Bob Puzon, senior vice president of merchandising at Gamestop, recently told Kotaku that the company is “working closely with Nintendo to get additional Nintendo Switch units, and will let our customers know when they become available.” He continued by saying that the entire first allotment of Switch consoles purchased by the company had been preordered shortly after Nintendo’s Switch presentation.
Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime recently spoke with Wired (after the Nintendo Switch presentation in early January) and said that there would be 2 million Switch consoles available worldwide at launch. and of course, that sounds like a lot of units, but when you account for hundreds of millions of gamers around the world (many of whom will most certainly be interested in buying a Switch on launch day), that number quickly seems very small.
The Nintendo switch will launch worldwide on March 3 with several titles, including The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild, 1-2-Switch, Has-Been Heroes, Just Dance 2017, and I Am Setsuna.
Stayed tuned to GameSkinny for continued coverage of the Nintendo Switch.
