Nintendo bought out their own consoles kek.

but anon every media says it's the most sold console ever from them!

>>712517474 (OP)
See, it's a fool proof plan.
Sell consoles to the market, then buy them back at a premium, they'll make so much money doing this.

The consoletard war fascinates me. One day their brains will fully develop and they will build a PC lol

I'm in a small European country and they were sold out as of yesterday - only available on ebay for a hefty markup (MKW bundle for 630)
Today they're back in stock at two retailers. Let's see how long that'll last. I'll report back if this thread is still up (doubt it)

>>712518854
I'm in Canada and they've been out of stock in my local bestbuys and walmarts for weeks now. I think Walmart got some in stock again for a day, but they sold out instantly.

>>712518854
which one? im from slovenia and i've just checked every site and all of them still have it available for around 500€

Tendies need to buy even more switch 2s to really show people, if you don't own at least 5 (combined cost of a pc) you aren't a real fan.

>>712518928
It came out last week, it's 8 days old.

>>712517474 (OP)
I mean it's simple. They made so many scalpers got cucked.

>>712519216
I don't think PlayStation and PC fans recognise what a hardware launch without artificial scarcity looks like

>>712519319
This
>uhhh they made enough to meet demand it's le heckin failure!

>>712519216
For the same site that believes dragon age inquisition failed(it did)how can you believe that?

Clearly you should know about corporate tactics in this day and age.

>>712517474 (OP)
Your tactics are old and never work snoy.

No Target within 50 miles of me has any

>>712520405
>California

>>712520405
These don't update correctly, you have to go to the store and photograph the shelves in all of them.

>>712518854
>$630
lucky you. I can only get one for $1200
can't wait for piracy

>>712520214
lol

>>712520214
kek

>>712520214
Kek'd good times.

why the fuck are switch 1s still $300?

>>712519139
>have to spend as much as 5 switch 2 consoles to have less fun on a PC
Woah you sure owned the tendies.

I HURT MYSELF TODAY

TO SEE IF I STILL FEEL

TENDIES ARE YOU OKAY?

https://youtu.be/8AHCfZTRGiI

>>712517474 (OP)
>bsky
kys

People so mindbroken by Nintendo success that they can't fathom that online discourse doesn't mean squat to real life people. The grifting era of gaming has made people divorce from reality.

How do console shortages even happen? Why not just raise the price until the market reaches equilibrium?

>>712519139
this but unironically.

>>712525251
I know its sold at a "profit" but they likely weren't making much money on it to begin with. There is pretty much no reason to ever drop the price. I bet they get the record despite switch 2 being out now as well.

Nintendo is gay now

>>712519139
Building a good PC doesn't cost that much though

>>712525675
They can offload excess stock to third-world markets like Sony did with the PS2. That should boost the numbers a bit.

>eric is now stuck in a temporal loop where it's the 5th of June all day, every day
sad

>>712525758
I don't think they'll have excess stock though. I think people will probably just keep buying it for another two years or so. Seems ridiculous with backwards compatibility but most nintendo handhelds have done this. Switch seems closer to a handheld then a console imo.

>>712525758
Judging from sales they won't need to.
Pretty hilarious that Switch will beat the PS2 without a price drop, selling it as a DVD player or giving them away in south america.

>>712525760
eric bought majora's mask

>The switch 2 is not a flop o algo

>>712526067
The ps2 came out 20 years ago

>>712518854
>small european country
so like Belgium or Luxembourg. A friend of mine just ordered one from Nintendo directly a few days after release and it already arrived.

>>712525579
>How do console shortages even happen?
The manufacturer doesn't produce enough to meet the demand. Scarcity like this also encourages scalping, which further exacerbates the scarcity. Often the manufacturer either underestimates the demand or has supply chain issues for mass production, or are massive retards that don't activate safeguards for scalping, ensuring consumers can't purchase the consoles at MSRP.

>Why not just raise the price until the market reaches equilibrium?
Because that reduces the demand. A reduced supply forces suppliers to increase prices to make the same profits, but increased prices also tend to reduce demand. Scalpers get around this by monopolizing the supply, forcing consumers to accept the artificially-increased price to get a console at all.

Here Nintendo both produced enough consoles to meet the demand and provided multiple ways for consumers to guarantee a purchase at MSRP on launch day and in the weeks after, discouraging scalping from increasing the price to any given degree. I've got several friends that want Switch 2s, but don't have the spare money to purchase one yet and are saving up. They'll be able to get one when they've saved up, since there's enough produced to meet that supply.

This is how all console releases SHOULD look.

>>712526543
Yea people consumption is down in major sectors yet somehow nintendo is coming out not only unscathed but thriving? A company known for it predatory pricing models?

I don’t believe it.

Somebody show me 2025's version of this

>>712523076
>2017
>fat guy taking a photo is peak humor to zoomtards

KEKD LOLKL GPOOD TIMES!

>>712526901
Found the fatso.

>>712526992
KEKD good one

Imagine some fat nerd going around stores and asking minimum wage employees about how many Switch 2 they have sold

>>712517474 (OP)
It really remains to be seen if Nintendo purposefully flooded the US with stock before tariffs hit to make the most money from the situation and now stock is going to be spread more evenly or if it is actually the fact that they can't sell. My theory though is we won't know until the first holiday season comes and passes to figure out if it is a flop or not. I think Nintendo will be stubborn enough if sales aren't going well to hold out for more than the 6 months for price drops with prior consoles if it truly isn't selling well.

>>712527114
KEK good one i KEKD well done

>>712527330
Shut the fuck up, retard.

I feel like there are parallel universes with Switch 2. All the media is claiming it's the fastest selling console, while individual people say that actually their shops barely sold any. There is similar discourse with the games themselves where mario kart is getting 9/10s across the board but fans who played it don't like it.
I have no idea if this thing is a success or not

>>712520214
I dont get it. Hes not even fat. The average fat american is like 5x bigger.

>>712520214
How many times have dumbasses on /v/ tried to take a picture of something to laugh at with /v/ only for it to backfire and have /v/ laugh at the fat fuck that takes the picture instead?

>>712527512
OH SAAAAY CAN YOU SEEEEEEE

The new more powerful console is the fastest selling Nintendo game system ever. In the four days following its June 5 launch, the Nintendo Switch™ 2 game system sold more than 3.5 million units worldwide*, becoming the fastest-selling Nintendo game system ever.

>>712527616
KEK good one i KEKD well done

>>712526786
The ONLY version of this for switch 2 is with the image on the left where they tried to frame it as a scalper before the consoles released.
It's actually a shop owner who personally travelled 200 miles to a distribution centre in another country to ensure they would have enough stock for all their pre-orders and the rest of the month.

>>712526786
making money always requires risk

>>712527445
>but fans who played it don't like it.
thats not even true

I think the tariffs are the reason they had so much stock this time. They like do the "artificial scarcity" strategy but it was too risky with them

>>712527629
Shouldn't it be Nintendo Switch 2™?
Sounds like another wii u in the making.

>>712517474 (OP)
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>>712526192
You got raped