DarkConfidant
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Scalpers could not have demand for it if a larger audience didn't already have that same, if not greater, demand.
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Best Buy online has Switch (both kinds)
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Scalpers could not have demand for it if a larger audience didn't already have that same, if not greater, demand.
I posted this in the other thread, but Best Buy got a big restock for today.
My local store had over 30 people waiting in line before it opened and a lot more were coming in in the time it took me to pick up my MK8 preorder, and even then it seemed like they still had some left to sell at that point.
I saw a lot of Neons too, first time I ever see them in person.
Check your local store, you might get lucky.
My local store had over 30 people waiting in line before it opened and a lot more were coming in in the time it took me to pick up my MK8 preorder, and even then it seemed like they still had some left to sell at that point.
I saw a lot of Neons too, first time I ever see them in person.
Check your local store, you might get lucky.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Well I mean, as huge as however many Switches are out in the wild, anyway.
holy shit
Interfectum
Member
The big holy shit will be if Mario Kart can topple the PS Store $10/$20 juggernauts.
oh shit
The big holy shit will be if Mario Kart can topple the PS Store $10/$20 juggernauts.
watch it happen now
mugurumakensei
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NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Switch owners starved for games and there's something like a half-dozen at retail. Not terribly surprising.
sixteen-bit
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Principate
Saint Titanfall
I mean when you consider there's 60 million PS4 out there, 30 million Xb1's and like 3-4 million switches, it is kinda surprising regardless of how you look at it.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Holy shit. The game's been out 12 hours in America.
emilioasis
Member
Never doubt Mario Kart
Chopper Dave
Member
Snagged one of the last two my local Best Buy had. I had to go on my lunch break. Finally I had some good luck and they weren't all gone by the time I got there, 2.5 hours after the store opened. No neons though but no biggy all the same.
Well it's been highly charting for a month, so it's not just the past 12 hours. But yeah if Zelda already has a 100% attach rate, what does that mean for Mario Kart lol.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Mario kart is a system seller I wouldn't be surprised with the extra stocking for it's launch that the switches install base has substantially went up.
Flying Toaster
Member
Mario Kart is huge. Bigger than Zelda even.
Looking at the $500 GameStop bundles linked on page 1.
If you actually were intending to buy Zelda, its Expansion Pass, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at full price, and you don't have a big microSD card lying around, you could do worse than these bundles. Way better than paying a scalper.
If you actually were intending to buy Zelda, its Expansion Pass, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at full price, and you don't have a big microSD card lying around, you could do worse than these bundles. Way better than paying a scalper.
falconxcrunner09
Member
The Walmart down the road from me has 2 in stock. I really want to go check after this class to see if they have it. But the area by it has very high crime rate and robbery rate. Someone in the GameStop next door was killed over a pair of Air Jordans, kid you not.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Oh, I know....but I'm still really impressed.
To be fair Zelda is split between WiiU and Switch, and I'm sure Amazon doesnt have the best numbers in comparison to B&M retailers given their lack of Switch stock. Regardless though, MK is definitely going to surpass Zelda in short order and put up big numbers.
persona or tom clancy second month is all I can think of atm
Oh, no, sorry, I meant just by Gamestop - for their bundle.
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
I just got back from my local BB to pick up MK8 Deluxe and they still had Switches in the case for sale. So check your local stores if you want one.
Interfectum
Member
Check the OP links, looks like Best Buy has them again.
Interfectum
Member
Added two bundles Best Buy is selling online too. Looks like these will be around for a bit.
You should update the OP to reflect that they're back again.
Shadow Broker
Banned
Dude that 499$ bundles gets you the system, Zelda, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, a 128 GB Micro SD card, and Zelda Breath of the Wild Season Pass!
I wish I waited and gotten that bundle instead if my launch system.
That's one of the best bundles I've seen.
Edit: I bought all the above items separately and paid considerably more.
Edit 2: NVM. I had a lapse in memory and forgot the price of the Switch. Disregard the above.
It's more expensive than buying them separately if you can snag the card for less than $60 and have anything like GCU or prime.
yeah but less than 24 hours
I always figured MK8D would outsell Zelda but this quick? whew
Shadow Broker
Banned
Shit, you're right. I don't know why I was thinking the Switch was 399$. Yeah, I paid 40$ for the same memory card.
Interfectum
Member
...and they're gone. Even the bundles. lol
Dr.Horrible
Member
Just as I convinced myself to pull the trigger. Oh well.
Jeez. There were 9 different SKUs. The Switch just keeps chugging along.
sixteen-bit
Member
It prints money, breh
A storm is coming. Can anyone say 4M+ consoles sold by the end of the month?
It's not impossible, MK8D has proven to be a big event, and I think Nintendo knew.
The Switch is a beast.
Interfectum
Member
All scalpers most likely. Even the ones with kids wearing Mario t-shirts.
PSFan
Member
So those moms with their kids I saw in the line were scalpers too?
lol
They actually could be. Scalpers use their families to get around the one per customer rules all the time.