Comment on Nintendo issues Switch 2 supply warning in Japan: 2.2 million people have applied to buy the new console in Japan so far, which ‘far exceeds’ Nintendo’s expectations.

Exusia@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• pycorax@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Personally I think it’s a much fairer system than letting bots scalp all units on their website. Unless you’d prefer that?

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• SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Japan is super into lottery based sales. Even for things like concerts

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  • pm_me_anime_thighs@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Its a good way to combat scalpers and gives ordinary people at least a chance to buy it without spam refreshing a website only for bots to grab everything anyway.

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