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Nintendo issues Switch 2 supply warning in Japan: 2.2 million people have applied to buy the new console in Japan so far, which ‘far exceeds’ Nintendo’s expectations. (programming.dev)
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[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is so dumb.

"We had way more preorders than expected, in order to fulfill our preorders, we will be delaying in store sales until after preorders have been completed"

that would be such a simple solution. It's not like they are out any money either way, and pushing an instore sale date back to make other prior commitments work isn't a horrible thing, it just means that people who didn't bother to preorder won't get it day 1, but most who wanted it day 1 would have pre-ordered it anyway.

[-] missingno@fedia.io 43 points 1 month ago

They can't renege on deals they've already signed with retailers.

[-] testfactor@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

They probably don't have the warehouse capacity to store all those extra units. There's a lot of logistics involved in housing and shipping 2.2mil consoles, and "just wait" can be way harder than you would think.

[-] Nighed@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago

I think he meant to just not ship to stores until all the online, pre-release orders had been delivered.

[-] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

  1. Shipping probably already started.

  2. B2B deals will have fine print about when units will arrive and be "released".

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

this is what i meant yea, just delay shipping to store outside the initial batch until all preorders are completed. Or in a perfect world not at all until preorders have been made.

Just have everyone join the queue and call it a day, or better yet, make release day a Nintendo only thing, and then after pre-orders are handled, then start giving to the stores.

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 1 month ago

It's always been lotteries in Japan.

[-] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

More confirmation that waiting a year or two before even considering buying a Switch2 is a good idea.

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

E M U L A T I O N

T I M E

[-] Exusia@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"Selected for the lottery sale"

Goddamn that's like the ps5. "Be a good little corpo shill and might WIN a CHANCE at being honored with the opporunity to give a us $500!

[-] pycorax@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Personally I think it's a much fairer system than letting bots scalp all units on their website. Unless you'd prefer that?

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago

Japan is super into lottery based sales. Even for things like concerts

[-] pm_me_anime_thighs@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 month ago

Its a good way to combat scalpers and gives ordinary people at least a chance to buy it without spam refreshing a website only for bots to grab everything anyway.

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

How many of those orders are Americans trying to get around import restrictions and tariffs?

[-] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 19 points 1 month ago

None, they’re hardware region locked because they didn’t want scalpers buying up the cheaper Japanese units and selling them elsewhere. I believe manufacturing is split between regions as well, though I’m not sure to what degree.

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Region locking can be dodged of you plan to buy region locked games, use a VPN.

[-] missingno@fedia.io 13 points 1 month ago

JP Switches will only play Japanese-language games. So for non-Japanese-speaking consumers, that will be a problem.

[-] nave@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

Also all the menus will be in japanese too.

[-] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 17 points 1 month ago

In Japan, they are selling a Japanese language only model that is cheaper than the international version. Any Americans that don’t understand that and try to get around the tariffs are likely to be disappointed.

[-] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago

I was considering purchase a Japanese switch 2 because my Japanese is decent enough for most gaming but then I saw it was region locked pretty hard so I can’t use any of my us e shop purchases. Plus fuck Nintendo, even without the tariffs the price on this thing is a bit much and their behavior is garbage

If I ever do get one it’ll be because someone broke theirs and I got it cheap as fuck and fixed it. That’s how I got my switch, had a busted battery management IC and a fucked usb C port. I think in total I paid like $90 for it with parts. It would also help if the console was exploited for piracy

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I have never lost a bet that depends on my fellow Americans being disappointed because they failed to understand something.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I thought you couldn’t get in the lottery without an account for 12 months? I would assume they would know the geolocation of the account and only say the Japanese accounts in this.

[-] Nikelui@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

How many scalpers, also?

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

I think the tariffs might actually have one niche benefit of mitigating scalping. It's going to be even more expensive for scalpers to get their hands on an actual product now, and people are already struggling to justify the increased retail costs, as it is. I'd have to imagine it'll be much harder for scalpers to find a buyer these days, as anybody who can afford scalpers' fees plus tariffs likely wouldn't have any issue getting their hands on one, to begin with.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

I don't think it will effect scalping in the slightest, just lokm at how GPU prices skyrocketed and scalping was even worse of a problem. The scarcity increases demand and therefore increases how much they can charge.

Potentially.

[-] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 1 month ago

..and this is why they march on with their shitty practices.

[-] emb@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I appreciate them trying to set expectations. But then I also think a statement like this throws fuel on the fire, making more people want to scalp it.

[-] gwilikers@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

Am I the only one who thinks its pretty stupid Nintendo wasn't prepared for 2million+ preorders in their home country?

[-] idriss@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

Why the switch when you can have the steam deck? I am confused

[-] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Metroid, Kirby...

[-] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

Ryujinx, Yuzu, Citron

[-] Visstix@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

For switch 2?

[-] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not yet. And most games will probably come out for the og switch as well anyway. At least for a while

[-] rollerbang@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Eventually

[-] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The only announced Nintendo games that are Switch 2 exclusive are Mario Kart, Kirby Air Ride sequel, and the new Donkey Kong

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