Nintendo Says 2.2M People Applied to Pre-Order a Switch 2 on Japan's My Nintendo Store — and Warns a ‘Significant’ Number of Customers Will Miss Out

It happened with pln too, just ninny doesnt give a damn, they subsidise switch2 price in japan just like they did with switch1 price in japan, remember that price was 265usd in 2017 in japan, here in poland switch1 price was 385usd(120usd more).
Ofc not complaining, ninny has full right to do it, but lets call spade a spade, ninny does it for specific reason, they wanna keep domination in japan at any cost, its important to them to such a degree, they rather lower console prices to the point its subsidised just to get huge instalbase first few years.
Im perfectly fine with that, again- not a switch 1 or 2 owner here, so its not me who has to bend the knee, ninny got product ppl like and are willing to pay- customers gladly do it, its capitalism at its finest and im bigtime for it.

WiiU was priced 300usd at launch but many customers around the world decided its bad deal so console sold barely 13,5m units worldwide- and again, no complains from me- capitalism works- bad deal for customer=low sales=console bombs in that case.
My man, it's really not that complicated. Besides what I've already mentioned about the weak yen, Japan is also the home market for Nintendo, so they'll price the hardware accordingly to ensure it has a successful launch and follows in the footsteps of the OG Switch, which has sold over 35 million units to date...

Tertiary markets like Poland aren't as important, so they'll price it there based on what they believe the market can bear.
 
I expect it to be worse in the US...that said they probably also have more stock for US tho.

Wouldn't be surprised if it's
1 million (give or take) in Japan
And
2.5 million (give or take) in America
 
The price is right, bitch!
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My man, it's really not that complicated. Besides what I've already mentioned about the weak yen, Japan is also the home market for Nintendo, so they'll price the hardware accordingly to ensure it has a successful launch and follows in the footsteps of the OG Switch, which has sold over 35 million units to date...

Tertiary markets like Poland aren't as important, so they'll price it there based on what they believe the market can bear.
Yups, and thats the real reason for cheap japan price for og switch and now switch2, its their home territory and they prioritise it over other territories, u could say ninny is patriotic company even, and im big proponent of patriotism here :)
 
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By that logic switch2 price should be even lower in poland where i live, since polish salaries are 4-5x lower vs US/western salaries, yet here its 2199pln to preorder so 585 usd :)
Nintendo made a region locked version for japan to avoid sales out of the country. Of course it wouldn't do that for a small market like Poland.
 
Og switch was much cheaper here vs switch2 preorder/launch price, nintendo has 0 scrupples upping the price here in poland, 1349pln currently but on launch it was bit more expensive here(coz of marku up from retailers):
As u can see it was 1449pln aka 385usd, so switch2 is 200usd above switch1 price in poland- like i said, ninny doesnt give a damn, they care about japan market enough to subsidise price there too, its their choice to do so, hell they could do 1usd in japan and 999usd outside of japan, thats their product to sell so they decide about price in each market, just lets not lie to eachother its not the case, ninny doesnt treat japan and outside of japan equally :)
The general approach that Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have taken for many many years is $100 = 10,000 yen. That was how the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Switch etc. etc.was priced.

If the yen weakens a lot vs. the dollar, that doesn't make things more affordable for people in Japan, because they aren't paid in dollars. For someone in Japan, 50,000 yen is equivalent to $500.

So you could say Nintendo is treating Japan different vs. the rest of the world with Switch 2. But it's equivalent to how Sony, MS and Nintendo have treated Japan for the last two decades and more.
 
He can't answer until June 🤡

I feel like the universe itself conspired to dunk on that guy

- account pops up around the time Sony buying Kadokawa rumors appeared
- takes premature victory laps constantly, gloating like a horse's ass that PC gamers would have to wait 2 years for ports then log into PSN
- the deal gets scaled back massively and Sony buys 10% of their stock
- Sony announces no more mandatory PSN login for PC games
- starts FUD campaign for NsW2
- Next Miyazaki directed A Team FromSoft game is NsW2 exclusive
- gets himself banned
- NSW2 is obviously gonna be huge
 
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The Nintendo haters on GAF will become very interested in sales threads in the next 7 years.
And they'll say Switch 2 is a failure even if it sells 140 million consoles, because it's less than Switch 1.
And they'll argue till their death that Switch 2 isn't even a console.
I think the rhetoric will slowdown a bit. The goalposts that they have been constantly moving, are pretty heavy.

I believe they need a break.
 
Expected. Switch 2 might become my second console behind ps5. I might get one a few years from now. But still depends if PSP will make a comeback.
 
By that logic switch2 price should be even lower in poland where i live, since polish salaries are 4-5x lower vs US/western salaries, yet here its 2199pln to preorder so 585 usd :)
Are there extra taxes? It's like €469 in France.
 
I think the Switch 1 to Switch 2 is gonna be like NES to SNES worldwide. That means a decrease but not a big one. And the slump was pretty much only in the US..

In Japan the Famicom and Super Famicom had similar numbers lifetime. But the Super Famicom achieved that much faster, so IMO it was a bigger success in Japan. That could happen again here.
 
Switch2 price in japan is 350$, take that price to the US/Canada(aka north america) and u got instantly 10m preorders, not only 2,2m, take that price to europe(including uk ofc) and u get another 10m preorders too, ofc some of those would be scalpers, but hell, i bet decent chunk of those japanese 2,2m preorders are scalpers too xD
I don't believe they are scalpers seeing this is about the preorders from the Nintendo store which was invitation only (12 month subscription, 50 game hrs)
 
It's gonna be so hard to get one of these. Tonight's gonna be rough.
 
These are the kind of quotes we can look back and laugh at later.
Hopefully. I want Nintendo to succeed
Looks like somebody really believes that the Switch 2 is going to fail 🤣
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No, I don't think it's going to fail. I am just stating facts.

Good launch numbers don't say anything about long term numbers.

I got my Switch 2 paid for and delivered on launch day via Nintendo themselves. I wish them the best, but Nintendo deserves a beating for raising prices and allround arrogance.
 
Switch 2 is going to surpass PS5 LTD in the first year in Japan 😂

Maybe not the first year due to supply, but within 16-18 months I can definitely see it happening.

More pressing (for PS5) tho is the software sales situation; Switch 2 won't have an issue matching or beating PS5's lifetime software sales in Japan, within its first 12 months, maybe even a bit sooner than that. MK World alone will contribute a ton towards that alongside the Switch 2 versions of a few games. And by early/mid 2026 we could be looking at the next mainline 3D Mario game releasing too.

Besides common sense.

Japan will probably have the highest concentration of launch sales volume relative demand. Depending on PS5 sales prices & GTA6's release timing I can see those factors suppressing a bit of launch demand for Switch 2 in certain Western markets but probably by no more than 10%.

And, they can likely make that back up over the Christmas period, if the supply is sufficient.

I think that Switch 2 is going to start slightly stronger than Switch 1, but will plateau sooner... at around 110-120 millions.
A resounding success nonetheless.

That would still be a great performance for them all things considered, I agree. Especially considering they'll have more margins on Switch 2 vs. Switch 1.

Yes. But it says nothing about the next 8 years.

You could say the same about any console ever. Maybe Xbox console sales rise from the dead starting tomorrow, who knows, we've still got three years right?

Just weird to try claiming a system's sales outlook 8 years from now when it hasn't even released yet. You need at least a year's worth of actual sales before theorizing what the market trajectory is going to be.
 
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I still have to rub my eyes sometimes at Nintendo's success. I remember a time when a (nearly) desperate Nintendo had to put Mario characters in EA Sports games just to keep that publisher's support.
 
Hopefully. I want Nintendo to succeed

No, I don't think it's going to fail. I am just stating facts.

Good launch numbers don't say anything about long term numbers.

I got my Switch 2 paid for and delivered on launch day via Nintendo themselves. I wish them the best, but Nintendo deserves a beating for raising prices and allround arrogance.
I think that almost nobody is expecting Switch 1 cumulative numbers, but in Japan alone is going to sell over 35M.
 
I don't believe they are scalpers seeing this is about the preorders from the Nintendo store which was invitation only (12 month subscription, 50 game hrs)
U assuming wrongly nintendo fan cant scalp, if they can sell their console for 50% premium to a rando, many will do it, then do their best to buy 2nd one asap :)
 
U assuming wrongly nintendo fan cant scalp, if they can sell their console for 50% premium to a rando, many will do it, then do their best to buy 2nd one asap :)
Yeah that's true but how many people would sell their only console at launch even for a premium price.
So definitely some scalpers but i don't believe enough to have an impact whatsoever on these numbers.
 
Should price Switch 2 at $549 and $599. Ninfans will buy it up anyway.
 
The Nintendo haters on GAF will become very interested in sales threads in the next 7 years.
And they'll say Switch 2 is a failure even if it sells 140 million consoles, because it's less than Switch 1.
And they'll argue till their death that Switch 2 isn't even a console.
Agreed. Did you miss the 2nd post in this thread?
Japan is crazy for handhelds. How's it doing elsewhere? Not looking good for supply though...
 
Be Nintendo
- raise the price standard of everything in the whole world
- Increase the number of manufacturing hardware
- put certain limits on pre orders to avoid scalpers
- you blinked and it's sold out
 
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