Nintendo France expecting that Switch sale numbers this year will pass Wii U LT numbers in France

[zorg1000]

Faelco said:

zorg1000 said:

Because the audience buying a system in year 1 and the audience buying a system in year 7 are completely different.

And?

First of all, the 3DS sales in France have been quite stable around the 700k for a while now, so it's not only about "year 7" here.

And if they sell 700k 3DS, and if more than 1M people buy a PS4 once again (it's been like this in 2015 and 2016), then where will they magically find 700k other people for the Switch? The market as its limits, consumers' money has its limits. You can't expect the consoles market in France to grow by more than a third (PS4+3DS+One+Wii U equals close to 2M, the Wii U being close to 100k) just because of the Switch, when it's been rather falling lately. The consoles market is back at its 2013 level at 600 M€ after a peak at 750 M€ in 2014 (after PS4/One launch), anyone expecting a 30% growth of this market thanks to huge Switch sales but without anything else falling hard to compensate is mistaking IMO.

Hardcore Nintendo fans excepted, no one kept 300€ aside for months/year while waiting for the Switch...

What do you mean and? I explained it pretty straightforward, the people buying a 3DS in 2017 are unlikely to be the same people buying a Switch in 2017 so one selling well means nothing for the other.

As for where will the sales come from? People who bought a 3DS/Vita/Wii U early may be looking to upgrade. People who bought a PS4/XBO early and want a secondary device. People who owned a previous generation device but for one reason or another are not interested in the current devices.