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Some retailers in Japan are having Switch shortages
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Full story here: https:///japan-nintendo-switch-out-of-stock-at-several-major-retailers/
There was a 4 M difference between shipped and sold through numbers at the end of Q2 so yeah this should not be happening. Maybe they did underestimate Japan demand? Seems odd.
My sister is trying to find the Mario Kart Switch bundle here in the US and it's sold out everywhere.
"Although stock appears to be still plenty on Amazon Japan and Yodobashi Camera"
So that's not a shortage.
It's the beginning of the holiday shopping season in Japan. Some retailers are gonna run out of a lot of things. Some retailers selling out during the weekend (shipments tend to be on Monday) isn't that unusual even out of the holiday season. Shipments are on Monday.
So that's not a shortage.
It's the beginning of the holiday shopping season in Japan. Some retailers are gonna run out of a lot of things. Some retailers selling out during the weekend (shipments tend to be on Monday) isn't that unusual even out of the holiday season. Shipments are on Monday.
They underestimated demand. 22m for the fiscal year here we go!!
Only if you're absurdly stupid do you think "higher demand is bad."
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Nintendo may have the supply, but retailers will not have 20 million Switch in the shelves. If what nintendo said is true, then new stock will arrive shortly.
Hmm the stores probably didn't order enough. I would find it odd that there would be a shortage. Unless Nintendo really didn't anticipate such a demand? Which would be odd considering their forecast of 20m units sold.
Also not surprised you can find some on Amazon. Online shopping isn't as big in Japan as it is in the US.
Also not surprised you can find some on Amazon. Online shopping isn't as big in Japan as it is in the US.
There isn't a shortage yet, a few online retailers sold out of the console. Just like plenty of consoles sold out in America on Black Friday. They'll simply be restocked.
You're talking about selling 17 million units between Ocotober and March.
Incidentally, hate to repeat myself, but *some* retailers running out on a Saturday online while others still have stock <- not a shortage.
It's absurdly stupid to have shortage when you have a very challenging target to achieve. It's not the first time Nintendo is having shortage issue. I won't give them a pass.
This doesn't read like a shortage. A few specific models missing from a store or two is normal.
They have a lot of Switch shipped already and the systemm didn't even sell that well over the year for it to not be available.
They have a lot of Switch shipped already and the systemm didn't even sell that well over the year for it to not be available.
Yeah and they probably do, it's just not allocated well. I'm guessing in December you'll start seeing way more stock and right now the retailers just underestimated LG's legs.
Maybe it is this week. Pokemon LG has excellent WoM and is in the right place to have very good and surprising legs. Two big hardware weeks back to back before December might not have been anticipated
But they don't. The two biggest retailers in Japan still have stock.
Look at the actual facts rather than the headline before you decide to bring the hammer down. If Amazon ran out of stock for any of the 3 consoles (and they do often) it's not a shortage. It means Amazon ran out and they didn't get their next shipment yet. This happens all the time...someone just decided to make a story out of nothing.
Nintendo needs you to give them a pass here. Please reconsider
If it's a story out of nothing, I would of course reconsider. But we've seen Nintendo struggle to meet demand so often in the past, so I'll remain cautious.
Don't think they have. They're talking about 22 million, not about the 20 million goal set by Nintendo.
Well...just read the story? What it's describing is not a shortage.
IMO this is just a couple of retailers underestimating the demand for hardware at the launch of Pokémon, and are now currently low on stock. I don't think this spells any doom (where doom means widespread shortages) for Japan at all (at least not yet).
If nationwide or global shortages begin and they don't hit their target then yeah someone at their distribution or planning office needs to go. If the shortages do happen and they hit or exceed their target then it's hard to blame them considering demand was extremely high.
But yeah this doesn't seem like rampant shortages yet.
But yeah this doesn't seem like rampant shortages yet.
They had plenty of stock according to their financial report so I'm sure any shortages should quickly be restocked unless there has been some major blunder in logisitcs.
This is most likely either general logistic issues that will be solved quickly or those retailers not ordering enough for their online stores. I believe yesterday was a holiday in Japan so I assume a lot of Switch's are being sold through the weekend.
That isn't Harrison Ford right?Of course they're not gonna hit 20m this way!
I have to agree with this post. Nintendo centric blog sites like Nintendo Soup have a history of taking minor pieces of news and then reframing the situation to make it sound bigger or more important than it actually is.
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