US users report serious shortage of consoles Nintendo switch in the USA. It’s very difficult to buy a new set-top box at the recommended retail price today, and the cost of used models has skyrocketed and often reaches $ 400-500. Per game Ring fit adventure asking for up to $ 300 at a $ 79.99 RRP.
In normal times, the flagship Nintendo Switch model sells for $ 299.99, and the portable Switch Lite costs $ 199.
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A difficult situation with the availability of the system arose against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic. With the shutdown of factories in China, the first lack of Switch felt the Japanese market. Just a month later, the problem manifested itself in the West, and with the release of a life simulator Animal Crossing: New Horizonswhen the demand for iron rose sharply, it became especially acute.
According to experts, as in Japan, the first time Switch sales were saved by Switch Lite in the United Stateswhose stores have more. Since its inception, these portable systems have significantly lost the flagship in popularity and sold much more slowly. But when the usual Switch ended, users began to actively buy Switch Lite, as they wanted to play Animal Crossing: New Horizons and other Nintendo hits. Now in the States, Switch Lite is ending.
Insider Benji-sales reports with reference to its sources from retail that sales of the Nintendo Switch family in the USA for March 2023 exceeded all the wildest expectations. However, April risks becoming catastrophic.
“March sales will be phenomenal and potentially record-breaking, but if the situation [с доступностью систем] suddenly does not change, April may be deplorable, “he wrote.
Analyst of the only company officially tracking sales of games and consoles in the USA NPD Matt Piscatella also noted today, what Switch to buy now is very difficult. He compared the current hype with the demand for a new console in the Christmas season.
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In Japan, Nintendo was able to deliver nearly 400,000 consoles to Animal Crossing: New Horizons. In total, in March 2023, according to Famitsu estimates, Japanese users bought 850,000 systems. In fact, this is all that the stores received from the platform holder, and this is the second March sales result in the history of the Japanese market.
First place Playstation 2, sold in its starting month, March 2000, with a circulation of 970 thousand devices.
Most of the current sales are still in Switch Lite, but this is not about stocks, but about new lots. The production of the flagship Switch, apparently, is more complicated, and has not yet been properly adjusted. Nintendo supplies very small batches of hybrid Switch and thematic bundles in the symbols of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and Japanese users are trying to win the right to buy them in the lottery.
The photos below were taken in Japan last weekend.. People stand in long lines for the new batches of Switch Lite, the flagship Switch and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The game was released on March 20 and continues to diverge at a record pace.
And these are some pictures from South Korea, where the lines for new Nintendo Switch batches are also going:
Switch shortage is observed not only in the USA and Asia, but also in other important markets. For example, in the UK charts, Nintendo games crashed in the previous reporting week due to the complete lack of consoles in stores.
It is also worth noting that with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, people in general began to play more, which naturally increased the demand for Playstation 4 with Xbox oneHowever, to buy these consoles is not difficult.
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