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Or our slaves in Foxc**n now currently pumping iPad Pro 2 instead of Switch.
ethomaz
Banned
My post about Switch shipment makes PlayStation looks better? lol
LordOcidax
Member
Because they are going to ramp up the production based on your knowledge about how a business work....LOLOLOLOL..... OK....
Chû Totoro
Member
FreedomFighter
Member
You, ethomaz, and KawabataSan fighting the good fight, lol
Anyways, nice holds for Zelda and Horizon.
KillerMan91
Member
With around 400k shipped for first two weeks in japan it was always going to sell out. That is really not that extraordinary amount for launch in their strongest territory.
#nevergiveuptour
No, I'm not. Again, we live in XXI century, and 2 million units for launch month is not that big number.
KawabataSan
Member
Vita had a shipment of 500,000 units in its first week but couldn't even sell that after 3 weeks+
Meanwhile Switch sold through 95% of its launch shipment in its first week.
The two situations are not comparable in the slightest and it's clear that Switch has had a much more successful start.
Your post was more fun before you edited to add the latter sentence.
Shipment for last week could be closer to 50-60k. The unsold 20k from first week could be from everywhere across Japan, small or big retailers or cities, and doesn't mean they were all sold at second.
I don't think you know either. Or Nintendo, especially after Wii U fiasco or NES Mini.
Interfectum
Member
Century has nothing to do with this and neither does "2017" before you decide to remind us all what year it is.
2 million units for launch is a really big number.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Fun fact, the Wii U was massively overshipped and Nintendo paid for it.
regardless of the prerelease buzz it was smart of Nintendo to be conservative with their launch numbers to avoid overstocking the system.
95% sell through though.O_O
Did someone seriously thinking that Nintendo can ship the same 350k stock in the second week so 61k doesn't seems like out of stock problem? Do they know how manufacturing work at all? It will be sometime before they can ship a huge second batch of the machine, until then what they are shipping now is whatever they have left in the warehouse. So yes, the out of stock situation can still happen again if there are more demand than the supply. And this is proved by the report from many places.
Like here in London, you literally could not find the machine anywhere in store. At least in London, even online store ( Argos, Amazon, Game ) completely sold out and you couldn't get it until at least 1st April. This is not opinion, this is what happening. Usually online store won't have as much problem getting stock as the brick store , but you can just go to website now and see how severe this problem is.
Not Nintendo fan or anything. But some people logic and denial is baffling..
Like here in London, you literally could not find the machine anywhere in store. At least in London, even online store ( Argos, Amazon, Game ) completely sold out and you couldn't get it until at least 1st April. This is not opinion, this is what happening. Usually online store won't have as much problem getting stock as the brick store , but you can just go to website now and see how severe this problem is.
Not Nintendo fan or anything. But some people logic and denial is baffling..
ethomaz
Banned
2 million for a WW launch is indeed pretty low... I said that in others threads.
3-4 million is ideal for first month WW.
Japan alone could have near 1 million shipped first month to meet demand.
Nah man, Nintendo is just incompetent (and doomed, oh and sucks too because why the hell not?)
lol I was going to say this too, in almost every Nintendo thread I have seen him in there trying to say something negativeall the time. I just don't get fanboys at all especially when it comes Sony and Microsoft fanboys. It's like it's there mission to down any success Nintendo can have as if it will take success from their companies. Why is it so bad that Nintendo can be successful.
thestopsign
Member
Ugh. Reading your posts feels like watching a TV show with numerous continuity errors. You were saying earlier how 62k proved there weren't shipment problems and now you think it could have sold through a million this month in Japan alone?
You're looking for logic and consistency?
I agree.
And by the same logic the most incompetent company in gaming right now is Sony. The Playstation VR has been sold out for freaking months. A used unit is selling for nearly $200 over the retail cost of a new unit.
http://www.suruga-ya.jp/search?category=&search_word=playstation+VR
5 months and they still can make enough. They knew the pre-orders were all sold out. We live in XXI century, and 1 million units for the launch half a year is not that big number.
The Wii U fiasco was overshipment that barely sold. Right now you are essentially arguing Nintendo should have repeated that instead being conservative as they are again this time.
Gotdatmoney
Member
If you overship you get WiiU problems if your product flops. That makes it much more difficult to move stock and utilize manufacturimg efficiency gains. It's a balancing act. And since Nintendo has been atrocious with their last 2 launches I assume they are being conservative.
March launch is pretty difficult to compare to vs Nov/Dec. Imo the bigger surprise is that the system is tracking better in Europe since many of the markets there are weaker for Nintendo.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
No, nintendo is not ordering, manufacturing, shipping and distributing large numbers of extra unplanned consoles in the space of six weeks.
I'm sure they've asked to use some spare capacity from their manufacturer (assuming it exists) to bump up the number of switched manufactured per month., but that'll take time to show through.
And even then they'll probably be somewhat conservative as they by no means want another nightmare scenario like when they flooded the channel with wiiu's and it bombed.
The OP has a link to all previous MC threads. Wii U was launched on December 8th 2012, so look for that.
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Super Bomberman R is at 45 173 units... guess it could reach 100k? Depends on legs, I guess. Being a launch title should help.
Calm Mind
Member
This is very important.
Is it?
He won't reply to that point lol As it hit his beloved Sony there.^^
Now show us to your red string map, who is the murderer?
So assumption is 400k shipped to Japan and 391k sold through? seems reasonable enough. Hopefully they are shipping at least 50k a week to japan.
ethomaz
Banned
That is true too.
But I don't think period/date affect launch... launch sales are not affected by holidays in my view... that is why I don't consider the launch as first holiday for consoles released in November.
How so?
They can. But the truth is there's no huge demand for PSVR. And it's cheaper to produce 200k units at once in every 2 months (it's example, because I don't know exact number) than 25k units per week. That's why it's "sold-out"
Kresnik258
Member
I too am genuinely surprised there are 61k new Switches in Japan this week after all the reports I read. A lot more than I expected really.
Minecraft Vita hasn't returned, oh no. Wonder if it'll ever be back. Hopefully in the summer months.
We're definitely in the twilight of the console though, this is the kinda sales PSP was hitting then it had one final year where it was selling like ~ 1k a week then it went. A shame.
Also, SRWVPS4 seems to be legging better than the Vita version too, which is the final nail in the coffin as the handheld versions tended to sell better over longer periods (although it's still pulled in a very nice proportion of overall sales, so there's a bit of life left yet).
Minecraft Vita hasn't returned, oh no. Wonder if it'll ever be back. Hopefully in the summer months.
We're definitely in the twilight of the console though, this is the kinda sales PSP was hitting then it had one final year where it was selling like ~ 1k a week then it went. A shame.
Also, SRWVPS4 seems to be legging better than the Vita version too, which is the final nail in the coffin as the handheld versions tended to sell better over longer periods (although it's still pulled in a very nice proportion of overall sales, so there's a bit of life left yet).
CircusOfClouds
Member
Listen: there is limited stock on an irregular basis, but it is immediately sold out because there are people without day jobs who can go to the electronics stores at 10 am on a weekday. Any stock that comes in immediately sells out within minutes. That's a fact. I know that because I am constantly checking a Japanese website that lists around 10 major retailers (brick/mortar and online) and their current stock status (I am trying to get one myself). Why do you want to argue semantics so much?
Shortages still for PS4? Do you mean the Pro or the Slim?
Probably in week 12, Spring Holidays for students, and a National Holiday for everyone (March 20th).
There aren't releases that week, so leggy games can make a comeback.
metalslimer
Member
There's some....quality analysis here.
Would you like to post a link to this website? It's possible it could be a useful tool in the next few weeks.
Me too, i'm waiting for Splat2 though.
Kresnik258
Member
Cheers. I suspect it will return, I just wanna see if it beats the Pokemon Red/Green charting record.
I guess not everyone is as calm of mind as you and....... yeah, not gonna say "sorry" here
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hiska-kun, could you please share your usual graphs for Pokémon? Want to see how it's holding right now, since it's kind of a quiet period without public holidays. Seems to be holding well, but I'd like something more concrete and reliable than my impressions.