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

[mjk45]

RolStoppable said:

mjk45 said:

What should be taken into account is handhelds like the 3DS sell on average around 50% less software per unit compared to home consoles , so it will be interesting going forward to see how the overall software figures for the Switch pan out being a hybrid with a foot in both camps, has to how those two intersecting buying patterns affect each other depend on a lot of variables, overall change we will see in the figures , just not the micro patterns underneath.

The likely outcome is that Switch will perform closer to the tie ratio of home consoles, probably even on the same level. Sales of accessories will perform similarly.

Why?

Because Switch will be treated like a home console by most of its buyers, so game and accessory purchases will go accordingly. Japan will treat it more like a handheld, but there the tie ratio difference between home consoles and handhelds isn't anywhere close to as pronounced as it is in America and Europe.

The playing behaviors for Switch can already be observed and most Americans and Europeans greatly prefer docked mode. It's the playing behavior that dictates how much money is invested in a system. Handhelds tend to lose out when it comes to home use, but Switch doesn't fall into that category, so more games will be bought.

I agree It is a smart move and one that should see it's sales ratio fall inline with home console use, my fascination is with the different demographics that exist between the old consoles  not so much those who own a multitude of consoles like me or some one like you who does the same thing just from a Nintendo perspective, to us it's just one less piece of hardware to worry about.

My interest is with those souls who only exist in the murky world of Nintendo handheld gaming and how they approach the Switch .