WE NEED TO BOYCOTT THE SWITC—

Invitation emails will be prioritized on a first-come, first-served basis to registrants who have purchased a Nintendo Switch Online membership with a minimum of 12 months of paid membership and a minimum of 50 total gameplay hours

The 50 hours of gameplay isn't the egregious part.

Who hasn't been an NSO paypig?
The only problem with it is if I'm in a family group with 6 friends to save a few bucks, I don't get priority if I'm not the lead account.

This. Single-player fags like me got fucked over. No, I will not pay for Nintendo's Goyslop pass

THE WII U WON'T FLOP-

Who has been? There's nothing to do with online unless you're some sort of retard who plays the pointlessly-limited retro library instead of just pirating that shit.
The only games that are worth playing online/multiplayer are MK8, SSBU, and Rocket League. The former of which have atrocious performance, and the latter of which is released (and runs better) on every platform under the yellow sun.
THAT BEING SAID, it's more of the principle than anything.

Pay-to-Pre-Order-so-you-can-maybe-Play-if-you're-lucky-no-guarantees

This is some Stockholm-tier shit.

Why do the people posting shit like this ignore the fact that Wii U stock available at launch was dramatically lower?

Nintendo have produced more Switch 2 units than there were produced for any other console at its launch. Millions upon millions of consoles available worldwide.

The fact that it's selling out even with that being the case is impressive.

Me bro.
I just said I never touched any online gaming on my switch.

Limiting pre-orders to create the illusion of sales and produce sense of urgency isn't a new marketing tactic.

They didn't limit preorders, they did the opposite. They mass-produced consoles to combat scalpers. And it still sold out everywhere.

Thanks orange retard

Nintendo cautioned Japanese consumers that over 2.2 million people had registered for the opportunity to pre-order the Japan-only console model through the company, far exceeding their expectation, and that they would not likely be able to meet all of these pre-orders by launch date; those not selected would be automatically carried into similar programs for later shipments of the console.[53] Nintendo issued a similar caution for those in the U.S. pre-ordering through its store.

>Millions upon millions produced

>It's actually less than two million

Their whole angle about the release date delay and stockpiling to "counter scalpers" is a lie. If I was a betting man I'd say the console was originally scheduled for Christmas 2025, but was moved up to discourage people from focusing on the Switch (1) for the holidays and likely delaying their interest in the Switch 2 for the next year, if not the year after, and so on.
I.E. they're now scrambling to produce units they were expecting an extra 5-6 months to produce. Meanwhile people like (You) and "industry experts" are spreading misinformation about production quantities trying to create this idea that there are a gorillion units in a warehouse that are already sold and accounted for, when it's <2,000,000 as of two months ago.
Credit where it's due, at least they told people that the majority of you aren't getting one at launch. Shame you didn't listen and are living in Neverland.

I had two switch 2 orders from waiting in the best buy and wal-mart ques. I didn't even have to refresh. You just had to try a little bit instead of not at all.

Nigger, that was through the My NIntendo Store alone, you can preorder the console in any electronics store in Japan, which is why it's so impressive.

It also isn't what they're doing

>>Millions upon millions produced

>>It's actually less than two million

Can you read?
2.2 million people registered in JAPAN ALONE, and only for the Japanese model of the console (not the international variant that is more expensive).
That doesn't cover much larger markets like the US, Canada, or anywhere in Europe.

The "lottery" focused on the first-party store first, with third-party retailers only being prioritized after. If they can't hope to achieve the former, how exactly do you surmise they'll honor the latter?
gamesindustry.biz/22-million-people-applied-to-pre-order-a-switch-2-in-japan-alone-says-nintendo
True, it appears to be largely unintentional, but the effect is the same.
In other words: the individual is at fault for their delusion.

World shattering event for jobless NEETs and echo chamber redditors seeing millions of people willing to spend $450-500 for a hobby they enjoy.

Can you? Japan has the highest console sales by country per capita AND benefits from minimal shipping expenditure. Meaning the production and initial sales focus is where? So from that you can (hopefully, if you attended secondary school) deduce that the shared production quantity for all of the Americas (and even the EU) is likely not much larger, and even if it were doubled, that would still be only 4,000,000, an assumed number that in this case was still issued a warning.
Bitches out here acting like they already have 50,000,000 in the bag and are just waiting for Christmas in July (June) to hand them out. These chinks don't have shit and are selling the idea of the prospect of maybe one day in the next eight to twelve months of owning a plastic shell that will likely have some defect that is later attributed as a feature (pixelgate) and nothing to worry about. No refunds, fuckah you, Gaijin.

i'm starting to think my switch is going to get playtime for a few days for mario kart and then collect dust. I will turn off the wifi and store in the closet as we await CFW solution, DK doesn't look that good, other games are 3rd party or on the switch 1. a six month gap until maybe something decent comes out.

I did the day they announced it. I'm hoping to get mine.

Japan has the highest console sales by country per capita

And who cares about that? Switch sold 50% more in the US than in Japan.

deduce that the shared production quantity for all of the Americas (and even the EU) is likely not much larger,

We have Vietnam shiping manifests. Nintendo has shipped 1.1 million Switch 2 units by end of February.

that would still be only 4,000,000

Even with you trying to diminish the US piece of preorders, "only 4,000,000" is still beating the biggest console launch in history by 600,000 units.
It's going to be upwards of 6 million, btw.

Nintendo has shipped 1.1 million Switch 2 units to the US by end of February.

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Lol lmao even?

Switch 2 will be a success, obviously. But even the fucking Wii U had a strong launch.

all this fucking headcanon just to psy-op himself that Nintendo is le evil mastermind

You need to touch grass nigga

>’you just didn’t want it enough bro’

where's the lie though? Your post literally proves this statement is correct

you're retarded. In my european country it took weeks for preorders to run out, and I still know a website at least that has them open

The sooner people realize that Nintendo is a terrible and anti consumer company, the better. Operation Rainfall was a fluke.

I'm just going to wait until I see one at Walmart and buy it. Nintendo limits shit artificially to create a false narrative that their stuff is popular.

Europoors can't afford anything

Checks out. I feel bad for you. Why don't you vote in your best interests?

Feels good scalper bros

Democrat or Republican, whichever president runs their presidency on making scalping a federal felony carrying a 30 year prison sentence minimum, I'm voting for them.

being anti capitalism

I can't imagine anyone here wanting to play something like that unless they were cute girls

Misleading title, this refers to their own direct from Nintendo.com stock.

gets proven wrong

changes topic and starts seething at europeans

you couldn't be any more brown

The high price did reduced the demand for the device, however, it went from 30 million people wanting to buy the device on launch to 10 million people.
As nintendo "only" manufactured 8 million switch 2, the end result was exactly the same, except with extra 100-150 dollars per unit sold.

Just like the keikaku.

Scalping only exist when the demand far outstrip the supply, without it, getting a console on launch would be literally lottery.

'wanting it enough' used to mean having the money for it, and going to the store and buying it.
There wasn't fucking a bunch of hoops to jump through past that.

Nintendo is infamous for just not making enough shit so they can pretend that oh golly gee would you just look at the demand, look at the hype!? Absolutely everywhere is sold out of all 5 units!!!1! QUICKLY ACT NOW BUY FAST!!

I just went on Walmart's website on a whim the day after preorders went live (I didn't even know preorders were up until I saw a post) for shits and giggles and I was just able to preorder one.

Boycotts never work.
I just won't be buying it.
Plus, emulators.

The word "preorder" must have some sort of translation issue in japan
I was under the impression that you open preorders long before release so that you know how much of your product to produce and ensure everyone who wants one can get it
This is just paying for a product to get spit in the eye

The problem with the idea of internet boycotts is that, outside of very egregious issues, the idea of actually getting everyone on the same page is a laughable endeavor. YOU can boycott whatever you want. Likeminded individuals might join you. But it's insanely unlikely that you represent even close to the majority. This is why most boycotts and petitions fail. People always vastly overestimate how many people are actually on their side.

I'm bad at buying toys so I want to make buying toys illegal

poor people are retarded
they can't fathom the concept of different people thinking and living in a different way
they think "if I can't afford something then no one should buy it"

Are there any retro consoles that will never be available on Switch online?

I'm worried that the Sega Saturn and Sega Dreamcast will eventually come to the damn Switch online, and that's why I want retro consoles that will never come to Switch online under any circumstances.

Normies are losing power, they've become the minority. They will be priced out of gaming by 2028 and we'll be going back to where we were in the 90s. Normies have revealed themselves to being shills for the Corps.

cringe

Go back, you ruined gaming, normie.

They are simply overestimating their worth and attempting to cause scarcity panic.

Switch 2 might outsell the Wii U in its first year of being on sale lol why be this delusional because you hate Nintendo?

how much money do you typically make scalping?

we'll produce so many that there will never be a shortage!

What happened to this promise?

have limited amount of units

they sell out

okay?

normie website

SCALPERS ALWAYS WIN

That's reddit faggot, now go back.

moot was a normie, I've been here longer than you, and the rules require that I neve leave. Try to keep up.

It's just that popular, simple as.

NEVER. BE. A. SHORTAGE.

Not this time, nintendo "stole" the scalper margin.
The console was supposed to be 300 dollars for good PR, which would cause a monstrous demand and scalpers would thrive and set it to 500 (average).
However at 450, the whole scalping thing is probably not working nearly as well, and all the extra profit goes to nintendo themselves.

Usually around $250 a pop

This whole switch 2 price debacle has me thinking about the pricing strategy.
How much of their potential userbase are they willing to lose by raising the price do you think?
Even if they get less sales, the added money they get from their price hike can offset it if they sell enough to cover the cost of their former userbase

people that can't/didn't get one seem to actually be a minority too

Sure, THAT’S the reason… SURE!

I wonder how upset those who control everything, but Nintendo must be and their pets.

Yep.
The higher price lowered the demand to more or less meet the supply, with the end result being nintendo selling all they can manufacture for the highest profit possible, unlike the normal scenario where nintendo use the most popular price possible, the supply quickly ends and the scalpers get all the extra margin for themselves.

Will I be able to walk into Walmart on release day and get a pro controller or should I just order that as well right now?

It probably wouldn't hurt to order a pro controller now.

Your shitty 7th gen era of video games is finally coming to an end, we're going to be returning to pre-7th generation video games.

I doubt controllers will sell out, but there's probably going to be long queues for people trying to buy the switch 2 without preorders, so you might save time by preordering the controller