Nintendo NY Store Confirms A 'Limited Quantity of Pre-Orders' for Nintendo Switch on 13th January

I'll be at GameStop at 7 am Friday morning

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So Nintendo haven't learned a thing about how to meet demand for highly anticipated products? That fills me with little confidence if true.

they have admitted that there holding back stock

I'm just going to assume Gamestop is doing the same thing and I plan to be at my local store when it opens to get my preorder in. I think I'll call them tomorrow to see what they say but I doubt they will have any info before the presser airs. Now there is a chance they won't take the orders on Friday but wasting a few minutes for the possibility is ok to me.

This pretty much confirms price details in the presentation.

Of course Nintendo is going to do this like always.

I live in England and I put down a £50 Deposit on November 3rd.So I'm All set.

omg... im at work Friday! looks like ill be calling in sick so I can guarantee my preorder is locked in. Ill just punch the employee in the face with my wallet and tell him to take everything!! D:

They could take a million preorders and that would be considered limited technically.

You know Nintendo, had you done this presentation back in early November then you could make these ACTUAL pre-orders and gauge how many to make. But no, start taking pre-orders after they need to start shipping from China. Morons.

Heck, they didn't even need the presentation, it's their flagship store, which doesn't acceptonline orders, they could have been taking pre-orders for Switch every morning when people lined up for an NES Mini. 2 weeks after Christmas and people are still lining up and stock is still selling out quickly. They probably could have gotten 10,000 Switchnpre-orders in that 1 store alone, maybe 100,000. I'm guessing they limit it to 500. Morons.

@Mega_Yarn_Poochy But it won't be 1 million. I'd say 1,500 based on NES Mini allocation since launch. Store isn't really all that big either. Guess I should go have my wife wait online anyway, worse comes to worse there's always eBay.

I will either be at Gamestop on Friday or closely watch BestBuy.com.

I won't be shocked if I can't get one for a month or two, I still absolutely never see that NES classic system in any stores. It is beyond ridiculous, par for the course for Nintendo for whatever reason. These artificial shortages are annoying.

Preordering ASAP through Gamestop!

This is the Nintendo way.

Need to see when my Gamestop opens Friday morning. Hopefully I won't have any conflicts.

Ah, it'll be like pre-ordering the Wii again. I don't think anyone realized how scarce that thing would be until after it actually launched. Meanwhile, I was playing Twilight Princess day one.

@Amrulez
Damn right it's annoying. If the Switch sells 10,000 units worldwide after a month I will bet Nintendo will still fabricate shortages.

The only people they will annoy are their adoring fans because most people will play a waiting game with the Switch after the disaster that was the WiiU.

I know of people who like the concept of the Switch but won't touch it until it has settled in and the third-party devs have FULLY committed (not promise to commit like with the WiiU and then backtrack in the first six months) because they want to play mainstream AAA games on it as a handheld, not just Nintendo games.

That means for a lot of people there is no rush to buy it until next year or so.

All the scalpers have got their pre-orders in already.

Although - Nintendo did say they had the ability to ramp up demand - I'm hoping after they admitted that the NES classic had a totally unexpected demand level that they are already ramping up production - just from the current mood on the internet - Switch is gonna be another Nintendo Wii!

I really dislike this new way of system launches..I don't remember this always being this way..

if theirs a limited bundle with Zelda i'll go to that store, if theirs bundle with Zelda and makes sense to buy them together i'll buy it at that store, i'm hope its not the rumored 2mill at launch.
price and with it comes with it is deal maker or breaker.
would not mind going to NYC even it takes me 7 hours to get there and park.

Keep in mind that they're shipping 2 million worldwide by the end of the fiscal year. That's about two weeks worth. In March, a slower sales period for hardware in general. Coming off the Wii U.

So expect around 20-30 pre-order units or so depending on your store. Varies by location. There were around that many per store for the PS4 and XB1 iirc, though some had closer to 60.

So no, this is in no way an NES Classic scenario.

I still think they could only make so many nes minis as the production of the switch took its place once the console was finalised. If we only get 2million on launch day worldwide then there will be shortages. If UK doesnt get Zelda on launch day like USA then a lot of people, like myself will hold off for a Zelda bundle later in the year too.

Nintendo just love to torture us don't they?

Blah blah blah blah!

I think I will buy Switch on June or July 2017. Hopefully there are some stocks.

If Nintendo heavily limits the switch at launch and it's hard to find (if it's a huge hit) that's gonna be a very bad move on their end.

People are already sick of this from Nintendo. Stop shooting yourselves in the foot.

I honestly believe that Nintendo doesn't intentionally create shortages. Firstly, why would they? I think what really happens is that Nintendo is cautious with it's sales predictions. Take the NES mini for example, imagine you are the guy that has to decide how many units to make for an initial release. You know there will be demand but you don't know how much. If you have low demand and high inventory it's much more damaging than the other way around so I guess I'd be cautious too.

@Dakt I can pretty much guarantee you it won't be that limited.

@IceClimbers

I fully expect Nintendo to exceed that sales forecast, unless the Switch Presentation is completely terrible.

In Australia eb games has been taking preorders for a while, they don't know how many they are getting but it puts you in line for whatever stock they get

@Dakt yes indeed they do. Totally agree that they don't get it right, but I don't think they intentionally understock.

Nintendo chose the wrong day to debut. It's Friday the 13th in Tokyo. Now they chose Friday 13th for pre-order in US. It's bad luck.

I'll buy a Switch after I can walk into a store and purchase a NES Mini Classic.

@Dakt Honestly just gut feeling. Don't get me wrong, I expect the Switch to be limited and for there to be some shortages, but not to the extent you were saying. Only way it does that is if it becomes a Wii-like fad, which I don't see happening.

@Dakt I don't think they need to recoup before they make more but the smaller runs are probably intentional.

Don't forget there are some volatile costs when making hardware. Day to day RAM prices could change or it could become cheaper or more expensive to ship it from China. The last thing they want is to stop production whilst a backlog of inventory sells. It costs money to stop production, money to restart production and money to store unsold stock.

They just need to get better at finding the "sweet spot". Also, they need to make sure their stock lines up with when the second wave of software hits.

@Nintendian
Ah, such a superstition...
I'm sure 13 January 2017 will be same like normal day.

@IceClimbers: Nintendo is shipping 2M in the launch month, not the calendar year.

Also, not sure the World Store is a bellweather retailer.

@bluedogrulez That's exactly what I said. 2 million for the fiscal (financial) year, which ends March 31st. Assuming the heavily rumored March 17th release date is true, that's two weeks.

So Nintendo may be pulling an Apple? Deliberately under-stocking their products to drive up demand? You sneaky beggars!!!

@IceClimbers The launch month is the first month of launch. If it launches on the 17th of March, they will have 2m Switches by the end of the 17th April. Nintendo is likely to have multiple millions of consoles shipping out throughout the rest of the calender year.

I already pre-ordered from four stores (one being GameStop, they let us do that in my country) in the hopes of getting one on launch day. (didn't pay for any order yet so can cancel the rest when I get the one)
Yeah, I'm what you could call careful ahahah.. ;D

Seriously I want to play that BotW so bad.

@DanteSolablood Yes, but Nintendo said the 2 million is by the end of the fiscal year, not launch month.

http://venturebeat.com/2016/10/26/nintendo-wont-sell-switch-at-a-loss-plans-to-ship-2-million-units-in-march/

Kimishima also said they have it set up so they can ship more for that period if the demand is there, though that's probably another 500,000 max.

http://venturebeat.com/2016/10/28/nintendo-ceo-well-make-more-than-2-million-switch-consoles-for-march-launch-if-needed/

"calls Nintendo morons, buys one anyway"

@IceClimbers Hmm, interesting. not a big fan of Venturebeat but I will accept a direct quote. Interestingly however they DID say end of their fiscal year in March... that's possibly 1/2 weeks after launch. with that additional 500,000 consoles you mentioned. Venturebeat then makes the same assumption I did... 30 days.

Could be Nintendo are will have considerably more on their way during those 2 weeks.

Oh dear....

I'm definitely getting a Switch, but I can wait until they're easier to find. I have so many 3DS games to catch up on that I could be playing them for months after the Switch comes out.

"Please, understand".

If I can't play Breath of the Wild at launch because I can't find a Switch anywhere, I'm going to be pretty pissed honestly.

thtat dosent man limeted eerywear it said nintendo NY not everywear

Already preordered mine back in December right when the local GameStop opened up preorders. Every time I'm there, they urge me to get some games, too, but since none of the games we've seen in the Reveal Trailer are official launch titles, I have yet to do so but I do think I will preorder them when picking up Gravity Rush 2 next Wednesday. Can't really fault Nintendo for the decision to go short in stock. Would've done the same if my company had a failure like the WiiU.

@Dakt Shin (pronounced "sheen") can mean many things, though- it can mean "death," but it can also mean "true/truth."

Nah, I still have things to do with my Black Thanksgiving New 3DS. I'll wait for Holiday 2017 to even consider getting a Sand(s)witch.

Here we go. Here comes the bs. It's almost Tickle Me Elmo time again...

Gonna treat preordering a Switch like it's gonna be sold out within an hour (if not sooner). The moment the presentation starts I'm gonna be simultaneously glued to Amazon.

MUST. PREORDER. SWITCH. o.o

Great. Here we go again.. 😐

Please no one delude themselves. I was able to preorder an Xbox One and a PS4 half a year before they came out with no difficulties. Both companies ran preorders for as long as they could meet demand and still have some limited stock for first day buyers at major outlets. Nintendo laughs in the face of logic and plays the rarity card and looks to have another failed console launch on their hands.

Do you guys think Gamestop will do a Midnight Release in NA for the Switch?

The limited quantities is likely for two reasons. One is likely to try an keep inventory manageable on launch day and the other is probably to keep themselves from getting overwhelmed too much.

I'm just saying this again, but all consoles are sold out at launch.
The PS4 was, the Xbone was, the Wii u was...
So I still don't understand what the fuss is about now.

Besides, producing more would mainly take time so not many if us would have to wait, but all of us instead.

@Equinox People only wanted a NES mini because of hype and it sold far more than Nintendo ever anticipated. 90% of them are gathering dust.

The wording of the tweet is odd:

A limited quantity of pre-orders for the #NintendoSwitch will begin on 1/13 at 9AM while supplies last at #NintendoNYC.

"while supplies last" - Supplies of what? Pre-orders? There are supplies of pre-orders?

It's Nintendo. What else did you expect? NOT artificially limited quantities? LOL. Screw that.

@GoldenGamer88 Doesn't mean you'll get your console if they dont have the stock for it.

@DanteSolablood "So Nintendo may be pulling an Apple? Deliberately under-stocking their products to drive up demand? You sneaky beggars!!!" They always do this. They never learn.

There is also the possibility that given the failure of the Wii U, retailers are sheepish to make large orders on another console that they may have ample stock of when nobody buys it.

So, I have done the work now and looked up how much the PS4 sold after release.

As of 1.December it sold around 2.1M units total. That is 15 days after US release an 2 days after European release.
So, considering how successfull the PS4 are the supposedly 2M Switch units shipped in around 2 weeks really that bad to you?

Can we all stop being incredibly stupid about this now? Thank you.

@Dryden
I asked a couple of days ago and no news on that as of yet gonna check again today..
But the answer is no right now

I can only say I'm now glad I don't resident in NY and not buying day 1. Hopefully here won't be a problem with stock since the userbase seems very small here. Depending on the retail price here I may order overseas though.

It would have been weird if they confirmed an unlimited number.

lol here we go again. As tempting as 3d Mario is, I think I'll wait for a good bundle or special edition. Plus I won't have to deal with all of the limited nonsense.

I'll preorder here in my country to play it safe, but I'll still try to get the Switch on NY.

I hope the Nintendo Store has some for us poor souls who want to get it but won't be there physically to preorder it.

I refuse to play this game! If stock turns out to be limited again like the NES Classic and Amiibos then I think I'm done for a while with Nintendo. We just got a PS4 for Christmas and I'm prepared to wait out these tactics. I'm not paying a cent over the retail price and I'm not using a vacation day to wait in lines to pre-order.

Of course this would break my heart. I love Nintendo and their games. Yeah, the PS4 has some great games, but none of the ones I've played so far can match the quality, fun, and gameplay that some of the Nintendo series bring every single release.

@dkxcalibur Thankfully you would not pay over retail price, it's sad enough that there are people who actually do that.
They are the reason why these consoles are being sold on eBay in the first place.

Kinda reminds me of the Wii U launch event. They also had limited quantity of pre-orders and people feared the stock issues after the Wii was first released. Short version, it was well stocked.

Yet I'll be the dingus who will still try to pre-order the system and wait on a long line the night before the release to buy it (with said pre-order), like I did for the other 2 (Wii was morning of).

Ugh, ready to move so I can find my local gamestop. PRE ORDER TIME!!!!