Japan Sales- Switch Year 1 vs 3DS and Wii U

[zorg1000]

Soundwave said:

Switch is doing ... ok in Japan. I wouldn't say great. It's well below the 3DS, we'll leave out the Wii U if you want because that launched at a much busier shopping period.

You have to remember also in the 3DS' third week Japan suffered that massive earthquake + tsunami + literal nuclear meltdown, probably the biggest crisis Japan has seen since World War II. On a Friday too. That likely threw off 3DS sales for a bit there.

Hard to really gauge how good/bad Switch is doing compared to 3DS/Wii U at the moment since its virtually sold out while 3DS/Wii U both had excess stock in their first month.

3DS shipments end of March 2011-1060k

3DS sales as of March 27, 2011-800k

Wii U shipments end of December 2012-830k

Wii U sales as of December 30, 2012-630k

They both had about 75% sell through in the first month.

It will be interesting to see how Switch matches up next month when Nintendo reveals shipment data. If it has similar sell through as 3DS/Wii U than ya its just an ok launch, however if its more like 90% sell through than that shows it could very well have been higher with more stock.