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The story
The Zelda Edition Switch 2 sold at Edion hit zero stock and sold out on the Sunday of its launch week. The timing sparked discussion because a separate thread on the same board had just claimed the units were “piling up unsold” — the sudden reversal became a topic of its own. Posters then reported sellouts at other major retailers too — Yamada Denki, Joshin, Bic Camera, and Nojima — and welcomed the news, noting the units moved before scalpers could buy them all up. Meanwhile, the simultaneously released Splatoon Edition stayed stuck at 557 units in stock, a contrast that became part of the discussion.
Yes!!
0 left in stock
Source: edion.com / Original article here
What people said
[Sad News] Zelda Edition Switch 2 piling up unsold…
https://krsw.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/ghard/1793459128/
Maybe the 5th time?
Joshin sold out too
Bic Camera sold out too
Nojima sold out too
Same thing happened with the original Switch, they never learn.
[Sad News] Zelda Edition Switch 2 piling up unsold…
https://krsw.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/ghard/1793459128/
This thread says they're piling up unsold, but now that it sold out it's suddenly a 'manufactured shortage'?
– Stock actually ran out
– Scalpers got completely shut out
– People could buy it without much hassle
Hold on, isn't this basically a total win?
Scalpers lost, and they made just enough stock to reach everyone who actually wanted one
Best possible ending lol
They shipped so many that people were mocking it as 'piling up unsold' — and it still ended up selling out completely. That really shows how huge the demand is.
https://www.edion.com/detail.html?p_cd=00086156721&deqwas_inflow=QGRzcDUwOjhjeng1WThiWmtXbzIxNFBsdEdFNEE6aXRlbV92aWV3OjowMDA4NjkwMTc1ODoxUQ
That's just because they keep restocking it in small batches periodically.
So even that number can't be trusted.
It's been stuck at exactly 557 units this whole time — not a single one sold, lol
Dammit!
HMV still has some, not Lawson
Given that everything except the console itself is sold out, the Pro Controller might be the one that ends up going for a premium.
This isn't selling AT ALL, what garbage!!!!
C'mon, buy it already, you Nintendo fanboys (lit. 'pigs,' a common 5ch slur for Switch fans)! Lol!
Why won't even the Nintendo fanboys buy this junk?
Is it such trash that even they won't touch it?
Nintendo's probably despairing that even their own fanboys won't buy it
Maybe the next game would actually sell better if they just put it on PlayStation?
Next up, this guy: ID:Q9H7eHKN0
Desperately running a one-man flip-flopping smear campaign off a single device
Pretty pathetic, lol~
https://gzo.ai/i/674cVmN.jpg
What even is this
Why is Wolverine stuck onto it…?
Seriously, his jinx powers (lit. 'reverse god' — someone whose picks always backfire) are incredible lol
Well, either way, it's selling.
Guess the gap's about to blow wide open from here.
You're forgetting the Black Edition, Mr. 'Emulator-and-ROM-Dump Edition' (a jab implying PS5 owners just pirate games via emulators)
Nobody got into the series starting from the 'Raiders' bundle — that's really all there is to it
Yeah, because it launched right after the console price hike
Anyone buying the console just for Splatoon had already bought one before the price went up
Background and Key Points of the Discussion
The “Zelda Edition Switch 2” is a limited-quantity bundle pairing the console with Zelda-themed design, and this thread kicked off when it sold out at Edion on the Sunday of launch week. The spark for debate was that, just before this, a separate thread on the same board had claimed the units were “piling up unsold” — meaning the sales outlook flipped within just a few days. Posters also reported sellouts at Yamada Denki, Joshin, Bic Camera, and Nojima, with many praising it as an “ideal outcome” since the stock cleared without being swept up by scalpers for resale. Meanwhile, the simultaneously released Splatoon Edition stayed stuck at exactly 557 units at Edion without budging at all, making for a stark numerical contrast between the two. Demand for Nintendo hardware can swing heavily depending on which popular title it’s paired with, even for the same console, and this case is held up as a clear example of that gap in action.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Hardware/Industry [Geha]) thread “[Good News] Zelda Edition Switch 2 at Edion Heading Toward Sellout…!“.
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