Launch launched with gamers line up global shortfall for Nintendo Switch 2 | Mint

By Sam Nassi and Tom Betman

Tokyo (Reuters) -Gaming fans on Thursday queued up for the launch of Nintendo’s switch 2, which is expected to be in low supply globally amidst the paint -up demand for the more powerful next generation gaming devices.

Sikan Toto, founder of the Canton Games Consultancy, said, “The level of demand seems to seem to the sky-high.”

In Tokyo’s IKBBBOU shopping district, dozens of successful applicants for sales lottery by electronics retailer BIC camera rose before opening the store to collect their equipment to collect their equipment.

“I think I am going to cry,” a 30 -year delivery contractor Yumi Ohi told Reuters.

The OHI missed another lottery and came from the Satama province adjacent to Tokyo, so that he could get his switch 2.

Nintendo has sold 152 million switch home-portable devices since the launch in 2017. It became a game Jugnote with the title “The Legend of Zelda” title and the Kovid -19 Pandemic Breakout “Animal Crossing: New Horizing”.

Switch 2 holds several similarities with its predecessor, but provides a large screen and better graphics and debut with the title “Mario Cart World”.

Pierce Harding-Rolls, an analyst at the ampere analysis, said, “Very large spectators of switch users should translate to strong adoption in the early part of their life cycle.”

He said, “Nintendo is ready this time to deal with high demand.”

The launch of $ 499.99 Switch 2 is the testing of Nintendo’s supply chain management during the trade war of US President Donald Trump.

Nintendo estimated the sale of 15 million switch 2 units during the current financial year last month, as well as 4.5 million switch units.

President Shantaro Furukawa said that Nintendo would strengthen the production capacity to respond to strong demand and focus on sales promotion in an attempt to more than the forecast.

“This is a special occasion, I wanted to buy immediately (Switch 2) on my release date,” Shinichi Sechiguchi said a hotel receptionist in his thirtys.

Nintendo said that he received 2.2 million applications for Switch 2 sales lottery at his My Nintendo Store in Japan. Pre-order on the target was sold in less than two hours.

“You are looking for weeks or months until you can’t walk in a store and buy a switch 2,” the Toto of Canton Games said.

The investor expectations for the new device are equally elevated.

Nintendo shares are trading near Highs and this year has increased by about 30%.

Concerns include whether the speed for switch 2 will be maintained after the upgrade of manipulations is upgraded.

Empere’s Harding-Rolls said, “The first-sided game volume on the proposal during the launch is not as strong as it can, so some more casual users can wait and see how the games available in the next one to two years before leap are available.”

Ampere forecasts 2 sales in 2030 to more than 100 million units.

The American sticker of “Mario Cart World” costs $ 79.99, which causes debate on the price of sports. Nintendo is also attracting the third party title for the system.

“I was expensive since the era of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and (that period), so I think it is somewhat within the acceptable range.”

Takahashi said he was eager to play the action roll-playing game “Alden Ring” on his switch 2.

(Reporting by Sam Nussi and Tom Betman; Editing by Christopher Kushing)