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I order from Amazon UK
Currently it's now sold out sadly enough, overall very surprised how quickly it sold out
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Currently it's now sold out sadly enough, overall very surprised how quickly it sold out
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Almost all Switch 2 production, Switch represents <1.000 units.
Does it make economic sense to build an assembly line for 1000 units?
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As you can see they were shipping way more Switch units in the previous months so that quantity might just be a leftover of this.
Oh, sorry, I had a brain freeze there.
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Canada can take Chinese produced units. And even when shipments are filtered through the US, so long as Chinese product is loaded onto a locked truck trailer within the port authority area before heading to Canada, they’re not tariffed, because it’s just cross-shipping without exiting the duty-free area and the truck remains duty-free until the trailer is opened and unloaded.
EDIT: Just to add some clarity in case there’s disbelief, this method is the entire reason why Canada-Mexico trade has not been thrown into absolute chaos, as rail and truck shipments between the two countries have not been impacted for the same reason, rail cars and truck trailers do not incur tariffs if they remain sealed and are not unloaded within the US.
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Amazon.it daily update:
Nintendo Switch 2 MWK bundle: available, #2 in videogame category best sellers
Nintendo Switch 2 base model: not available, dropped at #32 in videogame category best sellers
same as yesterday
Based on empirical observation, both the European and the Japanese Amazon Best-Seller charts seem to be "frozen", they haven't refreshed since yesterday; therefore, better to wait until somebody, err, kicks the refresh back before checking them again
Edit, apparently not the case.
According to a french user, Switch 2 launch availability in France will be at least 15 times bigger than PS5 pro:
https://xcancel.com/GyoJvfr/status/1910703012823044140#m
https://xcancel.com/GyoJvfr/status/1910703012823044140#m
Does that fit in with 300k?
Just wait until Latam prices become available. We are expecting anything from $600 to $800 USD.
For comparison in Costa Rica:
Switch: $360
Switch Oled: $450 to $500
PS5: $550 to $650.
Based on empirical observation, both the European and the Japanese Amazon Best-Seller charts seem to be "frozen", they haven't refreshed since yesterday; therefore, better to wait until somebody, err, kicks the refresh back before checking them again
By the way, it looks like somebody did, indeed, kick the refresh back and now the European and Japanese Best-seller charts are updating again.
EDIT: Beware that there seems to be some funkyness still though (big differences between ranking placements in the charts and what's stated on each game's listing).
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It’s a bit premature, but it sure is just starting to look like Nintendo might have done what was thought impossible and launched a console to great success while consumer engagement in the prior hardware was still exceptionally high.It does
Edit: same person is saying the comments that preorders are very very good.
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Beyond the region locking, I believe another measure Nintendo took to protect the Japanese market is to open preorders last there.
It is set for April 24th, that's a big reason why I am expecting the NA ones to open next week. Right after the Mario Kart Direct?
It is set for April 24th, that's a big reason why I am expecting the NA ones to open next week. Right after the Mario Kart Direct?
Probably. Nintendo products are distributed by bergsala there, there is no Nintendo subsidiary.
It's a combination of multiple things. For one, Sweden has a chemical tax on electronics. We have a high VAT at 25%. We also have "Copyswede" managing a private copying levy, basically a nonsense tax on any storage-based device, something that they frame as a reimbursement fee to allow private persons to circumvent copyright for non-profit/personal usage, but realistically is just them wanting to make money off of potential pirates. Like any levy/tax/etc. consumers are expected to eat the cost on all of this, so they bake it into the price.
And yes, Bergsala is of course another part of it, who are based in Sweden and presumably standardize the price across the Nordics. They no doubt -- presumably -- are taking a much higher cut for the sake of their margins. Regardless, all these factors mean it's not unusual to see the Nordics get hit on hardware; PS5 was technically a $599 console when Nordisk Film distributed it here.
Official Nintendo Saudi Store Website Launches In Saudi Arabia
Official Nintendo Saudi Store Website Launches In Saudi Arabia
Good news for Nintendo fans in Saudi Arabia – the Nintendo Saudi Store website, a place where you can safely purchase and pre-order Nintendo consoles, games, and accessories, has launched in …
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+ look like Mario kart bundle have physical copy
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That's pretty interesting, ngl. I'm just surprised, though I shouldn't be considering the PIF had a small stake in Nintendo at one point. (Maybe they still do? I know they lowered their investment.)Official Nintendo Saudi Store Website Launches In Saudi Arabia
Official Nintendo Saudi Store Website Launches In Saudi Arabia
Good news for Nintendo fans in Saudi Arabia – the Nintendo Saudi Store website, a place where you can safely purchase and pre-order Nintendo consoles, games, and accessories, has launched in …
+ look like Mario kart bundle have physical copy
Still, expanding into emerging markets will be key for Nintendo this generation.
Official Nintendo Saudi Store Website Launches In Saudi Arabia
Official Nintendo Saudi Store Website Launches In Saudi Arabia
Good news for Nintendo fans in Saudi Arabia – the Nintendo Saudi Store website, a place where you can safely purchase and pre-order Nintendo consoles, games, and accessories, has launched in …
+ look like Mario kart bundle have physical copy
Mario Kart included as physical copy might be because there is no SA eShop available.
prices(all prices includes 15% tax):
Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World Bundle: 2199 SAR (586.4$)(509.9$ without tax)
Nintendo Switch 2: 1999 SAR (533.07$)(463.54$ without tax)
Mario Kart World: 329 SAR (87.73$)(76.29$ without tax)
TLOZ:BOTW&TOTK Nintendo Switch 2 Edition: 289 SAR (77.07$)(67.01$ without tax)
BRAVELY DEFAULT FLYING FAIRY HD Remaster: 169 SAR (45.07$) (39.19$ without tax)
rumors that the initial shipment in SA is around 10K.(all stores not just Nintendo store)
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Middle East expansion was always meant to follow expansion in Southeast Asia, Furukawa committed to that on day one when he became president of Nintendo.
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Switch 2 performance in MENA will be interesting to see. Initial reaction seems very positive in SA, both for pricing and overall support since the console is launching there Day One.
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so if google is correct there're around 3k GameStop stores in the US, so that 300k for one store chain in the US.
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I can't believe SA is getting their eShop before Taiwan and Southeast Asia...
Where/when it was announced?
Almost definitely. The Canadian pre-orders were delayed to align with the US ones after all. To add more smoke to the fire, the blog post for Split Fiction indicates that pre-order for the launch title begin on the 24th. (Also, that GameShare works between a Switch 2 copy and a Switch 1 for the second player, which is pretty neat, but not entirely relevant to the launch).
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I'm a bit confused -- why would Nintendo only produce/ship an "extremely limited" amount of Nintendo Switch 2 launch games?
Well, Mario Kart will be bundled with most units already most likely and their only other physical launch games are the two Zelda NS2Es (which most people will probably upgrade digitally). Those 3 physicals will probably be pretty conservative and it sort of makes sense.
That's not eShop, it's Nintendo website online store that sell and ship hardware, accessories and physical games. Also it's sold by a distributor in SA as Nintendo isn't in SA.
Oh, right. For whatever reason, I thought the original poster was saying physical Nintendo Switch 2 games in general would be in limited supply at launch. If they were only talking about Nintendo-published games, that makes total sense. No reason to flood the stores with physical copies of those three Nintendo games if most folks are going to either get the game in a bundle (Mario Kart World) or buy digitally (the Zeldas).
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Similar trend on other European Amazon. Wouldn't be surprised if numbers are above 20k+ soon for France/UK/Germany.
This is the availability of the MKW bundle on Amazon.it, as you can see it seems like limited quantities are made available every day.
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I'm presuming we'll see pre-orders open next week, with the same price intact? in US and Canada
Even then, I'm very curios to see which markets will start to become big for the NS2, wouldn't surprise me, if we saw some surprising markets liking the Switch 2
Other then that, with the Mario Kart bundle, I think the Switch 2 is going to be a very successful launch
Even then, I'm very curios to see which markets will start to become big for the NS2, wouldn't surprise me, if we saw some surprising markets liking the Switch 2
Other then that, with the Mario Kart bundle, I think the Switch 2 is going to be a very successful launch
