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

[zorg1000]

Miyamotoo said:

zorg1000 said:

Yes, 3DS launched in Feb 2011, Vita in Dec 2011, Wii U in Dec 2012, PS4 in Feb 2014 so these are the first full post-launch quarters.

Idk, around 30k baseline would be sorta meh.......thats barely over 3DS baseline which was considered poor and led to a ¥10,000 price drop.

For reference, here are the averages for the previous generation.

DS, Jan to March 2005-560k (43k/week)

PSP, Jan to March 2005-680k (52k/week)

PS3, Jan to March 2007-365k (28k/week)

Wii, Jan to March 2007-1.02m (80k/week)

Being barely over the 3DS & PS3 baseline, which were both considered poor, really wouldnt be that good. Being in the 40-50k range like DS & PSP however would be pretty solid.

Yes, but that baseline would be only until Splatoon 2 in Q2.

You need to take in account that DS and PSP were last handhelds before smartphones.

im gonna stick with a 30k baseline from April-June would be "meh". Not horrible, but at the same time not very impressive.

3DS post-price cut and in 2012/2013 was able to exceed a 40-50k baseline so DS/PSP being pre-mobile is not the reason.