A GameStop spokesperson confirmed what many suspected for weeks: that there is huge demand for the Nintendo Switch out there, and that people are pre-ordering it like crazy.

GameStop senior director of merchandising Eric Bright said that demand for the console is “tremendous”.

âWeâve seen tremendous demand for Switch. And of the initial allocation of pre-orders we took, the majority of them were done by PowerUp Reward customers. Theyâre definitely looking for this device. We have a ways to go before we satisfy all the demand thatâs out there.â

And Bright expects this to continue as the console launches.

âThereâs no slowdown, and we donât see that stopping. We see that continuing for some timeâ he said.

We recently reported that Walmart sold out of Swtich pre-orders, and Nintendo president has even higher hopes: he believes the Switch could sell as many units as the Wii.

Pre-orders are going well in other territories too: Last month Japanese retailers reported that 80% of the allocated pre-order units were sold out.

In fact, pre-orders were going so well that Nintendo increased production just to fulfill pre-orders that were placed.