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SuperNova on 21 March 2017
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Leadified said:
StarDoor said:

"That said, the Nintendo Switch has its challenges when it comes to reaching that goal. A recent study found that while half the population of the UK knows what the Nintendo Switch is, only 32 percent of those who heard of it intended to buy one. If that’s the case worldwide, the Nintendo Switch may face a long, uphill battle in its attempt to overtake the Wii."

Wait... what?!

The population of the UK is 64.1 million.

64.1 * 0.5 * 0.32 = 10.26 million

The Wii only sold 8.65 million in the UK! With those projected numbers, how is this an uphill battle?

Additionally, if you use the same figure for worldwide (I used Japan, USA, Canada, France, Germany, UK and Italy) then you're looking at close to 120 million sales. In reality, rates of interest will be different for each country but this article does not make a good argument for the Switch facing an uphill battle against the Wii.

Wasn't there also a report that Nintendo upped launch+first month shipment to 2,5m? If that's true it should comfortably reach 2m and not struggle to get there because of supply constraints as the article says. Even if that report isn't true, if sales are sluggish due to supply constraints that means every single unit Nintendo ships is selling out. It should reach 2m or very close to it either way. I feel like the person who wrote this had a somewhat weak grasp on how sales work.