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Discussion Nintendo: no component shortage expected for Switch successor
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I want to believe, but I'm not all that hopeful.
Be great if they did do something for MyNintendo account holders or NSO subscribers, but I think I'm just gonna have to hope and pray with my usual tracking methods. As long as it's not a calendar Q4 release date, I would like to think I stand a decent chance even against scalpers and bots
Be great if they did do something for MyNintendo account holders or NSO subscribers, but I think I'm just gonna have to hope and pray with my usual tracking methods. As long as it's not a calendar Q4 release date, I would like to think I stand a decent chance even against scalpers and bots
3dsboss
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Honestly, I think it releasing at least six months before the holiday season (or at the very latest, by June) will be their biggest defense against their initial stock being scalped
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Make it so that only those with a physical copy of Chibi Robo Ziplash can pre order the system
Triistan
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In europe they reserved a “early launch” with a limited edition of new 3DS to selected Nintendo Club members, so they did it in the past
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I have that New 3DS and I'm always careful with my stuff but it started peeling itself and the circle pad crumbled offIn europe they reserved a “early launch” with a limited edition of new 3DS to selected Nintendo Club members, so they did it in the past
Triistan
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Yeah, it’s the same with my circle padI have that New 3DS and I'm always careful with my stuff but it started peeling itself and the circle pad crumbled off
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Big bummer but I kind of get how that happens at least... the coating just peeling off was so weird!!Yeah, it’s the same with my circle pad
Thankfully I could replace it, finding cheap 3DS models but no white New 3DS
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Has Nintendo ever chosen an older node over a newer one before? I don't think they have, but I could be mistaken. They're all about power efficiency, and you usually get that by moving to a newer node.
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There's a few ifs and buts, but the smart money is on a smaller node.
It was more poorly worded sarcasm, as some doomposting would have you believe otherwise. I'm sure Nintendo and Nvidia are aware of the amazing benefits a 4nm/TSMC 5nm node would provide (and why it's absolutely worth it).
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I feel we're gonna see a repeat of the OG Switch situation. Relatively easy to get a preorder in at launch, but the first holiday season will be a bloodbath.
They probably already have enough data to be able to get a pretty good estimate of how much of the userbase are day one buyers, and how much is families or people that might hold off until the holiday.
They probably already have enough data to be able to get a pretty good estimate of how much of the userbase are day one buyers, and how much is families or people that might hold off until the holiday.
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I don't understand why Nintendo even bother to speak, we know better than them how the situation is, obviously.
Next time you're going to tell me that the Google Stadia is dead.
Next time you're going to tell me that the Google Stadia is dead.
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IT WAS A SOLID INVESTMENT, DAMMIT
Dekuman
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Depends on time scale. Switch launched at the tail end of FY 2017 with 2.7m units. Essentially all of it sold March 2017.
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If I searched my info correctly;
Nintendo Switch sold 2.74 million units in March alone
Nintendo increased its net profit by 5x in the last financial year, despite the Switch having just launched when the ac…
www.gamesindustry.biz
First month of the Switch was 2.74M
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Sony sold 4.5 million PlayStation 5 consoles last year
Believe it or not, millions of people were actually able to buy one
www.theverge.com
The PS5 reported 4.5M from launch (Nov. 19) until the end of 2020.
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So 10M should be a good buffer for like 2 quarters of sales for Nintendo
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That is with shortagesIf I searched my info correctly;
Nintendo Switch sold 2.74 million units in March alone
Nintendo increased its net profit by 5x in the last financial year, despite the Switch having just launched when the ac…
First month of the Switch was 2.74M
Sony sold 4.5 million PlayStation 5 consoles last year
Believe it or not, millions of people were actually able to buy one
The PS5 reported 4.5M from launch (Nov. 19) until the end of 2020.
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So 10M should be a good buffer for like 2 quarters of sales for Nintendo
10m for 1 quarter would be sufficient but it's a tall order but as I noted they shipped a quarter of that for 1 month for Switch's launch , I think > 6 to 7 million launch quarter supply is necessary to have sufficient supply to mitigate shortages.
navierStokes
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True.
6 to 7M launch quarter supply is quite a lot, but if the demand is there, supply just needs to cover it. Still, that's a lot.
Hmm the PS5 had 20.8M for FY2023, which was the first year where they didn't have significant stock issues.
If the stock is there, it would probably be the fastest selling console right?
Aether
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Switch had a year with 28.83 if I'm not wrong.
I'm not sure if switch 2 will top that, I expect it to be more front loaded (less reservation like with the switch after Wii u) and don't expect switch2 to reach the lifetime sales of the first one.
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I believe I bought the original Switch about a month or so after launch in 2017, wasn't very hard to find but also wasn't very easy either due to strong demand initially, but if you were out looking for one, you'd be able to find one.
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Iirc Switch had a 28 million unit year in 2021. Those numbers I doubt will be replicated by the Switch 2
