You won't see a line like that in the USA.
The population of Tokyo is around 4x that of the USs biggest city.
You won't see a line like that in the USA.
It's been months.People have been lining up for weeks now in Japan for the Switch.
Cool.
The population of Tokyo is around 4x that of the USs biggest city.
I hope this means better support
You won't see a line like that in the USA.
I wish it were fun. Right now its insanely hot as all Japanese summers tend to be, so waiting in line would be a pain. Also at least in my area you never even are given a clue when to go and wait. Its like almost you have to have a sixth sense just to know when the lotteries are. Still hopefully Nintendo can do something soon. Last time it was this bad for them stock wise I can remember here was the DS lite days
Isn't the Switch supposed to be like 30,000円? These scalper prices are still so high at like 450000.
This is insane considering there is fuck-tons of stock here in Taipei right now, and the systems are Japanese imports.
A more directly comparable population for Tokyo would be the greater Tokyo area, including Yokohama and various other cities that are only 30ish minutes from central Tokyo. Which is 35 million.Don't want to be that guy, but that's wrong. Tokyo's population was at 9.273 million in 2015 while NYC was at 8.538 million as of last year. Tokyo and NYC are quite close in terms of population size.
Makes me wonder how many are intended for resell, I have yet to see one switch in the wild.
Yahoo auctions is flooded with switches.
15x markup?
Yes, please buy them all and then take a photo with them in the back of a truck. We need an updated pic for Switch (the lady with all the Wii U systems in the back of her truck).It is in stock everywhere in Australia should I be buying them to keep for the impeding drought ?
"we wonder how much longer the lines would become in the next few weeks, especially after Monster Hunter XX Nintendo Switch Ver. releases on August 25th"
MHXX ain't nothin. It's a late port of an upgrade of a spinoff, when the next real main MH has been announced for elsewhere. Splatoon will be the driver until Mario, maybe beyond.
In Japan no one really celebrates Christmas. It's more so a day that everyone, for some reason, pays a visit to KFC. That's about it.
Eh, that's slowly changing to promote gift giving.(stimulate the economy)
In Japan? It should sell better than the Wii, which wasn't that big a success.
You won't see a line like that in the USA.
MHXX ain't nothin. It's a late port of an upgrade of a spinoff, when the next real main MH has been announced for elsewhere. Splatoon will be the driver until Mario, maybe beyond.
If I understand correctly, though, the gift exchange is geared primarily toward couples, where families still do their giving at New Year in the form of cash money to children.
The population of Tokyo is around 4x that of the USs biggest city.
Off topic: Where are you getting this false info? Tokyo does not have 4 times more people than NYC.
But by contrast Japan is a smaller country and obviously has bigger lines. But it's reasonable to think right now that Japan has higher demand than the US, which it is also sold out in most areas.
Cool.
is that the Mets baseball team's font?
It looks similar could just be the name the orange does not help
Somehow I don't think there's much competition for what the Switch is in Japan, because no one else in Japan has Splatoon and Dragon Quest in a single package.
The population of Tokyo is around 4x that of the USs biggest city.
I find it amusing that people are still saying "Nintendo needs to fix this asap" and blaming them. As if Nintendo are deliberately making it hard for people to buy their products.
This isn't some limited edition thing, this is their major product for the next 5+ years. If they could sell a Switch to everyone who wants one right now they would. Trouble is, they are fighting for parts with a couple of small, indie companies - Apple and Samsung. You may have heard of them?
They will get production sorted eventually, but right now they're probably doing everything they can.
https://gonintendo.com/stories/287014-5-000-people-line-up-to-grab-a-switch-in-japan
https://nintendosoup.com/5000-people-lined-win-chance-buying-switch-japan/
This is pretty insane. Did Nintendo hit another Wii success?
I was told that the Switch had 'peaked' last month and we wouldn't be seeing lineups like this after last month and the launch of Splatoon.
I told that person they were insane and that Splatoon hype + smaller releases + Mario would only make these lines stay. Look who was right.
I am afraid that people gonna give up getting One
No need to, I admit I was wrong Didn't expect the demand after Splatoon 2 to be as mad as, possibly even worse than, the week of Splatoon 2. Really mad, the Switch demand right now.I'm tempted to dig up that post that insisted the Splatoon 2 launch was peak Switch in Japan, but can't be arsed
Great news though, Switch is a monster
EDIT: beaten like the poster who claimed Switch had peaked
MHX(X) was also the main MH game at the time, just like Monster Hunter World is. But being a port will hinder the sales potential, indeed.MHXX ain't nothin. It's a late port of an upgrade of a spinoff, when the next real main MH has been announced for elsewhere. Splatoon will be the driver until Mario, maybe beyond.
No need to, I admit I was wrong Didn't expect the demand after Splatoon 2 to be as mad as, possibly even worse than, the week of Splatoon 2. Really mad, the Switch demand right now.
To be fair, I never argued that demand was going to fall off a cliff. I was always talking about small differences where Splatoon 2 week would edge out ahead of all other weeks.
Maybe in Japan and NA. Here in Europe (at least Sweden) you can walk into any electronics retailer and just grab one or ten. No supply constraints at all here it seems.
Same thing here in Finland. Just checked some local retailers' websites and they all have hundreds of Switches in stock.