blacktout
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And here I thought I was laying the sarcasm down too thick.
Switch 2 sells 3.5 million in 4 days
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And here I thought I was laying the sarcasm down too thick.
Deerock71
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DaleinCalgary
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Nintendo must not be over confident. Long legs in sales is the most important. Nintendo has to have constant supply of there exclusives, like new Mario, new Zelda, new Donkey Kong, New Metroid, Earthbound, Kirby etc. And third party support big games like a GTA or RE or it will just gather dust in a few years.
It is all about how you end the race. Wii has good momentum but lost in the end. Remember that Ps3 won the console wars at almost the tail end of the Ps3 life.
It is all about how you end the race. Wii has good momentum but lost in the end. Remember that Ps3 won the console wars at almost the tail end of the Ps3 life.
AtomicStarving
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A flop, slow sell than first switch. You saw here first. It's going to be hard for Nintendo to justify its hardware to developers taking it to another level in the next generation, and Nintendo's games will again be pushing its hardware. Nothing unusual. But not even close to the Switch 1, imo.
GigaBowser
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PeteBull
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Personally i think getting those first 25-30m units sold before next gen playstation/xbox hits will be crucial for nintendo, that way they gonna show devs there is big enough market for 3rd party games to have potential to sell well, so dev studios might actually invest more time/budget to make ports for switch2.
The more switch2 sells initially the higher chance it will have solid 3rd party support, at least among AA devteams, hard to say how its gonna look with graphically heavy titles but again- nothing is off the table as long as console makes it to humongous instalbase quickly, it will simply become market too big to ignore and we know pubs will go to all kinds of lenghts as long as they smell the money, after all:
Im sure many pubs knew/predicted MKW gonna sell gangbusters but they are watching very closely worldwide sales of 3rd party juggernauts like cp2077, elden ring, sf6 and so on, if those sell well and looks like they will, it will definitevely incentify other publishers to port their games too.
The more switch2 sells initially the higher chance it will have solid 3rd party support, at least among AA devteams, hard to say how its gonna look with graphically heavy titles but again- nothing is off the table as long as console makes it to humongous instalbase quickly, it will simply become market too big to ignore and we know pubs will go to all kinds of lenghts as long as they smell the money, after all:
Im sure many pubs knew/predicted MKW gonna sell gangbusters but they are watching very closely worldwide sales of 3rd party juggernauts like cp2077, elden ring, sf6 and so on, if those sell well and looks like they will, it will definitevely incentify other publishers to port their games too.
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AtomicStarving
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And Nintendo did a great job handling the scalper situation by increasing supply.
Vaquilla
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PS3 never caught up; it finished 14 million units behind the Wii.
I stand corrected. Well maybe many got use to categorizing Wii not the same as Ps3 and Xbox 360, but a different platform. Anyway my point is complacency.
it's great, mario kart bundle isn't pulling much past 600, ebay fees are 13% of the price, so anywhere with sales tax above 8% they're already losing money.
The good thing is Nintendo stated the Switch generation well, maintained it well through its life, ended it well, and then transitioned that into launching the Switch 2 well. They have made some fuck ups along the way (notably with software pricing on Switch 2, and their online decisions on Switch 1), but they have been able to tank them by making desirable hardware backed by quality software coming out at a near monthly pace.
As long as they don't deviate from this playbook, and at this point it seems like they are determined to stick to the Switch playbook, then they will continue getting success. Maybe not 150 million selling success, but 100-120 million selling on an ongoing basis.
RayHell
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PS5 sold 2.5M consoles at launch, amount available: 2.5M
Switch 2 sold 3.5M consoles at launch, amount available: 3.5M
Amount they would have sold at launch with unlimited supply?
Nobody knows.
Selling your initial stock is not a flex. In fact if they didn't it would have been a very bad indicator.
Switch 2 sold 3.5M consoles at launch, amount available: 3.5M
Amount they would have sold at launch with unlimited supply?
Nobody knows.
Selling your initial stock is not a flex. In fact if they didn't it would have been a very bad indicator.
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FinalBossWithTheMostPower
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Unknown Soldier
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Nintendo must always remain with there principle of exclusives stay as exclusives , no porting to other platform even to PC. That is the reason I bought Nintendo console and handheld in the past.
Oh yeah, the second Nintendo starts porting its core projects to other platforms is when Nintendo platforms are completely unsustainable. It's why Nintendo is such an asshole about emulation and fan games and ROM hacks and all that other stuff they act like shitheads about, because they know keeping their games exclusive is the only card they hold.
It's an amazing card to hold, but it's the only one.
MayauMiao
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Amazing number beating the legendary PS2 launch. Sony may go portable next gen while phasing out the console.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
I don't blame Nintendo. The press has been over the years, writing rage bait articles talking about how "Nintendo should go 3rd party", misinformation, and providing lesser game coverage for Nintendo than other consoles.
That's why Nintendo created Nintendo Direct in the first place. Deliver the news straight to the customers.
Mozza
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Sounds like all the salty tears are yours.
Mozza
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Never compared when Nintendo are doing well. Always compared to death when the sales are not so good. But I do agree with you that Nintendo are looking at the wider market. But consoles and sales will always be compared.
DenchDeckard
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If you think the switch is going to slow down in sales I have some news for you.