FunkyPajamas
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Nice. Zelda working its magic. Go Nintendo!
Now give me Metroid.
Now give me Metroid.
You're making me feel old here.
The Wii was probably the hottest video game launch ever. It was like fucking impossible to find for at least a year and a half after launch. So yeah, beating its two day sales is a pretty big deal.
It was. I recall it just scraping 1st place but it was crazy suply constrained.
The Wii was indeed a hot item upon release. The motion controls where a hot topic and it came off the DS taking the world by storm. People where lining up early morning at retail stores across the country week 1.
Switch beating it, even if its just 2 days, is a pretty huge deal.
Wether it will have the word of mouth the Wii had all the way to the holidays due to Wii Sports catching on is another matter, since it was a domino effect I´m sure its very difficult to replicate.
This does show people where hyped for Switch though, and find the concept compelling, IMO.
The Walmart I camped outside of for 28 hours on launch had over 400 people in line when Wii went on sale. Wii was a phenomenon we will probably never see again unless some future device hits all those chords properly
Scalpers! And judging by craigslist and ebay they bought a whole lot of them.
So really 2017 can be the final nail in the coffin on the idea that we have to shove all games and hardware into the last three months of the year.
So really 2017 can be the final nail in the coffin on the idea that we have to shove all games and hardware into the last three months of the year.
I won my Wii from a Ubisoft Red Steel website so I did not pre-order or camp out for one
I remember the shortages but I was not sure if the first 2 days was all that hot
but as posted on the first page if the first month numbers were a little over 450K for Wii the first 2 days for Switch can't be that massive
So really 2017 can be the final nail in the coffin on the idea that we have to shove all games and hardware into the last three months of the year.
Switch sales are going to be insane this holiday season, great catalog and a new Mario. Looks like Nintendo strategy is going to work well.So really 2017 can be the final nail in the coffin on the idea that we have to shove all games and hardware into the last three months of the year.
Like I said. It's a good start for Nintendo. Please Nintendo keep MOMENTUM. That's all you have to do to have a good selling system. Huge E3. Come out with all the guns and keep the fans happy with updates to the Switch.
I spent all day in line for a Wii. The eBay prices were such that my gf bought one and then sold it at over double the price, meaning my Wii was basically free for us. The eBay prices I'm seeing now are looking like $100 over retail for the Switch, and I'd expect that to go down as stores resupply.
I'm guessing that means the Wii was severely supply constrained (plus it wasn't available online, no?), while the Switch supply has relatively few constraint issues. If the Wii was freely available at launch, I bet it'd still be number 1. The hype for it was palpable.
I spent all day in line for a Wii. The eBay prices were such that my gf bought one and then sold it at over double the price, meaning my Wii was basically free for us. The eBay prices I'm seeing now are looking like $100 over retail for the Switch, and I'd expect that to go down as stores resupply.
I'm guessing that means the Wii was severely supply constrained (plus it wasn't available online, no?), while the Switch supply has relatively few constraint issues. If the Wii was freely available at launch, I bet it'd still be number 1. The hype for it was palpable.
That will only give Zelda more eshop sales ...if the scalpers manage to sell them without zelda
Nice. Zelda working its magic. Go Nintendo!
Now give me Metroid.
I wonder if they are gonna sell out the initial shipment Nintendo mentioned in their Business Report. 2 million wasn't?
I heard they aren't selling though, or scalpers aren't making much profit on them. Scalpers really skew sales numbers because when they return unsold items, those sales aren't then subtracted from the total sales numbers.
And it's especially bad here in the US, where there's more greedy and shady people than anyplace else in the world.
Those scumbag scalpers really ruined console launches.
Good job Nintendo. I'll be joining the club as soon as the Switch hardware issues are resolved.
Scalpers really skew sales numbers because when they return unsold items, those sales aren't then subtracted from the total sales numbers.
What issues?
There's the usual tiny percent of individual issues but there doesn't seem to be any big universal issue like the red ring of death or ps4 ejecting discs, even.
MK8 MIGHT help out the Switch if Nintendo bundles them together. ARMS looks like a non-starter.
The Switch dock scratching the screen is a legit hardware issue and needs to be addressed. Same with the left joycon signal being marginally weaker than the right joycon.
Note that no console launch is free of hardware flaws and issues, it happened to the PS4, Xbox One, etc. This is something that day one buyers need to always be aware of.