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>last year was the first year I've seen since the release of the original switch where switch/switch 2 was not constantly sold out (usually poached by resellers
by gruez 9mo ago
>last year was the first year I've seen since the release of the original switch where switch/switch 2 was not constantly sold out (usually poached by resellers early in the AM) every time I visit target. There's a full shelf of them since late last summer.
Don't you expect demand to taper off as more people get their hands on it? It also doesn't help that the switch 2 is basically "the switch, but better".
- kjkjadksj 9mo agoDo you remember switch 1 or wii demand?
- JohnMakin 9mo agoThis never happened with the switch. I am not kidding. 2023 I was trying to buy one for my sister, and it took me months of waiting for target to open and beating the resellers to it, because I didn't want to overspend online (plus online stock frequently sold out). It was released in 2017! Nintendo is notorious for under producing their consoles vs demand in recent years - the worst example was the mini NES or whatever they called it, they could not keep it on shelves for that one either.
- devin 9mo agoIf we're bringing anecdata to the party: I bought OLED shortly after it came out and did not have any trouble.
- coke12 9mo agoAnecdotally I have bought 2 switches over its lifetime and never saw any of this ever. Just clicked “buy” on Amazon.
- sarchertech 9mo agoI bought 2 switches without any issues. 1 around the time you did. Months of waiting for target to open sounds insane and is so far from my experience that I think this is actually a case of you were holding it wrong.