Deals: Pick Up A Nintendo Switch On Amazon US Today

Why does it have to be exclusive to Amazon Prime members? That's more expensive for me than buying it on eBay

@Equinox I wish Nintendo had arranged for more Switches to be made!

@Fred13 There is a component shortage that is slowing down production of Switches. No amount of "making more Switches" that would have fixed this

@Equinox They can only plan so hard. Sometimes demand actually does outstrip supply. The fact that they pretty much managed to increase production almost 1.5x from their original 2 million estimate is impressive, especially with the competition for components. Nintendo wants to make money, if they could ship more units right now, they would.

AmazonLife back at it again!

I really hope they come out with a Special Metroid Prime 4 Edition Switch when it gets released.

If you want one, grab it before Splatoon 2 comes out!

I clicked on it and it is $410. Does anyone else see that price?

I have a switch already, I'm glad I preordered it and didn't cancel.

Edit: I clicked on the "other sellers on Amazon" option, and it's 300 there.

I just bought one! At retail price!

@King47 Click on other sellers to see the actual listing by amazon at the suggested price.

@nab1
Nice, congrats.

I saw that. I don't know why they show the 410 price, but the 300 price is not as obvious.

@Fred13 Prime has a free trial, use it just for this than cancel membership

UK amazon still has the splatoon 2 package in stock for release with the game.

@ValhallaOutcast thank-you for the pro-tip

@ValhallaOutcast Indeed, I was lucky to already be in the trial period.

I saw 3 in Target the other day that I passed on so I guess I'll pass on this too.

Like others have said, this link goes to the $417 offer, under other sell or Amazon is $299 for Prime members. It's weird though b/c even after putting it in my cart for test purposes - I wanted to see the arrival date - when I clicked on it in my cart it STILL took me to the $417 price even though it was $299 in my cart. So it must be something weird on Amazons end, not the NL link.

Oh, and I'm holding off for a Switch bundle for the holidays. Russia got one, Japan got one, I'm hoping for Mario Odyssey and his amino for $349. I bought my Wii U 1 week before they announced the WW HD bundle, so I'll wait. Mario and XC2 are the only games I need anyway, already have Zelda U.

Aaaaaaannnnnd it's gone....

I had it in my cart and went to check out, then Amazon made me re-sign in for some reason. Signed in and my cart was empty.

Tried to put it back in, but I got a message that the product was no longer available from the seller.

Thanks, Amazon!

Oh my God, Nintendo Life. You guys are just shameless. This is getting embarrassing. Just incredible.

Yep, looks like the prime only Nintendo Switches are gone, I no longer see it for 300, not even when I click on other sellers...damn. : (

There were a couple on display at my local walmart and the gamestop I was in yesterday had some.

I was at Wal-Mart the other day. Guess what I saw...

A NINTENDO SWITCH...😄

...Dock😦

It was $90.

Sold out...

@Grandpa_Pixel This is not an excuse. It's poor hardware manufacturing planning on Nintendo's part. It's like they've never done this kind of thing before, or experienced hardware shortages before....

@Grandpa_Pixel If we're being honest, we know Nintendo is making a profit on each Switch they sell. They could easily offer the semiconductor companies more money for the components that they are short on and I'm certain they could get things moving again. Especially since the system does NOT come with a game so they become profitable again with the sale of the first game.

It's just that with Nintendo THERE ARE ALWAYS SHORTAGES! If this was a rare occurrence then I would be WAY more forgiving.

@Fred13 It doesn't work like that. Do you think manufacturers have a large stock hanging around just for someone to change its mind/expectations? Apple and Samsung usually buy 1 year in advance.

But yes, there are some other avenues to get some of the parts, more expensive and I think Nintendo should simply expend more and get the Switch out in the street.

@Fred13 They're competing with Apple for the same parts, which is a factor in the shortages. I know it's easy to bag on Nintendo's practices, and they usually DO deserve it for their shortages, but not this time. Do the research.

@Falkor Sites need to make money to keep going. With more and more people using ad block, they need to make up that revenue somewhere. As long as they disclose that they are an affiliate, which they did, I don't think it's a problem.

@gatorboi352 They are competing against various other companies for these parts. Of course they are going to have shortages if everyone is wanting them. And honestly I would rather wait for a Switch if it means I get top-notch quality than try finding another manufacturer who might not do as good a job or might do one. But then that is my opinion. I won't argue you on yours. But for the record, they have improved the manufacturing process recently according to another interview. So things might be better in the future!

Actually hitting below the belt against Nintendo, did they ever have any stock issues for the Wii U?

@Fred13 Now that is funny because I have never once missed out on any of these shortages. But then you and gator are from the United States whereas I am from the UK so I might have it easier.

Can I ask, what is it like for Nintendo stock in the US?

@maceng @Zebetite I love how you just assume that I know nothing. I actually work in the semiconductor industry and I've done projects with Samsung, Qualcomm, Micron, TI, and many others and I can tell you for a fact that if Nintendo called up a few companies that make the storage they need and offered a higher price they would get it fairly quickly (maybe not overnight, but it's already been over 4 months)

"you have to be a Prime member"

LOL holy crap that sux. these shouldn't still be rare like this.

@Grandpa_Pixel @Grandpa_Pixel Sure, you can ask that:
I couldn't find a copy of the Special Edition of Fire Emblem Fates, there were about 15 different Amiibo that I couldn't find. I couldn't get an NES Classic (they discontinued that KNOWING that there are millions that still want one when they could have just continued making them) I have a Switch only because I pre-ordered right after the reveal, but now my wife wants one and I can't find one for her. I have lots of friends that also haven't been able to find things. There are almost always shortages with the good Nintendo stuff

Amazon UK came back in stock (Neon only) for a bit a couple days ago and I managed to get one then. For those in the UK I think Tesco and Argos still have some left in stock.

@Fred13 Now you see that is bizarre. Because over here in the UK the success I have had is nigh on madness and the stuff dreams are made of.

I managed to grab 8 copies of the FE Fates Special Edition for me and my friends. I have every Amiibo with never a problem getting them. I got a Switch at launch and waltzed into a GAME last month and picked up another. Same sort of trick happened with the NES Mini. I now have plenty of SNES Mini pre-orders for me and my friends. The list of success stories goes on and on and on.

Could it be that this is NOT a Nintendo issue but specifically a Nintendo of America issue? Because I have never heard of Europe having an issue with stock (although I would like to be proven wrong so normality resumes).

Just a thought that came to mind

@Grandpa_Pixel They did a lot of shortages for the Wii U specially in Japan.I think that even more a 1st party title (can't remember whether it was Super Mario World or Mario Party 10), they didn't have Wii Us.

A little late on the uptick y'all; system has been sold out for an hour or so now.

@Fred13 If that's the case (contrary to everything I read in the papers), then Nintendo is been rather foolish or they are amassing Switches for the Holiday.

@Grandpa_Pixel I don't recall Wii U shortages on the US, but Amazon was really absent on the market of selling the Wii Us. Nintendo of America has been neglecting its relationship with Amazon to a hurting degree. You never could find a Wii U been sold directly from Amazon, only third party merchants, with a rather hig increase in price.

The same thing is happening to the 2DS and the 3DS. Amazon simply doesn't sell them. Even the Super Mario, Amazon-exclusive 3DS XL was been sold like for 1 week and then it reappeared thru third party merchants at 280-300 and then all they way to 400. Now is down to 250.Used. Simply put: you can't get a single 3DS or 2DS sold by Amazon, and several other online companies (maybe only Gamestop, and sometimes Toys r Us).

@Grandpa_Pixel sure, it's is possible that the biggest culprit is NOA I can't say either way. All I know is the first few times it was easy for me to overlook it, but I'm getting really frustrated with them now.

@maceng look at their track record and tell me you can defend them. They are consistently more worried about not having product sit on shelves than they are about making sure there is actually product on the shelf

@Fred13 This is the internet, anyone can make any claim, your industry credentials are meaningless without proof that no sane person would post publicly. And frankly, with how very grumpy you're being on this matter, I'm not inclined to believe you.

@Grandpa_Pixel America is a much, much larger market than Japan or the UK for the most part, so the same amount of stock basically vanishes here instantly. Add in greedier practices in this country, and yeah, stuff disappears and never comes back.

@Fred13 Look. I'm very vocal about not defending Nintendo: Wii U shortages, 3DS shortages, 2DS shortages, amiibo shortages and NES classic shortages. You name it. I went to US last summer with money to burn buying amiibos and 3DS (I collect them). The only place I could find any 3DS were at the Nintendo shop on the Bronx, and they only have the Monster Hunter one, not the Pokemon 25th anniversary, not the red 3DS XL. I was baffled.

Either Nintendo is really stupid at gauging demand for their products or they want to, inexcusable, create an artificial perception of scarcity so people would be more inclined to make impulse purchases.

@Grandpa_Pixel ask @Shiryu about European stock shortages...

I ordered one yesterday and it's supposed to ship in about 2 weeks.

It's not a bad bundle as you buy physical copy of Zelda and a pretty nice leather $60 zelda watch.

You can still get this bundle but it won't ship till late July now

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/kkni/

@Zebetite
I actually agree with you
"This is the internet, anyone can make any claim" AGREE
"your industry credentials are meaningless without proof" AGREE
"that no sane person would post publicly." AGREE and I'm glad you understand why I didn't
"And frankly, with how very grumpy you're being on this matter, I'm not inclined to believe you." I am grumpy about this topic. Frankly I'm mostly a Nintendo fanboy, but on this topic they are driving me crazy

@Zebetite That's a rather weak excuse. Yes, the Switch is a new product and shortages specially with a demand so high are understandable. But, why on earth we get shortages on the 3DS, the 2DS? You can't buy a single Nintendo console directly from Amazon. Period. Well, just used ones.

@maceng Well that particular bit I can answer, there's an odd feud between Amazon and Nintendo specifically relating to the sale of consoles, which is why it can be hard to get Nintendo hardware from Amazon. Amazon's not a good place to go for Nintendo's systems, sadly.

@cfgk24 I live in Portugal. In Portugal we receive the leftover stock from Spain. Spain receives the leftover stock from Europe. We are considered a tiny market but in reality there is simply a LOT more demand than supply over here for Nintendo goods. I am thankful to still be able to have such a regular influx of Nintendo games and products, but that is because I work the extra mile to make sure that happens.

And they're sold out. Lovely.

@Zebetite Nintendo of America needs to address this ASAP. I live in Latin America and about 90% of the people here, be it in Chile, Dominican Republic, Brasil and other countries buy directly from Amazon. Also, stores like Toys r Us, Walmart, Target are not carrying them online for the last year or so, or only sporadically, like with the New Galaxy 3DS XL.

People were speculating that Nintendo didn't want to compensate Amazon for the rebate on the original 3DS.NAS has suffered a lot because of it.

@maceng Amazon's guilty as well, since they're basically Internet Walmart, with all the shadiness that implies.. I don't see a resolution happening anytime soon.

@Zebetite Don't know what you are talking about. Every other product can be bought easily from them, be it PS4 consoles, PS3 consoles or any of the Xbox ones.

My only gripe is to know whether they are limiting customers to one per household or not. They have done it in the past, but I did buy 2 NES classic from them. Also, lots of third party merchants are running scams (like selling a new 3DS XL for 100 dollars or so) and they are a bit slow on taking them down, but how can anyone do it? Ebay has the same problem.

There is really no way to excuse NAS. They are the ones that have to sell consoles to keep afloat. Amazon can completely save HD space for any other product and it wouldn't be a loss to them.

Nintendo's the only one with a dispute with them. You seem like you're having trouble following me, and you're about as stuck on your vendetta as Fred, so I'll leave it at that.

@Zebetite Did what I've said today bother you that much?

Cool - oh no, wait, I already have a Switch and I don't live in the US.
What good are these regional deals anyway? The internet is a worldwide thing and so is NintendoLife.
Reporting on regional deals on a global website is an outdated thing to do .

It's true that @Shiryu is Legend.....

@shani Well, for one thing, taxes.Buying directly from Japan or EU could mean 70-100 bucks more than buying from the US.

@maceng No I mean, what's the point in reporting on regional deals when they don't apply to many users/readers on this site?
At least I don't see NintendoLife reporting on deals in countries other than the US and UK, so it's pretty pointless in my opinion. Either report deals for all countries of the world or none.
Just for comparison: NintendoEverything does also list deals from other countries than those two. Not all countries of the world, bust still more than just two out of 194.

@shani 1. Nintendolife gets kickbacks if you click through then to buy on amazon.
2. This website's primary language is English so they try to cover regionals for all English speaking countries, especially for hard to find product.
3. USA is the largest market of Nintendo gamers in the world.

@Falkor How is this shameless? I don't understand why people have a problem with affiliate links, specially on ad supported websites. It's not like they're shoving them in every article, just in the ones where it makes sense. If they are going to put a link, why not make it an affiliate one, since it costs the viewers nothing and it gets them something?. It's silly to me that disclaimers are even needed for this.

@Alikan

1. I'm aware of that, but they could do that for other versions of Amazon as well. @NintendoLife would definitely generate more money that way.

2. But you do realize that people from other countries are also able to speak in, write in and read the English language, right?
Also: the internet's primary language is English. That doesn't mean all internet users come from English-speaking countries. The same can be said about NL's users.
Besides: the Switch is not hard to find. It's available in most stores (at least here) and there are also lots of people selling used ones.

3. Arguably the world is the largest market of Nintendo gamers.
But if we want to be technical about it: NintendoLife is a Europe-based website.

I've had mine since launch (pre order) but we've been looking for a couple weeks for another one for my son and just found a neon one today at toys r us. Felt like winning the lotto haha

@cfgk24 Trues words have yet to be spoken. But even I would have never had a Famicom Classic Mini if not for you. I salute you, good sir. May you seas be ever safe and calm.

@shani
1. Agreed.
2. Demand is greater than supply in the US. Germany might have a dozen in every store, but the US gets a few in every week for each store location and sell out within the first hour of being open.
3. The revenue generated for Nintendo by US and Canada rivals the rest of the world in Nintendo consumption. Nintendolife is a UK based site which has journalists in the US and UK. Glad to have anyone who wants to be aboard though!

@blaisedinsd Hey I just pre-ordered mine from there too! Thanks for the reminder, because after reading your comment I quickly visited the website and only 2 of the bundles were still in stock and I managed to make the purchase.

@Fred13 One might say this is Nintendo's issue to figure out and they would be absolutely correct. But for the sake of the discussion here, what would you advise Nintendo to do about worrying about having product sit on the shelves versus having enough out there for all (or a good chunk) potential customers to have a chance to buy it? (That's under the assumption that's one of the main reasons Nintendo seems to be in this situation as of late)

Edit: You can say maybe be better at gaging public interest. But I would point out that we have seen many times public interest say one thing. But actual sales another.

At this point I'm just very, very glad I decided to stand in line for a Switch early on launch day. My wife asked me then if I was sure I wanted to do it, and I told her if I didn't I might not get a Switch for months. Sounded like hyperbole at the time, but here we are four months later....

@UmbreonsPapa I've actually thought about this. First of all, for some of their product (I'm looking at you Amiibo, NES Classic, and Fire Emblem Fates SE) when they see that it sold out within minutes of stores opening THEY COULD CONTINUE PRODUCING THEM UNTIL THEY AT LEAST SIT ON A SHELF FOR AN HOUR.
Another thing they could do is allow pre-orders to start early enough that they can use the pre-orders to help determine demand. If they had done that back in March of last year for the NES Classic then they could have at least guaranteed that my buddy's and I got one because we would have been willing to pay $60 in March. If they had announced the SNES Classic a few months ago and allowed unlimited pre-orders for a week and then made enough to fill each of those pre-orders and then made a little bit more then at least everyone that is dying to get one will.

Another thing they could do is in some cases they can offer alternatives. For example, I was never able to find an NES Classic. However, if they would allow me to download (or buy a cartridge) those 30 games onto my Wii U or Switch for the same $60 then suddenly I don't even want an NES Classic because I have them all on my current system and I don't need another HDMI port. Same with the SNES Classic if Nintendo offered me either a download or a cartridge to play those 21 games on my Switch for $80 then suddenly I am not bothered at all by the fact that I can't find an SNES Classic.

As for the Switch, first they could tell stores when they'll get shipments and how many they'll get. I want to get my wife a Switch for her birthday so that we can play Splatoon 2 together. If I could go to Best Buy and order one and have Best Buy just say ok you have one on order we expect you to be able to pick it up in 3 weeks at least then I can tell her sorry I couldn't get it here in time for your birthday, but you'll have it a week later.

The other thing they could do with the Switch is produce more. I know there's a supply shortage of the internal storage. They're making a profit on the system. They need to go to each of the manufacturers that they trust to make that internal storage and say we'll pay you $x more for a limited time if you will get us more parts faster. This will mean they break even on the console for awhile, but the real money maker is the games and everyone has to buy at least 1 game. If they produce an extra million systems across July and August then they'd probably sell 1.5 million extra games during July and August so even though those 1 million extra systems were break even propositions those 1.5 million extra games were extra profit. Nevermind keeping more fans happy.

Sorry I kind of ranted there. If you go look at my historical posts I'm a HUGE Nintendo homer, but on this one thing I've finally had it with them.

@Equinox I walked into a store and bought one this past weekend, just head to a small town Walmart early on a Sunday morning when shipments come on.

To those that happen to read this... thanks!

I have actually ordered my Switch this way and it's arriving Sunday. I got a heads up on Nowinstock and it's pretty funny that it's for Prime members only to get the Switch. Despite this fact, you could have easily got the free trial of Prime and ordered it lol. This is great for me since Switches sell out in like literally 3 min. I don't know if and when this sold out but I bought it like 30 min afterwards. Thanks Amazon!

@shani OK, I get you.

I think that NL could conduct a poll and see how readers composition. I've read many posts made by Brazilians, Japanese, Irish and Sweden to warrant such.

@Falkor

Why? I appreciate these notices and have used them. NL, I assume, is in the business of making money. No shame in that!

@Alikan On that we can agree.
@maceng Yeah that's what I meant. I wasn't referring to myself or even Europe alone. There are NintendoLifers all over the world, I also remember some from Thailand (like @Oorwullie) or Japan (like @yokokazuo).

Just wait until you have to be an Amazon Prime member to preorder... Metroid Prime 4.

@Equinox hype won't be decreasing anytime soon with the release schedule for next 6 -9 months. I work at a Walmart and they sell the 4-6 they get each day.

I actually totally lucked out. Walked into EB Games 2 days ago and they had 2 Switches there. I bought one. HAPPY!

@Shiryu mostly in the harbour right now playing Master Zelda on the hull.. Dying a lot. Ah well, have secured a good WiFi cafe for Splatfest on Saturday so will see you then.

@cfgk24 You will see me all right... on the other team, you cake eating traitor! #IScreamIceCream