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Darmik posted...

900k in the launch month in America alone can't just be written off by scalpers and die hards though. That's already beating the Wii U and that released for the holiday season. If April is above 400-500k as well the Switch is selling extremely well for its launch window.

We know Japan are lapping up each shipment and they're not exactly giving them small numbers to buy either.

As I said at the very least their decision to launch in March has really paid off. Wii U launched in the holidays and couldn't manage these numbers. I find it unlikely that the momentum will die off like the Wii U did this year now. It's already past that window.

Wii was in high demand for like its first year or two and was hard to find in shelves. How many people were pointing at scalpers back then I wonder?

The Wii U sold the exact same shit. 430k in two weeks vs 906k in a month.

It can easily be explained by scalpers. The fact that you're in Australia and you're speaking on the US scalper market is pure ignorance. Zelda Switch sold more than the Switch, which S1 pointed. Why? Because there were 3 versions, many which people double and triple dipped on. I alone triple dipped. The rest went to scalpers who are still peddling their stuff even now.

Nothing you're saying proves anything. It's all speculation because there's tons of factors involved that you're steady ignoring.

It's not past that window at all. 6 weeks vs 8 weeks is not some huge difference. The demand from scalpers is obviously helping the perception of demand. Same shit happened with amiibos. It was sold out everywhere and being bought up as soon as it restocked till the second Nintendo fully flooded the market. Within a few months, stores were throwing them on clearance for $5.
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