onemanasylum
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Switch has the same fundamental issues.
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GameStop Reserves All of Its Initial Nintendo Switch Allocation
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Switch has the same fundamental issues.
ZeezbruhTV
Member
This doesn't really tell us anything...
It has more in my opinion. All the problems the Wii U had compounded with the absolutely inexplicable online plans and accessory prices.
Guess I need to post this again since there are some people who seem to have already forgotten after 2 page. Wow, how the mind slips!
"Allegedly"
Opening admitting to sexually assaulting someone(then banning anyone who called him out for it)
Posting revenge porn with their real full names then another admin(a now jailed pedophile) printed the photos and jacked off over them and sent it to the boyfriend.
You're right, how can we even know if he's guilty or not? HMMMM
Also:
BlastProcessing
Member
My Gamestop isn't a particularly big one and it got 56. 48 Grey and 18 Neon.
The launch day numbers will mean very little. Even Wii u did well at first.
onemanasylum
Banned
It was, wii-u sold well at launch. Not sure why people think pre-orders selling out means anything. it doesn't. PSVR sold out too.
Exactly. No confusion here as to what a Nintendo Switch is.
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Deleted member 1235
Unconfirmed Member
I'm hoping (unrealistically) that arms becomes the 'wii sports' of the thing. Actually that said, why isn't there a jazzed up sports for this one? Use their mascots and make it all more accurate. I'd kill for a Mario golf on this if they can make it like Wii sports golf, that was super fun
If they were smart that Mario Sports Mix 3DS game would also be on Switch.
SporeCrawler
Member
Doesnt sound good. All scalpers. Minus sales figures
They don't wanna cut into those potential Mario Sports Superstars profits, homie.
EDIT: I think this game should have been the pack-in. Just do a 720p version of the 3DS game and call it a day.
Glad ya nabbed one!
SporeCrawler
Member
The truth is that its a marathon. A sell out at launch is expected as much as a it is expected that a marathon runner will start to move his feet when the race starts.
The real question is longevity and nobody here knows the answer to that.
Well Amazon has run out of its initial allocation and, on the Wednesday before the event, my local GAME had around 40 pre-orders already. I think it'll definitely do better; I remember the Wii U launch, things were absolutely dire.
Obliterator
Member
As to the whole Switch vs Wii U problems situation Switch has far less issues for the uneducated casual gamer. People legit didn't even know 2 years into the Wii Us lifespan that it wasn't a tablet add on for the Wii. That was real and also a huge issue.
At the very least it's been made clear Switch is a brand new device without much confusion. The majority of its problems are once you take a closer look and there are indeed many
At the very least it's been made clear Switch is a brand new device without much confusion. The majority of its problems are once you take a closer look and there are indeed many
Yep. Nintendo will always sell out at launch. They have enough devotees to do that until the end of time. Console success is measured by growth. That will be the challenge for Ninty for sure.
The Wii U launched in the Holidays. The Switch launches in March. This means it has several months to build up a library, and then get in on some sweet holiday deals (plus on the gamer side of things show what it has in store for the future at E3).
so yes the Wii U did great at its launch, but its not exactly the same. Nintendo, at the very least, has the chance to grab momentum.
they probably wont tho
;_;
so yes the Wii U did great at its launch, but its not exactly the same. Nintendo, at the very least, has the chance to grab momentum.
they probably wont tho
;_;
onemanasylum
Banned
Who is derailing? Examples? Stating facts is not derailing, just because you don't like what the facts say.
Facts are facts, Wii-u sold out fast at launch, so did PSVR, this means nothing.. I am buying a switch at launch because I need zelda, but I am in the minority on who would spend 300 + for one game, the mass market needs a lot more.
Right. The Switch doesn't have these issues right out the gate like the Wii U did. Fundamental issues.
At least Nintendo can always change the way the Switch's online system will work. Hell, that aspect of the console doesn't even launch until the fall, so they've got a built in "out."
I remember walking in to GAME on launch day to collect my reservation and they had plenty of unreserved consoles and told me how quiet their midnight opening was. You could tell from the off that this thing was d.o.a
LiquidSolid
Member
The Switch was never going to do as poorly as the Wii U but will those 20 preorders stick around once their buyers find out it costs NZ$550 (US$392)? Nintendo's handhelds have always done relatively decently compared to their consoles here, in large part thanks to Pokemon, but I really think it's dead in the water with their idiotic pricing.
I'm curious to see how much word of mouth marketing occurs in big cities where people are likely to use the Switch during commutes. Doubly so if Nintendo is relying on artificial scarcity to drive demand. Part of the passive interest that's likely to be built through seeing it on a train will be the ability to ask what it is and then go buy it from a store immediately after. If someone can't? That could pretty easily backfire.
I walked into a Gamestop in the middle of Seattle and grabbed a WiiU a day or two after launch. It was bizarre.
You are not wrong, but the launches have some pretty significant differences. Aside from the different times of the year, it seems switch was limited to a 1 per customer deal in most retailers, and more importantly, it seems like it will not have 6 months of no releases with mario kart in april, and arms ans splatoon out before july.
onemanasylum
Banned
Switch has not launched yet, but there was no wii-u's to be found here at launch.
family_guy
Member
It's relatively low investment to reserve something without putting anything down on it upfront. I expect a lot of consumers will cancel their preorders.
onemanasylum
Banned
It still would not tell us anything.....we don't know how much they shipped compared to wii-u, and nintendo overshipped wii-u and had to buy some back.
Guess I need to post this again since there are some people who seem to have already forgotten after 2 page. Wow, how the mind slips!
"Allegedly"
Opening admitting to sexually assaulting someone(then banning anyone who called him out for it)
Posting revenge porn with their real full names then another admin(a now jailed pedophile) printed the photos and jacked off over them and sent it to the boyfriend.
You're right, how can we even know if he's guilty or not? HMMMM
Also:
Switch has some issues, but it's lacking a bunch of problems that plagued the Wii U.
Yeah, now I've decided on getting one at launch instead of waiting it'll be interesting to see how the launch day is like. I'm not going for the midnight launch but I'll definitely ask.
Delusibeta
Banned
Nintendo of America is awful for supplying in-demand products. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the initial allocation in question turned out to be less than 200k units.
But to extrapolate that because the Switch launch is sold out like he WIiU then it is doomed is a laughable opinion. But I guess if you want to drive a point home logic doesn't mater.
onemanasylum
Banned
Logic is this means nothing, that's a fact, not sure why this bothers you? Where did I say it was doomed? Without third party support though and 300 bucks it is not going to fly off shelves.
As we all know, shortages at launch guarantee a successful console.
absolutely disgusting. Scalpers are terrible.
That's definitely true.