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[nowhat]

preorder digital?? ahaha chris ding

You certainly don't.

 

[Robb]

Yeah cause all those kids will get registered for Nintendo account providing their age

If you think the majority of people in their early 20s have kids of their own I've got news for you.

 

[VitoNotVito]

If you think the majority of people in their early 20s have kids of their own I've got news for you.

I don't understand your logic but I will explain mine to you. Not sure what people in early 20s with kids have anything to do with it.

If I buy Nintendo for my child, I either don't register the account for them because they simply don't need it to play physical games (remember what this thread is about?) OR if he/she is desperate to have an online account I put whatever adult age so they're not targeted by pedophiles.

Let's go further. There are 150 million switches out there. I claim 95% of them are used by young kids, that means there are 7.5 million of them in the hands of adults. Now please go and find me ONE game that isn't Mario/Pokemon/Animal Crossing/whatever kiddie crap that sold more than 7.5 million copies on Switch…

 

[Robb]

I don't understand your logic but I will explain mine to you.

Not very complicated really. A substantial subset of Switch owners are in their early 20s, people in their early 20s are unlikely to have children. I.e. those units are not registered by adults for children.

 

[VitoNotVito]

Not very complicated really. A substantial subset of Switch owners are in their early 20s, people in their early 20s are unlikely to have children. I.e. those units are not registered by adults for children.

Ah, I see. So you think that this data is the actual age of the users? I.e. their parents put the real age when they registered account for their child. You probably also assumed that every single Switch being sold has got a Nintendo account registered so the data from the chart is actually representative of every single (or at least most of) Switch owners…

Cute.

 

[MandingoMcThickens]

Not to shit on peoples strawberries, but there is like 20gb of space on the switch. It really is a really terrible experience if you want to go all digital.

Not even remotely true lmfao
I popped a MicroSD card into my Switch back in March of 2017 and it hasn't even been a blip on my radar since. No worrying about memory management, transferring files between card and onboard memory, nothing.
Why lie?

 

[Robb]

Ah, I see. So you think that this data is the actual age of the users? I.e. their parents put the real age when they registered account for their child. You probably also assumed that every single Switch being sold has got a Nintendo account registered so the data from the chart is actually representative of every single (or at least most of) Switch owners…

Cute.

Unless you have any other statistics that provide data for your argument I think that's even cuter.

 

[Cakeboxer]

I'm surprised that 60% of Astro Bot is physical, because the digital bundle is the same price as the console without a game.

 

[VitoNotVito]

Unless you have any other statistics that provide data for your argument I think that's even cuter.

I do. I have a list of best selling games on Switch with actual numbers and it is all dominated by Mario/Pokemon kind of infantile stuff. Even if you say "adult games" don't sell on Switch because there isn't many of them, or they are poor ports only prove my point - Nintendo is popular only among kids/adults don't buy its hardware.

I also travel very extensively for work and I never seen a single adult person on the plane or train using Switch. They are either hiding or there's not really that many of them.

What I know for sure is that not a single sane parent would want their child age
being public i.e. registered in some big gaming network.

 

[Robb]

I do. I have a list of best selling games on Switch with actual numbers and it is all dominated by Mario/Pokemon kind of infantile stuff. Even if you say "adult games" don't sell on Switch because there isn't many of them, or they are poor ports only prove my point - Nintendo is popular only among kids/adults don't buy its hardware.

I also travel very extensively for work and I never seen a single adult person on the plane or train using Switch. They are either hiding or there's not really that many of them.

What I know for sure is that not a single sane parent would want their child age
being public i.e. registered in some big gaming network.

Very cute indeed.

 

[Hudo]

I dunno what it is, but I just love cartridges, man. So Switch games win by default for me. Discs always felt cheap to me. Mixed feelings on floppy disks.

 

[Sephiran]

I don't see how Nintendo is trying to kill physical market. They will put every Nintendo first party game on cartridges. The fact that third parties that put games on Switch 2 are going digital is just a fact, because these third parties already make most of their sales on digital store fronts at Steam, PS and Xbox.

Nintendo is like the only major video game company that is putting physical games market on life support, given that a single physical Nintendo game like Donkey Kong Bananza will likely sell more at retail than all Xbox retail releases put together the past 5 years.

 

[Brucey]

I'm surprised that 60% of Astro Bot is physical, because the digital bundle is the same price as the console without a game.

I don't believe bundle sales are counted. If so, then physical astrobot must be bigger than numbers would indicate?

 

[Cakeboxer]

I don't believe bundle sales are counted. If so, then physical astrobot must be bigger than numbers would indicate?

Why wouldn't they count? The only reason for the 60% physical i can imagine is that it's much cheaper on disc than the 69,99 Euro for digital.

 

[Woopah]

I do. I have a list of best selling games on Switch with actual numbers and it is all dominated by Mario/Pokemon kind of infantile stuff. Even if you say "adult games" don't sell on Switch because there isn't many of them, or they are poor ports only prove my point - Nintendo is popular only among kids/adults don't buy its hardware.

I also travel very extensively for work and I never seen a single adult person on the plane or train using Switch. They are either hiding or there's not really that many of them.

What I know for sure is that not a single sane parent would want their child age
being public i.e. registered in some big gaming network.

The flaw in that argument is that the games aren't infantile. Plenty of adults play Zelda, Smash Bros. Ring Fit, Mario Kart, Animal Crossing etc. That's why Nintendo's marketing (including the Switch 2 Direct) often features adults.

In terms of anecdotal evidence, I use my Switch while travelling and know several others that do too.

 

[VitoNotVito]

Very cute indeed.

Don't worry, we're not gonna laugh at you.

 

[VitoNotVito]

The flaw in that argument is that the games aren't infantile. Plenty of adults play Zelda, Smash Bros. Ring Fit, Mario Kart, Animal Crossing etc. That's why Nintendo's marketing (including the Switch 2 Direct) often features adults.

In terms of anecdotal evidence, I use my Switch while travelling and know several others that do too.

Adults watch Disney cartoons as well. At the same time 99% of adults don't.

Why are so many people so insecure about getting pleasure from things that have been made for little kids?

 

[Robb]

Don't worry, we're not gonna laugh at you.

Oh, I'm not worried about that. I'm not the one who supposedly thinks millions of adults are entering their age as 10 and below for their Switch systems.

 

[VitoNotVito]

Oh, I'm not worried about that. I'm not the one who supposedly thinks millions of adults are entering their age as 10 and below for their Switch systems.

No sweetie, your brain doesn't function properly.
It's the other way around - adults who buy Nintendo for their small children put for them their age as adults and therefore the dumbass like you think there's plenty of adults playing it…
It's they way of protecting them. You would understand if you had children.

 

[Woopah]

Adults watch Disney cartoons as well. At the same time 99% of adults don't.

Why are so many people so insecure about getting pleasure from things that have been made for little kids

They aren't. Most adults are completely fine with playing/watching things that kids can enjoy as well.

Hence why a substantial amount of Switch players and Disney+ watchers are adults.

 

[Robb]

No sweetie, your brain doesn't function properly.
It's the other way around - adults who buy Nintendo for their small children put for them their age as adults and therefore the dumbass like you think there's plenty of adults playing it…

That's exactly what I mean. There's a huge chunk in the 0-12 age category, so by your logic those shouldn't exist.

 

[VitoNotVito]

That's exactly what I mean. There's a huge chunk in the 0-12 age category, so by your logic those shouldn't exist.

You do not need Nintendo account to play physical games on switch, that's how my son is using it, and that's what this thread is about. Physical games.
If you don't register yourself, Nintendo will never know your age.

It's not that though, it's the games. No grown ass person buys a video console to play Mario. Of course there will be some weirdos but they are a small representation.

 

[Robb]

You do not need Nintendo account to play physical games on switch, that's how my son is using it, and that's what this thread is about. Physical games.
If you don't register yourself, Nintendo will never know your age.

It's not that though, it's the games. No grown ass person buys a video console to play Mario. Of course there will be some weirdos but they are a small representation.

I'm not sure what you're even talking about anymore.

You said 95% of Nintendo's audience is small children. That's what I'm replying to you about and provided data on. Not the thread topic.