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Nintendo Acknowledges Switch 2 Sales Have Been 'Slightly Weaker' Than Expected Outside Japan
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Ass of Can Whooping
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Move over Xbox fans your persecution complex slot has now been replaced.
Congrats for being dragged into this retard war and finally recognized, Nintendo fans.
Fair play to them. They're keeping my bum ass employed
Toots
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BlackTron
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Correct. It simply had a weaker holiday in the U.S. than Switch 1 did. Since the comparison is Switch 1, which had BOTW and Odyssey stacked, Switch 2 "failed", and Nintendo doesn't have the same global reach as Playstation, et cetera.
PauloRoberto
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Where are the zealots now when i told about this possibility, which explained the discounts ?! Or when I post a opinion about MK World not being a system seller ?! 
RoboFu
One of the green rats
the switch 2 never got an official price drop until a $50 off deal in 2026. all price drops were per store basis and not in major markets. and the ones like the French one was to rival competition with other stores.
cireza
Member
This, as well as an apology from Nintendo, 3 free physical games on real cartridges, and a free trip for 4 persons to whatever amusement park they have opened.
There is a high possibility that I will stop gaming on such platforms because I am bit fed up with this shit.
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BbMajor7th
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Microsoft to Nintendo right now:
LordOcidax
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Let's pretend that the Switch 2 didn't sold 17M and MKW 14M… In 7 months…Where are the zealots now when i told about this possibility, which explained the discounts ?! Or when I post a opinion about MK World not being a system seller ?!
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BlackTron
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Sort of...it got Black Friday deals from some stores that extended a few days into December, with some fine print like not seeing the discount until put in the cart.
Certainly, they sold bundles at $449, but it's not as though there was a campaign to save it by pushing a lower price. Which seems like what might have happened in a few European countries.
Mozza
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"That's it? Everyone was coping about some HORRIBLE holidays sales but then it turns out they're only 3% lower than the first Switch holiday?"
This was posted on the sales earnings thread........ Pretty sure you guys have been suggesting things where worse on the thread, and before that.
This was posted on the sales earnings thread........ Pretty sure you guys have been suggesting things where worse on the thread, and before that.
Mozza
Member
This guy is a grifter who has been proved wrong...
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
It's a subpar system at the moment
I'm not surprised at some of the success but other than the loyalist Nintendo fan, most people don't buy their major 3rd party games on that platform vs the others.
It feels depressing to me to see how many games they lack that are on other platforms and lack true new gen games that aren't ports or last gen or older software in 4k.
I'm not surprised at some of the success but other than the loyalist Nintendo fan, most people don't buy their major 3rd party games on that platform vs the others.
It feels depressing to me to see how many games they lack that are on other platforms and lack true new gen games that aren't ports or last gen or older software in 4k.
Physiognomonics
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It did in Europe right after the launch.
GoldenEye98
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"That's it? Everyone was coping about some HORRIBLE holidays sales but then it turns out they're only 3% lower than the first Switch holiday?"
This was posted on the sales earnings thread........ Pretty sure you guys have been suggesting things where worse on the thread, and before that.
It's down by more than that in the Americas and Europe where the bulk of the market is...
Saber
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I think its probably their biggest factor in this entire situation, although I still see them doing relativelly fine.
I guess once they start doing better and different versions of SW2, they would be more inclined to reduce the price. I don't think this is gonna affect them that much overtime though since I don't think its that much of deal.
I guess once they start doing better and different versions of SW2, they would be more inclined to reduce the price. I don't think this is gonna affect them that much overtime though since I don't think its that much of deal.
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diffusionx
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I've said it before that I thought Nintendo has handled the Switch 2 conversion poorly. The patches have been too slow and random, and the game lineup last year was just weird. I'm glad that Kirby stans got their Air Ride sequel but nobody else cares.
Easily fixable problem, though.
Easily fixable problem, though.
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TheGodfather07
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Not really a problem when it's still the fastest selling system ever. I doubt it reaches the heights of the switch though but 100m should be a lock.
RoboFu
One of the green rats
it did by LOCAL STORES ONLY. not an official price drop. and again some of those stores have been proven to be competitive move not because they were not selling.
Yeah it really needs some heavy hitters. Not niche stuff like Mario Kart.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
The deals were well into December. Amazon had the bundle for $449 on xmas day even.
$100 off was possible even. Just had to stock up on eshop cards at 20% off from warehouse clubs. And then buy direct from Nintendo which now lets you use eshop cards to buy anything in their store.But yes there no official emergency price drop like the 3ds had in its first ~8 months. Still the xmas discounts indicated sales were on the weak side of expectations. WE saw that with low Nov sales numbers.
The price shock is real. I don't think it's high relative to the fact everything has gone up in price. But people's minds are still not used to it. And considering incomes didn't necessarily go up like prices do for many people, their wallets are tighter.
Meanwhile Nex sold hundred of thousands of units the last 2 months of the xmas season in the US. And it's very much taking a page from the Wii with a physical experience at half the price and sort of turning Nintendo into the PS3/Xbox One of this generation so far.
IT's not quite that dramatic (the experience is more like a poor (sloppy) man's Wii) but it can't be helping. The xmas game lineup in the US didn't help.
LordOcidax
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This makes me laughTo the Nintendo haters, "slightly weaker" =
. Slightly…without a new 3D Mario. Imagine the future.
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ChorizoPicozo
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Topher
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tylrdiablos
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Easy summary:
Expensive console (that's expected to get more expensive just like the PS5, Xbox and GPUs have due to DRAM scarcity).
Piss poor screen.
Expensive games (£70 for DK Bananza/Mario Kart, LOL. Pass).
No 'proper' Mario or Zelda games announced.
Nintendo like ripping us off. People are slowly getting wise to it and hold off on their spending.
Just keep waiting. Play your backl;og.
Expensive console (that's expected to get more expensive just like the PS5, Xbox and GPUs have due to DRAM scarcity).
Piss poor screen.
Expensive games (£70 for DK Bananza/Mario Kart, LOL. Pass).
No 'proper' Mario or Zelda games announced.
Nintendo like ripping us off. People are slowly getting wise to it and hold off on their spending.
Just keep waiting. Play your backl;og.
Deerock71
Very Poor Hoice of Wor
LordOcidax
Member
Way more simple than that… Switch 1 had the Mario Odyssey launch in that period.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
It is. But it could have been more.
I think they have a price problem, more then a games problem.
Going forward it needs to be £50 to £100 cheaper.
At the current price it's only a matter of time before it falls behind switch.
For me it all comes down to demographics. Switch gamers will tend to be on the youngest end.
At it's current price it's an expensive gift to buy a kid.
Just my opinion of course
Bye bye
TKOFromTokyo
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I get this take, and I see it often, but Mario Kart on the Switch sold more units than BotW and Odyssey combined. I honestly think the price is too steep for casuals. Parents are probably like $450 for something that plays the same games and has new games that cost $70-$80. Nah, you don't need that new Nintendo, Billy.
Investor9872
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That's because in Japan the Switch 2 costs around $120 less, about 35% off the US Switch 2s.
BlackTron
Member
The deals were well into December. Amazon had the bundle for $449 on xmas day even.
But yes there no official emergency price drop like the 3ds had in its first ~8 months. Still the xmas discounts indicated sales were on the weak side of expectations. WE saw that with low Nov sales numbers.
The price shock is real. I don't think it's high relative to the fact everything has gone up in price. But people's minds are still not used to it. And considering incomes didn't necessarily go up like prices do for many people, their wallets are tighter.
Meanwhile Nex sold hundred of thousands of units the last 2 months of the xmas season in the US. And it's very much taking a page from the Wii with a physical experience at half the price and sort of turning Nintendo into the PS3/Xbox One of this generation so far.
The xmas game lineup in the US didn't help.
I stand corrected about the sales then, they had more persistence than I realized. I didn't know that about Nex -it's hilarious that it beat Xbox's sales in November lol.
Impotaku
Member
Thats what im saying
lets see how it looks after heavy hitter Singleplayer games
diffusionx
Gold Member
Could be, but they're dealing with the same issues everyone else is these days. I think they'll monitor this and adjust if it really starts to slow down.
LordOcidax
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Its the fries and drink of the gaming worldMost be the biggest Niche game ever
Where are the zealots now when i told about this possibility, which explained the discounts ?! Or when I post a opinion about MK World not being a system seller ?!
People really make these idiotic statements without looking at the data, which is readily available for everyone to see.
So in fact Japan is the outlier versus rest of world despite Nintendo fanboys claiming otherwise....imagine if there wasn't a region locked version at $350 and only the regular version for $450 available there....
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