 So today is Black Friday. A lot of you guys are probably doing some online shopping this year Maybe some of you guys are braving it and going out in this COVID riddled world To get some killer deals doorbuster deals, whatever the case might be There's some people that can only get stuff in store. Obviously if you're looking for next-gen platforms It's always best to stay home if you're trying to get a PlayStation 5 or an Xbox Series X Because most stores are saying hey look you can only order these online I know at like Walmart as an example you can only buy PlayStation 5 online and have it shipped to your home If you're buying the Xbox Series X at Walmart It says you can only buy online and have it shipped to the store. So you can't actually buy them in the store That's not necessarily to a GameStop. I know GameStop has had Some Xbox Series X is in store even since launch. So it is what it is It's kind of a crazy world we live in but what's even crazier is what's happening with Nintendo switch now again I want to know this has nothing to do with Taking down the Xbox Series X or the PlayStation 5 or any sort of bias because those platforms are sold out They're sold out They cannot physically sell more than they're already selling every unit that comes off the manufacturing line is sold before it even hits the store So they're doing incredibly well. We don't know how well, but they're doing incredibly well because they can't make enough of them But it turns out Nintendo is in the same situation and they don't have a new platform They actually have full bore manufacturing going right now This is not like the shortages that happened earlier this year because manufacturing was shut down In fact, Nintendo has opened up a third major Manufacturing outfit. So right now Nintendo has three major companies working on systems for them or four actually Sorry for major companies. They have Hosun and Foxconn Mitsumi and Sharp. Okay, they just added sharp Two of these companies are outside of China So Nintendo doesn't have to worry about any potential trade issues that come up in the future between the US and China and the rest are in China Obviously Sharp is actually part of Foxconn But considered separate because Foxconn doesn't own the whole of them Anyways, the point is Nintendo has four major manufacturing outfits. These four major major manufacturing outfits are leading to a 30% year-on-year increase in shipment volumes for this month and this holiday period That means Nintendo which sold over 10 million Nintendo switches last holiday period have created 30 percent more this time around Okay, so 13 million or so we are seeing coming in right now Well, 13 million or so are on pace for this holiday period because Nintendo added a fourth manufacturing line But here's the thing here's the thing in the United States and in Japan The Nintendo switch is sold out. It's completely sold out There are still some places online where you might be able to find some obscure out there right now You might be able to find like a switch light or something But the big thing they're pushing this year in the United States at least is that Mario Kart 8 bundle, right? Well, good luck finding one it hasn't been available for a couple days The Mario Kart 8 deluxe bundle has been sold out before we even got to these sales days It's gone. You want it head to eBay where you can get resellers selling it for $400 435 buy it now is at 430 buy it now is at 408 buy it now is at 450 Yeah, that $300 holiday bundle is gone Sculpers have taken it and so obviously legit consumers obviously what we're gonna have a video on scalpers later So I'm not gonna get too deep into the scalping stuff But I just want to put out there that this is really really insane Nintendo The Nintendo has predicted that they're gonna sell about 24 million or so this fiscal year Which ends March 31st 2021, but some people think that they're even short changing that David Gibson who is the person who gave us this information about the fourth manufacturer Nintendo added and the 30% increase He is on top of this stuff, right? He you know honest on his Twitter provides says he's games internet social media tech and IT are my interest He's the co-founder of Astros adversary in Japan KK. He's at all of Nintendo's financial briefings He is on top of this stuff and is never wrong when it comes to these reports because he knows he's an investor in intent He knows this stuff. Here's the thing David Gibson has put out there that he thinks Nintendo is even short changing what they're gonna sell He thinks this 30% increase that they've been doing is gonna have to continue into the new year to meet demand And if it has to continue into the new year to make demand, well, guess what? Nintendo switch is gonna end up selling about 26 to 27 million units this fiscal year, which is insane to think about That's an almost 30 million fiscal year that puts it on pace to surpass the best selling year ever for the Nintendo 3ds Now, I'm not sure about the DS We got to go look at some numbers and do some crunching there to see if it has a shot to pass the best DS year ever Or the best of we year ever still there is some crazy numbers going on right now That with with the switch like Nintendo switch for 23 straight months has been the number one selling platform in the US That is a record for as long as they've been tracking sales data There's not been a single platform including Nintendo's platforms PlayStation or anything that has Dominated the sales charts in this fashion and the scare for Nintendo this month It's not really a scare, but it's more like oh what could prevent what could knock them off their high horse well That's the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox series X and by no means the PlayStation 5 the Xbox series X are having phenomenal launches Both of them are the best launches ever in their in their companies history So PlayStation 5 is the best launch compared of any other PlayStation system ever which I think their record holder right now Is PlayStation 4 the Xbox series X slash s is having its best launch ever in the history of Xbox and its best launch Was a little bit over a million units by the Xbox one So we both know these platforms have probably sold maybe two or three million this month Already or by the end of this month right for a crazy launch period But it's conceivable that the switch has sold even more than that that the switches sold seven eight nine ten million This month potentially the Nintendo switch the reason That it is able to hit these numbers is because unlike the Xbox series X and the PlayStation 5 Nintendo switch is in full bore manufacturing in the middle of its generation So the switch has more units being made every single day than the Xbox series X and the PlayStation 5 likely combined Why is that? Well because Nintendo does not have lines making 3ds anymore They don't have lines making we use every single manufacturing line Nintendo controls is doing nothing But making switches right now. Maybe there's one line making switch pros or something I don't know, but either way it's switch related when you look at what's happening with the Xbox series X and S you look at what's happening with the PlayStation 5 They're still making PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 pros now Xbox did discontinue the Xbox one X But they are still making Xbox ones and Xbox one s's so they don't have all their manufacturing lines Dedicated to next gen like Nintendo does so this isn't a fault of those companies Of course because the PlayStation 4 and Xbox one are gonna be budget systems that are going to sell well this holiday So of course they're gonna keep them going for at least one more holiday period But this is why Nintendo has a direct advantage when it comes to current generation Which by the way for those who don't know whether you want to admit it or not The current generation is Nintendo switch Xbox series X slash S and the PlayStation 5 That's it. That is the current generation people want to take we you and and switch to throw it together It's all that's last-gen. It's not we you was last-gen. Yes switch was actually the first next-gen system Yeah, it released three years before the competition so So the we you released before the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox one So is we you actually part of the 360 slash PlayStation 3 era? Of course not That's the we the we you had four years on the market. It didn't sell well So it got replaced with switch that doesn't that means switches Nintendo's next-gen system So of the current generation of systems switch is part of that. I Don't know why people want to discount it I don't know why it matters what gen things are part of but that's reality that we're sitting in so Switch is dominating this holiday. It's gonna continue to dominate this holiday It does not mean PlayStation 5 and Xbox series X are not doing well. They're doing as well as they can You know Phil Spencer put out there. Yeah, it sucks. We didn't have more exclusives It sucks. We had a push halo infinite But I don't know how these games would have made us sell any better right now because we can't make enough units Every unit is sold before it's even made and that's true for PlayStation as well So we're at this point where all three platforms are selling out and the switch selling out is the most surprising of them because there's so Many switches out there. I mean it just sold a hundred and seventy nine thousand units in Japan last week And it's sold out and they're thinking about going back to the lottery system for the rest of the year for switch They're doing lotteries for PlayStation 5 and Xbox series X right now in Japan They're thinking about doing that for switch as well and in the United States We couldn't even make it to Black Friday and keep it in stock and we couldn't even get to the big sale They like Nintendo is having an incredibly hard time keeping these things in stock. So again I'm not saying go to secondhand and spend a hundred plus dollars more than what this system is worth at retail Obviously wait Nintendo does a full manufacturing. You will be able to get them when their shipments come in They're coming in with dozens of units not just a few units Which it seems like Walmart GameStop and other places are getting a few PlayStation 5's a few Xbox series X's or S's at once Whereas they're getting, you know, 30 40 switches at once because Nintendo is just at a higher manufacturing volume right now But they can't keep them in stock the demand for switches real This is happening in a year when there hasn't really been a major release outside of Animal Crossing. Yes, Age of Calamity is doing fantastic Let's not ignore that. That's the thing. Yes, they had, you know Paper Mario earlier this year. None of those games are a big deal not compared to Animal Crossing It's a one major game release year It's a year that Nintendo basically took off because of COVID and you know what? It doesn't matter because Nintendo's business strategy is so different than everyone else They sell their systems on the back of their evergreen titles for three straight holidays They have used the same Mario Kart 8 bundle Mario Kart 8 being a game from the Wii U era a Port they have used that as a switch bundle for three straight years and For three straight years it is sold out and it is sold out right now and being scalped because people can't find it anywhere They couldn't find it today on Black Friday. I'm not saying you might have been lucky My one was lucky people that did find it, but it's been sold out everywhere, man I I saw Nintendo switches in stock at my Walmart like four days ago. They were gone They were gone before the day was out. I stopped there for some groceries Now this happened to pop into electronics and I'm like, huh, they have a full stock of school and they're gone half of them were gone before I even left the store like Dude switches and high demand right now in Japan in the United States and I'm guessing worldwide I'm guessing Nintendo selling out of every single system They can get off those lines and they're making systems that are much quicker rate than everyone else So I think Nintendo is probably safe holding on to their MPD this this this month I would be highly surprised if they didn't because the thought process has always been When PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X plus S survive that Nintendo switches sales would would decrease and they would decrease because people would want these new generation systems and The switch would lose a little bit of momentum because it can't get the same cross-platform games It doesn't get the Assassin's Creed Valhalla's or the Madden's of the world or even a current gen FIFA it doesn't get any of this stuff besides NBA 2k and Nintendo's gonna fall behind because everyone's gonna want these new gen platforms that are hard to get and Matt that might be true at some point in 2021 But then again, Nintendo's 2021 is shaping up to look fantastic Have you seen the game lineup already for 2021 including the games we think are coming like Breath of the Wild 2? They look like they have an incredible lineup for 2021. So is PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X gonna affect it then? I don't think so. I don't think PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X have an effect on switch Anyways, because they don't replace what the switch does. Are they portable? No, so they don't replace what switch does just like switch doesn't replace the PlayStation 5 a gaming PC Or you know, Xbox Series X. It just doesn't replace those platforms I happily own a series X a gaming PC and a a Nintendo switch and eventually a PlayStation 5 I'm gonna own them all Because they all bring merits and different things to the table that I really enjoy Like right now, I'm playing World of Warcraft Shadowlands on my PC I'm also trying to finish up Age of Calamity on my switch while enjoying Madden Not even the next-gen version of Madden yet because I need to get the December 3rd update And it's not December 3rd yet. I'll be playing that as well and and it's has to be Mahala I'm playing that as well on my series X So I've got that going on and then finally when I get a PlayStation 5. I'll dive into Miles Morales And I don't know if I'm gonna quite get Demon's Souls yet, but there's some old PlayStation 4 games I want to check out that I haven't played yet. So again a lot of things. I'm looking forward to Everyone's winning right now. That's the message here. Everyone's winning. It just so happens that Nintendo is Doing we DS numbers And breaking records. Alright folks, I'm Nathaniel Robojes from the Center Prime, and I'll catch you in the next video