Switch preorders reopened. . . Annnnd it's gone.

Remember when Nintendo said they were going to step up initial production to try to meet demand? Welp. Let's hope they find a way to triple down cuz the thirst is for real.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-preorders-reopened-today-at-best-b/1100-6447543/

Artificial scarcity my ass.

Remember when Switch was confirmed DoA?

Even WiiU wasn't a DoA so why would the Switch be? Switch will sell well at the beginning. Its ten months in that we'll see what's up.

Do have info on the availability numbers?

How much did the Xbone even sell in the beginning? We all know how that is turning out. Initial preorders are not going to give us an idea of the 2-3 year forcast.

If you believe hard enough it will.

@charizard1605: I will be watching Nintendo Switches first 6 months sales and compare it to PS4 first 6 month sales. Cannot wait for the ownage from non-believers

2 million was the initial allocation, production increased in response to pre-orders. So more than 2 million for March?

I got 3 from the pre-order today and they're all hitting ebay! easy money!

Gotta love the dolts.

Wii 2.0 incoming.

Damn, I'm surprised that Nintendo is filling people's demands for pre-orders.

Yes

If serious, GTFO you scalper!

I would like to see gamers sue Nintendo for creating scarcity so as to drive up demand.

et tu vaasé?

Just sayin. Wouldn't be the first time.

Nothing sells products like not selling products

wanna buy one? 600?

No, but it creates long term demand, and when/if someone finally sees one in store, since the system is this "rare", they'll buy it without thinking instead of trying to find a better deal, wait and so on. We'll see how many systems sells in the first month, but i also strongly believe its just artificial scarcity.

Nothing creates demand like lack of supply.

Which only makes sense when you periodically and strategically release inventory into retail channels to create a frenzy and capitalize on said frenzy. Nintendo have shown themselves incapable of doing that. Their products literally remain out of stock for months. If this is a strategy to drive up demand, they suck at it.

More likely is simply the fact that Nintendo, a very conservative company to begin with, and additionally bitten in the butt by their gross overestimation of Wii U supply (it took them two and a half years to sell through the first batch of Wii U consoles ever manufactured), is simply far too conservative with estimating demand, and simply to incompetent to revise its projections in a timely manner.

Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence.

Same. See the explanation above.

exactly. The initial demand represents the devoted gamers and people throwing money around. What really makes or breaks a console is the casual consumer. That is a very different kind of group than the initial buyers.

It's still a good sign that pre orders are selling out, but it's just one of many hurdles.

I mean if you want to chalk it up to being bad at their jobs and especially shit at business practices, I'm happy to pursue that route as well, but I prefer to give Nintendo the benefit of the doubt and assume malice. They're a business at the end of the day, they'll make money by whatever route they can get away with, and purposefully lowballing your manufacturing and shipping needs is a great way to create free advertising while also saving some money in the short term.

And again we've already seen them do it before. You can't possibly expect anyone to believe amiibo shortages were because a plastic statue was too complicated to mass produce, or that they couldn't keep up with the demand.

Nintendo cares about gamers and would NEVER do anything to harm gamers or the market.

They need to produce more. Any fellow gamers who doesnt get a chance to experience Zelda at launch is a crime to humanity. Simply unfathomable.

Nope! I preordered one the day they were available. Nice try though :P

Scalpers, you're going to see tens to hundreds of thousands of these on Ebay, Craigslist, Amazon etc.

Sheep...

Is it weird that I want a switch? Am I sick?

I thought you were serious but I can't be sure.

LOL I remember when the Lems were here saying that the Switch was pretty much hype and that the true console (Scorpio) is what people are waiting for. I guess its safe to say that they were wrong.

I'll wait at least a year down the line. Learnt my lesson early adopting the Xbox One.

Don't be surprised if "sucking at it" is exactly what's happening. They were stellar at "sucking at it" when it came to the WiiU's marketing. The suckage kept on going with the NES classic and it'll continue with the Switch.

All these experts on here make me laugh! One failed console of many and they assume everything after will die. People laughed at the Wii and it destroyed its competition. The 3DS was going to die because of its poor sales on release now look at it. The NES classic keeps selling out. The switch is already doing well by pre orders alone but these experts on here only think about its graphics. Ill wait a year on before making my judgment.

Just buy it for WiiU, simple as that:D

That's a lot of disappointed early adopters ?

What is the monthly production capacity of the manufacturing facility and when did production begin?

If it turns out they are not, will you eat crow?

If you're still trying to nail a pre-order, keep a browser tab open on one of the sites where you can pre-order online, like say Amazon or wherever, and I'm guessing during the Super Bowl, where I hear Nintendo will have an advertisement for the Switch, I bet as soon as the commercial airs the stores will all open pre-orders again in bigger amounts. I'll be checking back at random throughout day to see if one opens up, already have a Switch with the gray Joy-Cons pre-ordered but if I can nail one with the neon blue/red Joy-Cons then I'll cancel my previous pre-order.

Yup, there are tons up on ebay already

@onesiphorus: most def, but this gonna be a Wii/WiiU all over again dust collector. There better things out there that can do what this device does(i.e. Better consoles, and better portables/tablets). Only the Nintendo fanboys will care about this system as time moves on.

With Zelda as a launch title, I'm pretty confident that most of the early adopters will not be disappointed. The people that are going to be disappointed, whether they want to admit it or not, are the people that are going to miss out on what will likely be the 2017 Game of the Year.

But after Zelda there will be a massive drought until Mario Odyssey. The only notable game releasing between those 2 is a Mario Kart 8 port.

And no Zelda won't be GOTY if RDR 2 releases this year.

@NathanDrakeSwag: What??? Splatoon 2 mate.

@iandizion713: I said notable.

@NathanDrakeSwag: Its doesnt get more notable then that. Splatoon sold like hotcakes around the world on a dead system. People will buy Switch for Splatoon alone.

@storm_of_swords: I have absolutely ZERO intrest in a Zelda game ?. I'm sure the Zelda fans and Nintendo fans will/would enjoy the game just as much on the WiiU.

So Zelda, then what, wait for Marios around holiday time, MS and Sony are gonna dominate that time frame. Switch is just gonna get lost in the shuffle. Too much bigger and better coming to worry about it.