The four of them in the dorm had already discussed that they would definitely buy one when the new handheld came out. The Switch wasn't expensive, only two thousand RMB. Five hundred RMB for each of them would be enough.
Moreover, there were some games installed on this console, especially Super Mario Odyssey. Everyone had already seen the demo screen in class, and they all felt that it was very fun.
For these university students, there was no way they could get a VR gaming pod, as they couldn't afford it. Even if they could afford it, they wouldn't be able to fit it in their dorm.
As for computers, most of the students had low specs. Some of the larger PC games were a bit difficult to run. Since the students didn't have the money, many of them bought laptops with low specs.
As for the phone, the screen was small, making it inconvenient to operate. It couldn't compare to a cool device like the Switch. Buying the Switch was both a novelty and a good value for money.
It would only cost five hundred RMB per person, but if they wanted a phone with similar specs, they would have to spend at least four to five thousand RMB!
"Hurry, it's time!"
"No problem, I'm ready. Refresh, let's buy!"
"Geez, the school's internet is lagging! This stupid internet! "
"Let's do it again. Refresh, don't drop the ball at such a crucial time!"
Just as they were about to start, the stupid school's internet suddenly dropped. The few of them frantically checked the internet connection. By the time the internet was back online, five minutes had passed.
They quickly opened the official website and clicked "Buy Now".
"Why isn't the interface responding?"
"What's with this notification? It's sold out?? "
"Let's try other websites!"
"Same, no stock in the Qilu region!"
"Geez, are you serious? What's going on? Is there a bug in the system? "
The few of them were shocked. What's going on?
Sold out? How could it be sold out? It's only been on sale for five minutes!
The few of them didn't give up and tried a few more websites. The results were all the same. They were all sold out!
"Why is this handheld the same as Le Hui phones? Is this hunger marketing? How could it be sold out so soon? "
"Is it because they didn't have enough stock? Don't tell me they only prepared a few thousand? "
Many people recalled the fear of snatching Le Hui's mobile phones. Because there were not enough Le Hui phones, there were often fewer of them on sale. In the end, many people said that this was a deliberate hunger marketing campaign to whet everyone's appetite.
In the end, Zhou Jiangping had no choice but to clarify that he was not playing hunger marketing! If he could sell it for money, why wouldn't he? The production capacity really couldn't keep up!
Why did Chen Mo do the same thing?
A guy in the dormitory checked and said, "I'm going to faint. So this handheld is a collaboration with Le Hui! No wonder Zhou Jiangping taught Chen Mo the wrong way, starting to use hunger marketing! "
"I say, the culprit is here!"
"No, I'm going to look for Chen Mo on Weibo and give Zhou Jiangping a good scolding. Why didn't he teach him better?"
"That's right, I want to go too! At the same time, he wanted to see if Chen Mo posted anything on Weibo. Could it be a network problem? "
…
It wasn't just these few people. All the major forums and Tieba on the internet had exploded. Many people were posting that they couldn't buy it at all!
"My goodness, I accidentally refreshed the website. If I bought it again, it would be gone!"
"I accidentally overslept. When I woke up, even the controller was sold out!"
"I tried to buy a handheld first, but I couldn't get one. Then I tried to buy a controller, but it was sold out too!"
"How about the other websites? Can't you buy it from other websites too? "
"Don't ask, it's all the same. I just came back from there and I can't buy it either. Hurry up and ask Chen Mo what's going on."
Soon, Chen Mo posted on Weibo.
"I have good news and bad news for everyone. The good news is that there are 150,000 units in stock for the Switch and 100,000 units in stock for the standalone controllers. They were all sold out in five minutes, a huge success. The bad news is that those who still want to buy will have to wait until next month … "
As soon as this Weibo post was posted, there were a few hundred comments below.
"My goodness, what's going on? We had 150,000 units in stock and 100,000 units in stock, and they were all sold out. Is this ridiculous?? "
"I thought I was the minority, but there were so many people buying!"
"Yeah, shouldn't you guys wait and see? You should wait and see before buying!"
"I'm so pissed, how dare you guys compete with me!"
"Did anyone buy it? I highly suspect that Chen Mo is lying, he didn't have that many units in stock! "
…
In Zhou Jiangping's office.
Chen Mo passed his phone to him and showed him the comments on Weibo, "Mr. Zhou, you've really screwed me over."
Zhou Jiangping also had a pained expression on his face, "Mr. Chen, I didn't expect it to sell so well! And there are a lot of people scolding me on Weibo too! "
Chen Mo was confused, "Why are they scolding you?"
Zhou Jiangping smiled bitterly, "They're all saying that I taught you how to do hunger marketing, so they're all scolding me …"
Chen Mo laughed, "That's right, it's all your fault."
Zhou Jiangping was helpless, "Yeah, it's all my fault. I'm already urging the manufacturers to speed up production."
Chen Mo's original plan was to have at least three hundred thousand units and two hundred thousand controllers in the first batch, but Zhou Jiangping said that it was too risky and wouldn't agree no matter what.
According to Le Hui's experience, a few hundred thousand units of a popular phone would be more than enough at the start. The main thing was that they would be losing money if they couldn't sell it. There was no need to produce so many units in the first batch as the production wouldn't be able to keep up.
A hundred and fifty thousand units and a hundred thousand controllers in the first batch was already the most Zhou Jiangping could accept.
Chen Mo actually felt that this number was too little. In his previous life, Nintendo sold out of stock of three million units when they released the Switch. Although that was for the international market, Chen Mo felt that it shouldn't be too much to give a discount and divide it by ten, right?
Although Chen Mo didn't have as much influence as Nintendo in the parallel world, Chen Mo still had a lot of loyal fans in China, even if he didn't have a lot of fans overseas.
However, Chen Mo considered that the players in the parallel world didn't have the same habits, and there weren't any hardcore console and console players. Therefore, he agreed with Zhou Jiangping to stock a hundred and fifty thousand units in the first batch and wait until they were all sold out.
In the end, they were all sold out in just five minutes! They were even selling faster than some of Le Hui's popular phones!
After hearing this news, many people who didn't have high hopes for the Switch were speechless.
This phone wasn't a success? It was too f * cking successful!
Even some of Le Hui's popular models didn't sell this well. As a brand new phone, it was a miracle that the Switch could sell like this!
Moreover, many people realized that Super Mario Odyssey's game cartridges were selling even more than the handheld game console!
The handheld and controllers only had a total of two hundred and fifty thousand units in stock, but the physical cartridge of Odyssey sold for three hundred and seventy thousand, and that didn't include the digital version!
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