{"id":111383,"date":"2020-04-10T02:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T02:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/04\/demand_for_the_switch_and_ring_fit_adventure_in_japan_is_absolutely_crazy_right_now"},"modified":"2020-04-10T02:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T02:55:00","slug":"demand-for-the-switch-and-ring-fit-adventure-in-japan-is-absolutely-crazy-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/10\/demand-for-the-switch-and-ring-fit-adventure-in-japan-is-absolutely-crazy-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Demand For The Switch And Ring Fit Adventure In Japan Is Absolutely Crazy Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c44e56e9f548a\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c44e56e9f548a\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Nintendo Switch\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c44e56e9f548a\/nintendo-switch.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c44e56e9f548a\/nintendo-switch.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Nintendo Switch\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>As you&#8217;ve likely heard, there have been Nintendo Switch and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/ring_fit_adventure\">Ring Fit Adventure<\/a><\/strong> shortages around the globe for months on end. Over in Japan, though, the situation sounds like it&#8217;s got even worse.<\/p>\n<p>As highlighted by Niko Partners Senior Analyst Daniel Ahmad, the Japanese retailer Yamada Denki recently ran a lottery for 130 Switch consoles and 900 Ring Fit Adventure units. The winners got the chance to purchase a system and a copy of the game, but because so many people signed up (more than 200,000, to be precise), the website&#8217;s servers crashed.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\" readability=\"6.1994134897361\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" readability=\"7.3066666666667\">How high is the demand for Nintendo Switch in Japan right now? <\/p>\n<p>Japanese retailer Yamada Denki opened a lottery for 130 Switch consoles and 900 Ring Fit Adventure units.<\/p>\n<p>More than 200,000 entered the lottery and caused the server to crash, prompting them to stop entry early. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pWOU0QC0rK\">pic.twitter.com\/pWOU0QC0rK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZhugeEX\/status\/1248344247654285315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, the increased popularity of these two products is linked to the coronavirus outbreak and the requirement to stay indoors for prolonged periods of time to prevent the spread.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Nintendo <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/04\/nintendo_switch_stock_concerns_grow_as_shipping_gets_temporarily_halted_in_japan\">informed<\/a> fans in Japan that the current status of Switch console shipments had been put on hold, and last week an update revealed both the US and Europe were <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/03\/buying_a_nintendo_switch_is_proving_to_be_difficult_in_the_us_right_now\">struggling<\/a> to keep up with demand. There have also been reports of fitness fanatics paying <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/03\/fitness_fanatics_are_now_paying_ridiculous_prices_online_for_ring_fit_adventure\">ridiculous<\/a> prices for Ring Fit Adventure in recent times.<\/p>\n<p><em>Are the Switch and Ring Fit Adventure in short supply in your own area? Leave a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you&#8217;ve likely heard, there have been Nintendo Switch and Ring Fit Adventure shortages around the globe for months on end. Over in Japan, though, the situation sounds like it&#8217;s got even worse. As highlighted by Niko Partners Senior Analyst Daniel Ahmad, the Japanese retailer Yamada Denki recently ran a lottery for 130 Switch consoles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}