 Hey everyone, Nathan Ruffeljantz here and before I get into this video I want to tell you that we are having a new giveaway for the month of July and we're just going to start it early just because we didn't really do one for this month as we were respecting some other things happening in the world but we are giving away a copy of Paper Mario the Origami King to enter. You just have to leave a comment on the video, subscribe, like the video and hit that bell icon and set it to all notifications so you know when all my videos and live streams are coming. So I wish you guys luck on that. Today is actually a really good video. It feels a little bit strange, we haven't had a lot of positive videos, I guess holy positive videos in a while and I was going to cover something a little bit more controversial today but I decided that you know what, it's time to get back into the positive and if you guys remember a couple months back I put out a report that Nintendo's Switch was going to have shortages and this was before it was actually sold out everywhere and really since that video came out Nintendo Switch has been sold out worldwide every single week pretty much ad infinitum it's really hard to find one in fact I could sell my switch right now locally through Facebook marketplace for $400 used that's how hard it is in my little area in Wisconsin to get a hold of a Nintendo Switch and they're actually selling at that price I saw four different ones sell just today so I can actually make a profit off my switch and still get a brand new one later that's kind of how crazy it is right now out in the marketplace with a used Switch let alone brand new inbox never opened I've seen those go for 450 to 500 so the big thing right now is that Switch is really hard to get its hands on and it's been really hard basically since the pandemic was you know hit really worldwide so Nintendo though has promised you know back then that they're you know shortages only be a couple weeks and this and that and obviously it's been a lot longer it looks like at least based on a current report coming out of Japan that Nintendo Switch is back up to full production and is no longer being limited at the production lines now this does not mean that suddenly next week we're gonna have oodles of switches in there's a lot of things that have to go it takes a while when productions ramp back up it takes a little bit while for things to catch up so we're still probably a month to six weeks away from supply actually meeting demand with Nintendo Switch and it being easy to find switches on store shelves again but let's get into the actual report and this comes from Nintendo soup we actually did a translation from a Japanese outlet so as your Nintendo Switch production has returned 100% capacity says good news it seems that the Nintendo Switch shortages are finally coming to an end in the near future Japanese media career connection asked Nintendo about the current level of production for the Nintendo Switch early in 2020 Nintendo Switch production was hampered by the coronavirus outbreak high demand for the console cost shortages worldwide even to this day a Nintendo spokesperson told career connection that Nintendo Switch production levels have returned back to normal meaning they are now working at full capacity the same as before the coronavirus outbreak when asked when the company thinks the shortages will end the spokesperson said that they were unsure and it depends on the situation in the market so the big deal with this is that we're talking about the Nintendo Switch coming back into full production and shortages and it's gonna depend on the market they're gonna focus on certain marketplaces you know as we go along here as an example the Japanese marketplace is probably gonna be a big focus of this comeback because they are just selling oodles and oodles of copies of Animal Crossing and adventure and all these games and they are not meeting demand at all there's been raffles happening again so the Japanese marketplace the home marketplace for Nintendo is probably going to be one of the main marketplaces to see a bounce back and switch stock the quickest not only that Japan's really close to China where Nintendo assembles all these products so it makes a lot of sense now the big deal why we have to question when North America is going to be back to normal is because not all the North American units are actually made in China some are made in Taiwan and other countries that are still not back to full capacity with their factories however that doesn't mean that Nintendo can't make additional units in China when they originally set up these factories to make things in North America it was more about the tariffs and stuff happening from the US government that they were worried that the switchers going to become too expensive to import from China to the US to sell and be profitable so this is why they set up these other factories it's not that they couldn't make enough units in China so chances are they're going to you know have production at full full tilt in China and they're going to bring a lot of those units to the US as well because the US is Nintendo's biggest market in terms of unit sales so they will be bringing switches here for sure as for the rest of the world it's going to vary country by country but I expect Japan and the US to be the ones that get the first major restocks and get caught up on supply and demand versus other countries say even in Europe so yep that's a good news basically I think within two months the whole world should be caught up with switch so basically by the end of summer by the end of August anyone who wants to buy a switch should be able to readily buy one at MSRP again now this is good news in general for the gaming marketplace because obviously we know coming out this fall is the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X and there's been concerns over how many of those units they've been able to make to prepare for launch but if Nintendo's back up the full production chances are those systems aren't as well and we should be well stocked for the holiday season even if the quote unquote wave 2 happens we're not technically out of wave 1 at least in the United States but if wave 2 hits and it's worse at least Nintendo should have some stock built up even though the next couple months will be catching up obviously when it comes to September and October you know they're able to probably stockpile switches again getting ready for the holidays like they do every single year to be fair so holiday wise we should be okay if a second wave hits and hits in China in particular and then the factory shut down again then obviously we'll worry then about post you know November if there's going to be switch shortages again or PlayStation 5 shortages Xbox Series X shortage even PlayStation 4 and Xbox one I've seen some shortages on that as well even though you can still usually find them brand new if you're willing to look at enough stores but still there there have been shortages on those as well so yeah it's it's interesting because Nintendo sales don't seem to be have don't seem to be impacted but I think this is important to know that at least impact of worldwide because every unit they were making coming out of the factories during this time was basically sold before the unit even was made so a lot of times when you know they're at full capacity making systems all the systems are making aren't automatically sales right this is why we have a total console ship number versus total unit sales there's a difference between how many systems were shipped and how many actually sold and so when you're you know an every unit you make up the assembly line is sold the numbers are still going to look really good for sales this is why everything is looked really good for Nintendo since Animal Crossing came out and really good in general this year because every unit they make is already sold but this does also make it hard for people that don't want to use the second hand market that want to just walk into their local Walmart or whatever and pick up a system it makes it really really difficult I mean things are still being affected as an example GameStop which is now open in most states including mine they aren't giving cash for trade-ins right now it's only store credit and it's because the business was really hurt by things and it's one of those situations where nothing is really going to be normal in 2020 and this includes our ability to get a hold of a switch even if it returns the normal levels for a couple months I don't expect it to last much past November and I think we're gonna have shortages again but whatever it's good news that it is finally being put back at normal production levels and anyone who wants to buy a switch will freely be able to do so soon now obviously I wonder you know in this whole switch shortage stuff in this pandemic and switch blowing up this year this is probably the best sales year for switch period so far since you know since it released in 2017 I always wonder you know we talked for a long time probably over a year about things like the switch pro clearly these shortages have led to any sort of switch pro or whatever being delayed because I fully believe it was going to come this year but now well I mean they're just trying to get switched in stock let alone worry about releasing a new platform do I think that that means we still might get a switch pro in 2021 I hope so I hope that's the thing that happens maybe they end up not doing it scrapping it and going all the way to the next generation switch all I know is switch is going to be doing fine there is some concern of course how switch is going to compete in the new market once PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X come out but I think that's another video where we can address where switch fits in the marketplace with when those new platforms land what it means for third party support all that jazz I've seen a couple of the videos out there on this already and I don't necessarily agree with their takes on everything so I feel like it'll be a fun discussion to have down the line as we get closer and closer to the launch of those platforms but for right now I am thrilled that Nintendo switch is going to come back in stock and that all of you that don't happen to own one whether you want the red box version whether you want the og version which I don't even think they make the og version anymore so basically these white box versions back here like two that I got two boxes back there you probably can't get those anymore it's going to be the red box version only plus all the switch lights you've been waiting to get one uh it's going to be time soon also let me know none of the comments I've been debating on doing this kind of video and you know credit to Bob Wolf he got to it before me I'm sure some others have as well he just happens to be someone that I watch that happened to get a video out quite recently maybe even today on this um let me know if you're interested in what I take with me when I take my switch with me uh I I don't think I've ever made a video where I go over because I don't take my switch with me very often but when I am traveling and I am taking it with me be it at E3 or other events or just if I'm not driving and I want to pack things up to go on a camping trip or whatever the case may be when I take my switch with me let me guys know if you want to know what I bring you know what case do I use how do I store my games what accessories do I come with what accessories that uh you know are in addition do I bring them to you know what do a battery bank do I use what this what that let me know if you're interested in a video like that and I can go over that because there's actually two different situations um for me with traveling with my switch that come up that have come up and uh different scenarios I use for traveling so um let me know your thoughts on that and if you'd like me to make a video on that I think it'd be quite interesting to just toss together a video quick um going over the stuff that I pack in my bag or what bag I use or what this or what that um because yeah I I do bring quite a few stuff with me with my switch uh depending on the situation so anyways thank you guys so much for tuning in I am the Fanny Robledance from Nintendo Prime um it's been great I've had a lot of fun and uh I'll catch all of you guys in the next video oh by the way be sure to enter that giveaway uh if you haven't already um for those that are wondering the game does come out on July 17th uh the origami king but uh we won't be giving away a copy on that day it won't be till the end of the month so if you don't want to wait to play the game just buy it I mean chances are you're gonna have one in you know 80 000 plus chances to actually like win a copy so it's going to be a pretty low chance anyways go ahead and just buy it and if you end up winning the copy maybe give it away to a friend or you can pass on it and I can give it to somebody else your choice but uh yeah don't wait I always say if you want a game at launch don't wait for a giveaway that you have a low chance of winning uh but I will be giving away that copy at the end of July uh by the way July's my birthday month so that's cool