The Nintendo Switch has been a smash hit since its launch last week, shifting 1.5 million units worldwide already. The challenge now of course is for Nintendo to continue that momentum and meet consumer demand.
Thankfully some more stock has landed at the Nintendo UK Store, but you had better be quick if you want to snag one and avoid the eBay scalpers. Both grey and neon versions are in stock at the time of writing.
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It should be noted that Amazon UK are also taking orders for the Switch again too, but they won't have the stock until 31st March.
Let us know if you manage to snap up a shiny new Switch console with a comment below.
[source store.nintendo.co.uk, via store.nintendo.co.uk]
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I colleague of mine received his Switch from second batch in the Netherlands, so it's not only the UK who has received second stock.
Good job for Nintendo restocking so quickly !
@Niinbendo No thanks. Will wait until the system is more worthwhile, not getting Wii U-ed again
@Niinbendo dude here in UK people ain't so big on Ninty (as I keep saying) they want to wait until they get it with a game for £100 lol
Would love to grab one but funds do not permit at the moment
However I am thoroughly enjoying Zelda: BotW on my Wii U at the moment. What an awesome game!
I do have my eye on Super Mario Odyssey though, so I must try and get one in time for its release later this year
@NintyNate Glad you mentioned that. I was at Liverpool Comic Con this weekend playing my Switch during the event and a strong number of people recognized the Switch and were asking about it. I evenr had a few of the special guests get excited about seeing one. Then on my way back I popped into Birmingham and people recognized it as I browsed the High Street
And here in Basingstoke, I run a gaming group and to my knowledge we are the biggest one in Basingstoke despite being a Nintendo-only group.
With that, I think it's fair to say people are so big on Ninty here in the UK but it just so happens PS and Xbox are bigger over here than most countries.
Honestly I think this whole "UK hates Nintendo" is a load of rubbish given all that I have experienced.
Don't think this will be just confined to UK. I would check your own region if I were you. Run rabbit Run and good luck
Is it sold out around the UK? Didn't know that, surprising, and good!
@Grandpa_Pixel events like Comic Con/MCM tend to bring the Nintendo-loving crowd together, so it may seem like a lot of people, but that's only because they're crowded into one place. I would often get hundreds of Streetpass hits when I used to go to London MCM.
You get a real feel for the popularity of Nintendo by looking at the charts and seeing where new releases come in. We don't often get exact figures, but you can paint a bit of a picture from looking at these.
Like you said, Nintendo isn't necessarily unpopular, but they have a very, very small market share here. New releases like Zelda coming in second, which is probably about 50-60 thousand copies. This is a decent, if not overwhelming amount. But then you get games like Federation Force which didn't even chart, probably sold under 1,000 units, which is utterly pathetic.
Our culture is quite varied, and only a certain subset of society really supports Nintendo. They don't appeal to the broader audience anymore. Will see if they can turn this around...
Also looks like Ltd Edition Zelda BOTW for Switch is available on there too. Not sure if that was out of stock previously but thought I'd flag if anyone is looking to bag this.
Don't worry.....Cex is filling up fast! Doesn't look like everyone is able to cling on so tight to the bandwagon 😉
@Grandpa_Pixel you run a gaming group in Basingstoke? Hit me up!
Wow, already Reloaded.... I mean Restocked.
@Grandpa_Pixel
Very true grandpa,love the name. We in the UK are big on Ninty,actually we are the 3rd highest country within the EU for buying Ninty products,only France buys more and sometimes Germany but not all the time. So yeah it's just BS made up by ppl that have no idea,usually those that read comments and believe it to be true.. It's true Sony does better in the UK but if you look at sales in EU it's the same in most country's there,Sony dominates most of Europe. Anyway Ninty is still relevant in UK and Europe regardless of Sony's dominance..Edit I used to own a secondhand game shop,sold it because we moved away,anyway the biggest sellers were Sony and Ninty games especially Ds and 3DS games. Thx to ninty I made a huge profit
@readyletsgo I didn't think it was. Ya, it was gone from places like GAME, Amazon UK and the official UK Nintendo Store(though it's since now back in stock). But I know of several UK sites that never sold out. Maybe we're lucky in Ireland that it's so readily available.
I have a Wii U, Wii, 3DS, New 3DS, and 2 2DS in my house. My brothers son has a 3DS, both his daughters have a 2DS and they have a Wii U. My sisters boys both have 2DS systems. My next door neighbour have a Wii U & the neighbours before them had a Wii U. On my partners side, 3 of her sisters have Wii U in their house and multiple 3DS / 2DS systems. I live in Northern Ireland and I see plenty of love for Nintendo. Oh, and two of my work colleagues both have a Wii U.
@NintySnesMan that's not really an honest interpretation of the figures, though. The only reason Nintendo is the third highest buyer of Nintendo products in Europe (although I'd like to see some official data on this before believing it) is because we have one of the strongest economies in Europe, and also one of the largest populations.
If you want to determine how popular Nintendo actually is in the UK, you need to look at market penetration. https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/01/the_wii_u_generated_just_2_1_percent_of_uk_games_market_revenue_in_2016 paints a pretty grim picture of how Nintendo is actually doing in the UK.
Despite so many little things that bug me about the system, mostly in terms of firmware and software, but a couple of things with the hardware too, I'm sooo tempted to get one plus a copy of Breath of the Wild—and I honestly can't really afford it, particularly any costs of new games beyond the initial purchase. But something about it is just so tempting to me, like there's a sense of that old-school Nintendo magic in there, and especially in Breath of the Wild. However, I do think it's out of my price range, and will be until it's about a hundred quid cheaper and the games maybe come down in price a bit too, if I'm being realistic and responsible for a second. Still, it's calling me. . . .
Product description page says:
"Initial stock has sold out - we anticipate more stock to arrive in late March. Customer orders will be fulfilled in the order they are placed."
So it sounds like they don't actually have stock right now; they've merely started taking orders for the next batch. They're not being terribly clear about it though.
@cfgk24 StreetpassBasingstoke. Look it up on Facebook. We have an event on March 25th where we are doing a 1-2-Switch tournament. I plan on making a Breath of the Wild cake for our next meet too. I do cake sculpting now because of my group
@Mogster I disagree. It is clear from the Wii U period that sales falling does not stop Nintendo's franchises breathing. Remember before the Wii Nintendo got where they did due to their fans. Sure you have the casual gamers buying the software/hardware but back then most of the people buying a Nintendo consoles were hardcore gamers.
By the time I bought a Gamecube I was a hardcore gamer coming off the N64. We are a newcomer for one console and then boom next generation we've gone hardcore. As a result, I bought a lot more games as a result including Melee.
So in reality, the thing that matters is us the hardcore fans and the newcomers. That's where the sales success comes from. The attachment rate between the Wii and its main franchises was telling enough when the highest attachment rate (minus Wii Sports) was Mario Kart with 30+% compared to Wii U's 70%+ and Switch's current 80+% for Zelda
And we find out how well Nintendo is doing through its fans. From the recognition of the platform. From the hardcores being hyped for the next game.
Nintendo consoles and games never sell bucket loads. They sell for as many hardcore/newcomer gamers there are on the platform.
Can't wait for more in US want one in time for mk8
@Mogster
OK mate,let's take the figures for the switch that we know off in EU,I choose switch because it's the most recent. France 105k UK 80k Greece 2k and Spain who have broken all records for any system launch 45k,don't have German numbers sadly but they will be similar to UK as usual. None of the other country's in EU will have come anywhere near the UK sales they never do. The figures should give u some idea that Ninty do OK in UK and not like them at all like many comments I read saying so. I get what your saying about population Bro,but all the country's with a higher population are going to sell more like France Germany UK Spain Italy goes without saying. OK it's back in stock and will probably be sold out again in no time because we don't like Ninty lol.. Only messing bro.. Oh and I got Wii Used aswell lol
@Mogster I love your comment.
I don't want to get Wii U-ed again.
I'll wait
@NintySnesMan Not...really....sure...what...you're...trying...to...say. Nintendo isn't really doing okay in UK seeing as it only has 8% market share (see NL article I linked in previous comment). Will see if they can change this for Switch.
@Mogster
Not surprised the marketshare dropped off for them but this was probably the same in every country thx to the Wii U been a none seller and especially with the wii u winding down last year,it didn't even get going,that's what effected there market share. Even 3Ds was winding down.. I was looking at how many units sold over its lifetime and 3ds sold 3.5 million so far in UK PS4 stands at 4.1 million and Xbox 3.5 in the UK.. OK wii u is 750k and Vita 630k. The link you showed was just for last year and that doesn't represent overall lifetime sales in UK,like I said wii u was a non starter and last year was it's worst year and same for 3Ds,all because the switch was coming it was always going to have an effect. The switch numbers I posted for the UK shows how well Ninty do in the UK and that marketshare link u showed will change a lot overtime,especially with the UK embracing the switch as you can see from launch figures. I hazard a guess that switch will sell 4-5 million in UK,maybe more maybe less.i certainly expect it to destroy wii u sales. So yeah Bro I believe UK do like Ninty but not as much as Sony,afterall UK is a Sony stronghold just like most of Europe apart from France for whatever reason that is,it's still Ninty dominated
Ya pretty sure America hasn't gotten any extras yet, will be interesting to see how quick we get more restocks here.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE yeah think so. That's a great sign for Nintendo UK anyway
@impurekind
I totally understand your opinion. No matter how much people justify the pricing and what we get, the switch is an expensive piece of hardware with lots of additional costs attached.
Personally I had decided to wait with the purchase a very long time until the prices drop etc..
However, I got an offer for to pay installment at a zero percent interest rate. So I thought paying twenty EUR each month and being able to play the new Zelda right now would be kinda cool.
Yesterday I got the system and have been happy with the purchase.
Maybe you can get a similar offer where you live.
Here in the US, I just bought a Switch on Amazon for .01 cent from a new seller. Order will obviously not go through, but I figured I'd just see what happens.
Glad to see stock replenish, but that hasn't been the case in the U.S from what I've seen.
@Mogster I don't think the Switch is doing that bad considering how many people got Wii U-ed. Personally I held back from getting a Wii U as I'm more of a handheld gamer now, will pick up the Switch once I have the cash.
Good to see they're getting the stock ready for MK8
LOL, I'm in the US, but I was sure trying to buy one lol
I got pretty far too until I found that Nintendo UK won't ship outside the UK
Ah, good times.
@MeloMan Amazon UK will ship you one and it is cheaper than buying from Amazon US.
@Andrzej777 Hmmm. . . . If I could pay it off at twenty squid a month with no additional interest then it would be something I'd VERY seriously consider purchasing in that scenario. And, saying that, this is something I've actually been suggesting for some time that these companies try as just one of the ways to buy their new and these days rather expensive consoles—basically some kind of smaller monthly payment until you've paid for the whole thing, or whatever. When the base console hardware, even without a single game, is becoming so expensive that basically on rich people can afford to buy it outright at or near launch, I think these big corporations really need to get a bit more creative about how they let people buy their products. There's a whole audience of people out there that they're probably not reaching simply because it's just too expensive for them to buy the things, and kind of always will be within any timescale they'd give a crap about buying them anyway, given that most modern consoles still go for the hundreds of pounds/dollars even near the end of their generations.
@impurekind
Actually this was not nintendos offer. It was a general offer and the switch just happened to be an option.
I thought for the price of 20 Eur a month, for 20 months, together with zelda I couldnt really go wrong.
Just btw, I am very happy with zelda. At first I was a little worried about the empty open world. But this is actually for the better. It makes finding something so much more rewarding. I remember playing oblivion where you could pick up herbs and stuff almost everywhere. In botw I am happy when I can pick something up... great game so far. I even consider getting that season pass during winter and enjoy that alternative story.
Now if only the Switch would be available again (at a non-scalper price, I mean!) in the US. Right now, it doesn't seem like I'll be able to get one until next month...
@Grandpa_Pixel Joined!
Totally happy with my wiiu, there is nothing to buy a switch for, and the coming months brings very little.
Not in stock, they really should check before having misleading articles like this.
"The is currently no stock left in the warehouse, as soon as stock is back your order will be dispatched. We currently have no announcements as to when these items will be restocked."
@Grandpa_Pixel
That's good! But here (mid to south Wales) it is a hating place if you don't own a ps4 or xbox then your a loser lol
@NintyNate Google "Streetpass South Wales". I think you might be surprised. They have a group there as well (North Wales has a group too)
But seriously, there are Nintendo gaming groups out there and most have monthly meets. Worth it just to make new friends and play Nintendo games with other fans
@Grandpa_Pixel I don't know of anyone lol trust me though it is lame round here for switch sales
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