Europe happened right after the launch of the Wii U after the holidays were over.

Nintendo ended up producing a lot of Wii U units for the following FY because Iwata didn't want to worry investors. They ended up producing 12 million Wii U units which spent the majority of their time in inventory for the Wii U's lifespan so the only time before that did you see returns because they had the space to take back units.

They couldn't do that again once their inventory filled up with 12 million Wii U units.

 

[Calm Mind]

 

[horuhe]

Splatoon 2 pre-orders not open yet at online stores. Don't think they will be open today... Rakuten and Amazon gonna collapse.

EDIT: According to Sofmap, from 11am they will be accepting reservations. I think, online stores as well. So, in less than 50 minutes we should see lines at stores.

 

[Ōkami]

FFXII and Gundam Versus will likely get the mandatory Sony Store only consoles, besides that there's also the limited release of the Minecraft Vita bundle.

July will be a busy month.

 

[Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule]

Nintendo will ship 80k switches that week and u guys know it.

 

[duckroll]

So I guess Koei Tecmo failed to escape certain death?

 

[horuhe]

Japan, at this moment.

EDIT: Switch new shipments for this Saturday.

 

[AdventureRacing]

Nintendo will ship 80k switches that week and u guys know it.

Splatoon 2 launch week? That should really be the bare minimum they ship. They need as much stock as possible.

 

[horuhe]

Calm before lines at akiyodo. Some other stores didn't open reservations today, it seems...

 

[Mario007]

Famitsu retail + digital, combined rereleases

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life - 361.074
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below - 360.698
NieR: Automata - 338.664
Resident Evil 7: biohazard - 338.324
Battlefield 1 - 336.612
Bloodborne - 314.765
Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and Prophecy's End - 314.200

RE7 must've sold some 10k or so since it dissapeared from the charts months ago, but nonetheless its not like Nier will have problems outselling it.

Nier is the 11th best selling game on PS4.

Nier is honestly showing very good legs. I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up selling more than Yakuza 6 at this point.

 

[Terrell]

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.

We're two months in. It's like you expect a Ferrari to have reached 200mph when the accelerator only hit the floor one second ago.

Never mind that people compare their production output to that of electronics giants and multi-billion dollar companies who can bid higher on a production line, funnel money to start them up faster and aren't scared to flood the channel.

 

[horuhe]

It just exploded! The Splatoon 2 Set, already out of stock in less than 10 minutes.

 

[ggx2ac]

It just exploded! The Splatoon 2 Set, already out of stock in less than 10 minutes.

Just to make sure, that doesn't come with the game right? It's just the Joy-Con colours?

 

[kuroneko0509]

Just to make sure, that doesn't come with the game right? It's just the Joy-Con colours?

it's a bundle, so it comes with the game.

 

[Eliseo]

It just exploded! The Splatoon 2 Set, already out of stock in less than 10 minutes.

And-it's-gone.jpg

 

[Kanann]

Just to make sure, that doesn't come with the game right? It's just the Joy-Con colours?

That 39000 yen one come with game.

 

[random25]

I'm honestly surprised that there's a Splatoon 2 bundle, especially in Japan where standalone can sold bajillions.

 

[ggx2ac]

it's a bundle, so it comes with the game.

Oh okay, now I'm curious as to whether it's a physical or digital copy.

I remember how in the west a 3DS unit would come with a digital game rather than physical like Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 iirc.

 

[Fularu]

I'm honestly surprised that there's a Splatoon 2 bundle, especially in Japan where standalone can sold bajillions.

People are paying for the game in the bundle (more for it actually no?)

 

[hiska-kun]

Oh okay, now I'm curious as to whether it's a physical or digital copy.

I remember how in the west a 3DS unit would come with a digital game rather than physical like Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 iirc.

Physical copy.

 

[random25]

People are paying for the game in the bundle (more for it actually no?)

Maybe there's more to the package other than the unit and the cart. But yeah, good point about its price.

 

[thestopsign]

Arms might see an uptick in preorders also after that Direct.

 

[horuhe]

People are paying for the game in the bundle (more for it actually no?)

According to Rakuten, the bundle comes with three stickers, so that's why the overprice!
・オリジナルステッカー：3枚

Joking aside, I guess Nintendo awares Switch demand and tries to get every money they could with this scarcity, more if it's Splatoon we're talking about.

 

[Passose]

It just exploded! The Splatoon 2 Set, already out of stock in less than 10 minutes.

madness

 

[Kanann]

Kids, parents, grandmas won't have enough money left for DQXI ;~;

You win this time Nintendo!

 

[Passose]

Kids, parents, grandmas won't have enough money left for DQXI ;~;

You win this time Nintendo!

tbf the 3ds version of DQXI will probably outsell Splatoon 2 anyway