This was literally my point in an article today. Literally

http://n4g.com/news/2050290...

Damn, krib. Must suck having to haunt all these sales threads where xbox is just irrelevant.

This argument makes no sense. Do you think Nintendo's investors would tolerate them holding back Switch production? Nintendo had to answer to investors like every other company.

They said they would ship 2 million Switches at launch, and ended up selling 2.7 million (more than any other console's first month). Does that seem like something they would do if they were holding back sales?

@razzer
I have and love my nitendo switch, already have Zelda and Mario kart and looking forward to splatoon 2 and Mario odyssey. I never said a word about Xbox, I just find it funny that exactly what I was arguing with people about is what comes up for the 2nd comment on this article.

This happens with every companies, its a launch. Everything sells out, even food products. You have to wait till they actually have constant supply of units, not low numbers

No company gives numbers by the hour. Plus this is GAMESTOP and other retailers talking. And THEY sell all consoles and can easily compare how many are sold of each and how fast.

This is a slap in the face to the person the other day claiming to see the SWITCH on EBAY for 178 each!

"Nintendo continuing with their artificial demand"

They already put out the sales figures and they made a huge amount of units in a short space of time. Keep trying though CaptainObvious878.

@Istolla stop making bullet proof statments. Stop making these absolutely reasonable statements! I mean just how do you think these Nintendo haters/Trolls will be able to function with you doing that? Come one!

They are making statements that are not based on fact and then you turn around and make one that is? They will get confused! One of them one day might even start to be reasonable.

And who do you think the scalpers would be selling them to?

Scalpers don't buy products that don't have a high demand. They would make no money. Think about it....

In order for scalpers to make money they have to be able to sell them. Since the Switch has such high selling numbers that is likely not the case.

Any proof for your claim? Or do you just spew garbage all the time?

@brandonT

Manufacturers other than Nintendo actually ramp up production enough to nullify the scalper effect pretty quickly. Nintendo does not, they like to make people squirm to make their products seem more appealing. The scalpers snatching up all of the consoles so that it's rare for an average joe/karen to get their hands on one helps them with that, because it creates artificial demand.

Nintendo constantly have shortage problems with all of their high demand items.

@deathtok

Scalpers may not sell to other scalpers, but they will sit on the majority of their stock for quite some time, catching a few idiots here and there, enough success to make the process worth it, all the while increasing demand and decreasing patience and rationality for those who will go on to buy one for 500 dollars.

@istolla

Which claim? That scalpers love Nintendo items, or that nintendo love scalpers? Or that Nintendo constantly have shortage problems?

In any case, heres a few that cover all of them.

-amiibo: These small pieces of plastic physical DLC were only available to retailer campers, or at higher prices from scalpers for about a year, to a year and a half before they started becoming steadily available to the general public. These should not have been so scarce, for so long.

-majoras mask limited editon: They knew this would sell out in minutes, as it did, yet didn't make anywhere near enough to meet demand, leading to this being one of the most laughably unavailable products (for a normal price) they've ever had.

-NES mini: from what I hear, still unavailable to most people, even though it's just some cheap ass flash memory card with some roms on it, built into a cheap plastic nes housing.

-the gamecube adapter: Pretty much the same situation as most of the above. Extremely low supply, high demand, what little supply there was wad snatches up by scalpers within minutes/hours of release, forcing people like myself to go with the 3rd party mayflash adapters.

And that's just SOME of the stuff I kept with.

Take every switch away from scalpers and put them back on the shelves and then see how well they sell. I shop and browse around a lot, and no other companies products are scalped nearly as much as Nintendo, at least in the gaming world. Go and look at these peoples ebay pages you'll find primarily nintendo products in their inventory. Nintendo could tell a few of the bigger stores to limit their stock to 2 per account at launch, which would drastically reduce the amount of people buying these things to resell, but why would they do that when they can just go ahead and make those quick dollars off of the scalpers. It's the only way outside of an exclusive every 3 years that they can still remain relevant.

Your comparing this to when there was only a few thousand Wii's availible. This time there was been near 3 million in two MONTHS.

Plus there is demand this time according to many major retailers world wide. Even countries have said it is the fastest selling console. So don't worry about the scalpers. In the end they will get caught with too much inventory.

Your making less sense when you expand on what you said. Are these scalpers who are holding stock also buying all the games too? You know the ones readily available on shelves everywhere.

You don't have to like Nintendo but let's not get silly.

I haven't experienced anything. I'm just really careful when I use it.

Since the device is designed to be portable you should consider getting a decent screen protector such as a glass one which is a little more expensive than the film ones but is so much easier to keep clean. There is nothing worse than playing a game when the screen is scratched or even one with fingerprints all over it.

Lets put it this way do you have a mobile phone or even a tablet? If you don't have a screen protector on those devices then you are going to get the screen scratched no matter how careful you are.

@IraqCombatVet

It's all well and good being careful but if you are not the only one using the device what can you say about the other users. Playing on the go is attractive but just getting bumped (not deliberate) can cause you to drop the device.

Thanks for the advice guys. I honestly hate screen protectors. The plastic ones on my phones scratch easy which degrades the viewing quality. When I tried switching to a glass screen protector, I had trouble installing it. I eventually got a magnetic flip cover for my phone and it works FLAWLESSLY. No scratches on my screen whatsoever.

This flip cover for the Switch looks awesome:

https://www.amazon.com/Nint...

According to one of the comments, you can "dock" the switch without sliding it into the docking station. You can use a USB-C extension cable.

I went 3 or 4 days without a screen protector and my switch ended up with a light amount of scuff the size of a finger tip in the lower right corner just outside the screen. I removed the switch from the dock 3 or 4 times and it spent 95% of those days docked. I received mine 2 weeks after launch and had read about the problem before so I was very careful docking it. None of the scuff is on the screen so it isn't anything I am worried about but going longer without a screen protector could have been bad.

I would highly recommend the glass screen protector on Amazon. Cheap, works great, you get a pack of 2. Easy to put on.

I bought a screen protector. And even with that, the bottom left side of the screen is a little scuffed up. But it's obviously ok as I have the protector.

My worry is the back of the switch. It's scratched on both lower sides. I'm anal with my things so I know it's not my carelessness.

I have zero scratches anywhere on my Switch and I take it out of my dock regularly.

I got a Switch yesterday and put it in the dock one time and there was a scratch on it. The first thing you should do is put a screen protector on it.

2.7 million in March is "scarce" I guess

Why would that be a remotely smart thing to do? "Let's keep our unit sales down when demand is high!"...said no smart marketer ever.

***They pushed nearly 3 million units out at launch.***

Oooh, a whole 1/2 of what Sony and MS push out normally at a console's release with the ability to mass produce even more if necessary or just keep warehouses stocked to send to stores as new product is needed.

3 million is not a lot at release. You do realize that we can still find and buy Day One Xbox One boxes, right? There were millions of those made.

*** They'll spend a ton of money building an overstock of consoles knowing the demand has gone down so they can sit on the shelves unsold? Yeah. That makes a lot of sense.***

They'll make enough so that most people can get it but so that there's always a demand for the product. But, during the Holiday Season, the production will likely triple in number from what they are doing now if not moreso. The whole thing with all of Nintendo's products the last few years has been scarcity. Why do you think the Switch would be any different?

***It's not scarce... It's barely behind the launch numbers of the PS4.***

Yes, it is. PS4 didn't sell out with the numbers they had, Switch is. And, their numbers are so high because of the scarcity (people think they won't be able to get one for a while, buy it sooner when they can).

@ TekoIie,

The facts are that there are no numbers mentioned in this article to give the title any basis. What is really golden is that you can't understand simple English.