Looks like only 1.2 Million of Switch 2 are going to be available on launch day in Japan

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According to a Japanese source, looks like only 1.2 Million of Switch 2 consoles are going to be available day one in Japan, take into consideration that Nintendo direct sales preorders already surpassed 2 millions and lotteries preorders are at full capacity with thousands of people in line.

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Nintendo Switch 2 Day One Shipment In Japan Estimated To Be Over 1.2 Million Units

Consolidated survey results from the first two My Nintendo Store Switch 2 pre-order lotteries, as well as other pre-order lotteries organized by other Japanese retailers, have given us a better und…
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Good luck Japan, or anyone for that matter.. Still haven't scored a pre-order.
 
To think we still have people on this forum predicting it's going to bomb and need a 3DS style price drop after the first year.

Just lmao.
 
Killer8 said:
To think we still have people on this forum predicting it's going to bomb and need a 3DS style price drop after the first year.

Just lmao.
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Neogaf in a nutshell

Switch 1 prediction thread vibes, just less prominent as I guess peoples still have crow feathers between their teeth.
 
I already have mine locked in, I had to pay almost $750 for the MK Bundle.

Third world country where Nintendo decided not to launch the damn thing.
 
K' Dash said:
I already have mine locked in, I had to pay almost $750 for the MK Bundle.

Third world country where Nintendo decided not to launch the damn thing.
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We are in the same boat… At least i can buy online in US + A international Courier. So probably around $600.
 
Hero_Select said:
jesus man, can you at least attempt to clean up your spelling? It feels like i'm having a stroke everytime I read something of yours.
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no i harv arbd annnnnd will nort use spellcheck i am retrane brain

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got this in mine 30s few years ago from drinking too much and falling makes me think slow annnnd only care about eating and games dont care bout no other crud wife stays with me buuuuut she is sad

i will get better i promised on my name

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Alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD): what is it and who gets it?

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To put it into perspective, for a console launch in June, in one country, to have 1.2 MILLION consoles that are literally going to be purchased in one 24 hour period is pretty insane. 1.2 mil is a large number for a non-traditional time of year console launch, only taking into account day one sales. Of course the Switch 2 sales will be front-loaded too, unlike original Switch, as so many of us are going to want to upgrade from 1 to 2 in short order, to play our existing libraries on the shiny new machine that runs everything better and has a bigger and better screen, and faster loading, etc. launch sales will die down.

It'll be fine, we'll all get one, and I doubt we'll be waiting long.
 
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How many were available in 2017?
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I remember it being less than 3 million worldwide in March 2017. But I might be mid-remembering. It was a normally light sales period for consoles and games so it was actually considered a large number at the time, for launch month.

Edit: Just looked it up… it was just under 3 million sales worldwide in March 2017, which was considered very successful for the time. I believe it was essentially 100% sell-through or close to it.

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1.2 million for launch day is more than double what was available in Japan and what the original Switch sold in Japan in all of March 2017. (It released March 3rd).

Context matters.
 
GigaBowser said:
no i harv arbd annnnnd will nort use spellcheck i am retrane brain

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|OT| Community Science  Thread 'my journey with ARBD'

got this in mine 30s few years ago from drinking too much and falling makes me think slow annnnd only care about eating and games dont care bout no other crud wife stays with me buuuuut she is sad

i will get better i promised on my name

www.alzheimers.org.uk

Alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD): what is it and who gets it?

Alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) is a brain disorder. It is caused by a person regularly drinking too much alcohol, or binge-drinking, over several years. There are different types of ARBD. People who get ARBD are generally aged between about 40 and 50.
www.alzheimers.org.uk www.alzheimers.org.uk
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vibes of David Jaffe
 
NuclearDiarrhea said:
You are a bad person. Making fun of people with ARBD. Apologize.
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Miraculous then that he has been able to spell Japan/Japanese — Jarpan/Jarpanese with such consistency and precision for the past year. There is clear intentionality with his writing style.

He very well may have ARBD, and if he does, I wish him the best of the luck. But this is the internet, and I could just as easily claim to be a polka dotted buffalo.

Dropping a few dozen of their posts from the past year+ into Claude AI produced the following assessment:

Likely conclusion:
The writing style is more suggestive of a persona, parody, or internet performance. The user appears to be mimicking speech patterns associated with cognitive impairment, possibly for humor or trolling.
 
Dr. Wilkinson said:
1.2 million for launch day is more than double what was available in Japan and what the original Switch sold in Japan in all of March 2017. (It released March 3rd).

Context matters.
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And even then there's going be thousands and thousands of extremely upset/disappointed gamers in Japan come June 5th.

Nintendo will basically sell as many as they can produce this year. Esp once more heavy hitters start getting announced/released.
 
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Nintendo declared the war to scalpers.

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/2025/250527.html

Translation

Initiatives to prevent fraudulent listing of Nintendo products on flea market sites

Nintendo Co., Ltd. (headquarters: Minami-ku, Kyoto City; Representative Director and President: Shuntaro Furukawa; hereinafter referred to as "Nintendo") has agreed to cooperate with three flea market site operators, Mercari, Inc., LINE Yahoo Japan Corporation, and Rakuten Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "Three Service Providers"), in an effort to prevent fraudulent listings of Nintendo-related products, including the Nintendo Switch 2, which will be released on June 5, 2025.

Nintendo and the three service providers will take measures to combat fraudulent listings of Nintendo-related products, including Nintendo Switch 2, that violate each service provider's terms of use, including by having the service providers proactively remove listings and by establishing a collaborative system for information sharing.
 
fallingdove said:
Miraculous then that he has been able to spell Japan/Japanese — Jarpan/Jarpanese with such consistency and precision for the past year. There is clear intentionality with his writing style.

He very well may have ARBD, and if he does, I wish him the best of the luck. But this is the internet, and I could just as easily claim to be a polka dotted buffalo.

Dropping a few dozen of their posts from the past year+ into Claude AI produced the following assessment:

Likely conclusion:
The writing style is more suggestive of a persona, parody, or internet performance. The user appears to be mimicking speech patterns associated with cognitive impairment, possibly for humor or trolling.
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put my post in crud ai to proof ahahahahhahahha

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It does sound like the story of shipping as many as possible to the US before the tariffs go through is pretty accurate. Several stores Ive gone to seem to be expecting anywhere between 50-150 switch 2's.

Which to me is insanely crazy, comparatively I remember stores BARELY getting around 20 ps5's at launch back in 2020
 
fallingdove said:
Miraculous then that he has been able to spell Japan/Japanese — Jarpan/Jarpanese with such consistency and precision for the past year. There is clear intentionality with his writing style.

He very well may have ARBD, and if he does, I wish him the best of the luck. But this is the internet, and I could just as easily claim to be a polka dotted buffalo.

Dropping a few dozen of their posts from the past year+ into Claude AI produced the following assessment:

Likely conclusion:
The writing style is more suggestive of a persona, parody, or internet performance. The user appears to be mimicking speech patterns associated with cognitive impairment, possibly for humor or trolling.
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Codes 208 said:
It does sound like the story of shipping as many as possible to the US before the tariffs go through is pretty accurate. Several stores Ive gone to seem to be expecting anywhere between 50-150 switch 2's.

Which to me is insanely crazy, comparatively I remember stores BARELY getting around 20 ps5's at launch back in 2020
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And is sold out… I am starting to think that this launch is going to be bigger than we thought.
 
seems like a lot idk...
that's half as much as the PS5 sold worldwide in its launch day.

so if they have that many for Japan alone, I wonder how many they have worldwide
 
fallingdove said:
Likely conclusion:
The writing style is more suggestive of a persona, parody, or internet performance. The user appears to be mimicking speech patterns associated with cognitive impairment, possibly for humor or trolling.
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Shhh. God probably doesn't exist either, but sometimes lives are enriched by a beautiful lie.
 
fallingdove said:
Miraculous then that he has been able to spell Japan/Japanese — Jarpan/Jarpanese with such consistency and precision for the past year. There is clear intentionality with his writing style.

He very well may have ARBD, and if he does, I wish him the best of the luck. But this is the internet, and I could just as easily claim to be a polka dotted buffalo.

Dropping a few dozen of their posts from the past year+ into Claude AI produced the following assessment:

Likely conclusion:
The writing style is more suggestive of a persona, parody, or internet performance. The user appears to be mimicking speech patterns associated with cognitive impairment, possibly for humor or trolling.
Click to expand...
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got this in mine 30s few years ago from drinking too much and falling makes me think slow annnnd only care about eating and games dont care bout no other crud wife stays with me buuuuut she is sad

i will get better i promised on my name

www.alzheimers.org.uk

Alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD): what is it and who gets it?

Alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) is a brain disorder. It is caused by a person regularly drinking too much alcohol, or binge-drinking, over several years. There are different types of ARBD. People who get ARBD are generally aged between about 40 and 50.
www.alzheimers.org.uk www.alzheimers.org.uk
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LordOcidax said:
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|OT| Community Science  Thread 'my journey with ARBD'

got this in mine 30s few years ago from drinking too much and falling makes me think slow annnnd only care about eating and games dont care bout no other crud wife stays with me buuuuut she is sad

i will get better i promised on my name

www.alzheimers.org.uk

Alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD): what is it and who gets it?

Alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) is a brain disorder. It is caused by a person regularly drinking too much alcohol, or binge-drinking, over several years. There are different types of ARBD. People who get ARBD are generally aged between about 40 and 50.
www.alzheimers.org.uk www.alzheimers.org.uk
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fallingdove fallingdove make lies of me he is stocker hates switch 2

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