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Nintendo increasing Switch production, preorders good
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mocolostrocolos
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They said they were ready to increase production if demand surpassed their expectations, so good news!
Obliterator
Member
Well that's certainly a good sign
Tom Nook Sawyer
Member
Considering their original 2 million figure was embarrassing for what we now know is a full month of sales: good.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Good to hear
stan423321
Member
Do we have any idea how soon will this affect consumers in, say, Europe?
Considering you can still pre-order launch stock even today, it probably won't have a large effect on consumers in Europe.
mocolostrocolos
Member
You can still preorder Switch in many retailers in Europe.
Amazon in several countries, fnac, Saturn, MediaMarkt...
Wouldn't it be bigger news if they weren't ready to ramp up production if demand surpassed expectations?
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Good now let me buy one
mocolostrocolos
Member
Tom Nook Sawyer
Member
PS4 also launched nearly 2 weeks later on the 15th
Milly Osworth
Member
Great news. The Switch is a good product (with shortcomings), the Wiiu was an awful product. Nintendo deserves Switch to do well.
But do they even stop taking preorders? I haven't heard about this practice where I'm from, they still took preorders for Wii even though the demand was higher than they could supply.
Dark Cloud
Member
That's good.
mocolostrocolos
Member
Amazon.fr/.es still ship day one, same as fnac and many retailers in Spain (where I live).
LordRaptor
Member
Also not to all markets simultaneously
Dead Man Typing
Member
Well with the original Wii and the NES Classic being short in supply, it's good to see Nintendo are (supposedly) more ready to react with the Switch.
goldenpp72
Member
But during the holiday, slightly relevant.
Yes, they do. Or they have a notice that they cannot guarantee launch stock. Both has happened with selected retailers, but in general, it's still extremely easy to get launch stock and prices are seemingly getting more competitive.
I got told that they would contact me later to tell me if I would get one for launch. Been this way for Wii, Wii U and PS4 when I preordered them. All from Gamestop. Guess it's just different depending on country/shop?
ScaryShark
Banned
Nice. I would very much like to play Zelda near release and haven't been able to get a pre-order.
mocolostrocolos
Member
Where are you from, if I may ask? May depend on each country in Europe, but so far there seem to be no problem to get one day-one in mainland Europe.
SinCityAssassin
Member
Certainly good news for that one guy who needed it before March 6th.
Denmark, Wii was bought in Denmark but Wii U and PS4 were in Germany.
Right before the busiest shopping season by far? I think it's a pretty fair comparison with March and missing a holiday season tbh.
Also, remember PS4 sold 1m in it's first 24hours, so I don't think it was an issue with time, I think what is interesting here is that Nintendo needed to increase production which we can assume from the foxconn leak was going to have about 3m by the end of april.
publicpwnerer
Member
I was super cynical about their presentation, and it's chance of success, but I hope Nintendo pull it off. I'd love to own one of these, with a plethora of amazing games.
I know it's been said ad nauseum, but third party support is key. By third party, I don't mean ports of what the other consoles have, but games that cater to the hardware much like the DS's library. So many incredible third party games made solely for that thing.
I know it's been said ad nauseum, but third party support is key. By third party, I don't mean ports of what the other consoles have, but games that cater to the hardware much like the DS's library. So many incredible third party games made solely for that thing.
mocolostrocolos
Member
Check amazon.de or amazon.fr.
You can preorder Switch+Zelda in amazon.fr for 350 + delivery.
https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B01MZAF5BB/
Living the Dream
Member
This is great news and I think part of this was launching in March, which consoles should do from now on.
AFAIK there hasn't been any price movement apart from Fnac and subsequent Amazon.fr price matching.
The Mediamarket deal(288) was just for the Canary Islands.
I hope Nintendo proves me wrong, as i'm one of the skeptics out there. Would be good for the whole industry.
Fnac france has a 10€ in store credit every 100€ spent on this pack. So 30€ you can spend on accessories, or another game.
Fnac france has a 10€ in store credit every 100€ spent on this pack. So 30€ you can spend on accessories, or another game.
InfiniteCombo
Banned
Agree, it really does deserve to do well!
Don't quite 100% agree with your Wii U statement. Yes, it's underwhelming as a piece of hardware... Not sure it's "awful" though. *Hugs Wii U*
I read about discounts in europe, whats the cheaper price i can get and ship it to spain?
(dosent need to be day 1)
mocolostrocolos
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mocolostrocolos
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The Switch+Zelda from Amazon.fr I posted before.
Best deal so far. You get it for 360 shipped.
That's what I have pre-ordered.
Amazon.fr ships on the 8th of march for me
I think they ship it on March 3, but it only arrives at the destination on that date due to shipping time.
Some retailers initially tried charging 350 Euros and had to lower their prices. And then French and Spanish retailers sell it for even less.