I don’t care for Zelda and I’d buy a Switch 2 on release if I could find one.

The Wii U also sold out. There's just a lot of Nintendo fans.

There's rumors that Nintendo is flooding the retailers with Switch 2 units, will be interesting to see if they sell out this time/how much the demand is.

Scalpers will clear out the initial retail stock no matter what, the true test is whether the scalpers clear out their stock or get left holding the bag.

I ordered one. I'll play pretty much any Mario or Kirby game.

The sales during the launch window will only make up a fraction of lifetime sales. The average person is happy to wait for more titles and a second hand market to emerge. This also becomes more true the older you get, I do want a Switch 2 but I've reached the point were I'm no longer interested in having it Day 1.

Yeah pre-orders sell out cause diehards always buy anything. That doesn't tell us much.

What happens after it has been out for a year?

The real test will be if this sells even half as good as the first Switch in its first 5 years.

This could be another Wii U judging from the general pessimistic sentiment people have for the brand these days.

When the Wii U came out, people's biggest gripe with Nintendo was whether or not they could technologically compete with the like of Sony and Microsoft.

But these days most people accept that Nintendo is not even competing technology. So rather, their bigges gripe with Nintendo is Nintendo itself and the way they show utter contempt for their customers while hiking up prices. Much more is at stake this time.

> I feel like this is the sentiment I hear from most friends. [...] I’m confused who is buying all these switches

Well, Mario Kart 8 sold about the same as the 5 Zelda titles for the Switch put together (BotW, TotK, Link's Awakening, Skyward Sword HD, and Echoes of Wisdom). More than twice BotW, which was the best selling Zelda game for the Switch. So that's the bigger draw overall.