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Cloudman on 19 August 2017

And I imagine it would have been higher if Nintendo were able to meet demand better. It certainly seems like this will be a success in Japan.



 

              

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Mystro-Sama on 19 August 2017

Too bad the supply issue is fucking sales hard.



Wyrdness on 20 August 2017
Soundwave said:
DonFerrari said:
It's basically a handheld and you are comparing it to PSP which isn't a Nintendo HH and 3DS that is basically the worst selling HH. I'm sure I saw someone in a thread saying that it is bellow mediocre to sell better than your worst selling device even in Japan.

3DS is not a bad seller in Japan, people need to understand that. 

It's outsold every Sony system in Japan ever and every Nintendo home console in Japan. It's the third best selling system there, if Switch sells on par with the 3DS in Japan, that's a huge success for Nintendo. 

3DS' sales in North America and Europe are where there's something left to be desired, clearly in those markets the impact of smartphones hurt Nintendo a lot. 

This is why imo the PR for the NS in the west is that it's a home system even though it's a hybrid and will most likely be handled the way the portables were handled before it.



DonFerrari on 21 August 2017
Soundwave said:
DonFerrari said:
It's basically a handheld and you are comparing it to PSP which isn't a Nintendo HH and 3DS that is basically the worst selling HH. I'm sure I saw someone in a thread saying that it is bellow mediocre to sell better than your worst selling device even in Japan.

3DS is not a bad seller in Japan, people need to understand that. 

It's outsold every Sony system in Japan ever and every Nintendo home console in Japan. It's the third best selling system there, if Switch sells on par with the 3DS in Japan, that's a huge success for Nintendo. 

3DS' sales in North America and Europe are where there's something left to be desired, clearly in those markets the impact of smartphones hurt Nintendo a lot. 

That was brought to my attention earlier, but thanks for reinstaiting it. But it being more a HH than a console to most would make sense to align it's sales more to HH than to console don't you agree?



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fedfed on 21 August 2017

Wii saw a November release as many others... they had almost 2 full Holiday sales period taking a few weeks.

getting close to Wii with a March release is a very great indicator imo.



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