UK Charts: Splatoon 2 Remains At Number Two

[StarDoor]

Slarvax said:

StarDoor said:
Wow. Why does the UK hate Nintendo so much?

It's not a European thing, since the UK is their worst major market there.
It's not an English thing, since Nintendo does significantly better in North America and Australia.

So why do the British have such different tastes from any of the countries with similar demographics?

The Switch is very expensive in Europe (like $50 more expensive than the rest of the World?), combined with shortages. And coming from Wii U and 3DS, which sold miniscule amounts in the UK... It'll be an uphill battle to regain marketshare there for Nintendo.

Even for Europe, the UK market has had a very chilly reception to the Switch.

Despite being a larger gaming market in absolute terms, the UK has only purchased 75% as many Switch units as Germany, and 66% as many as France. The Switch has done much worse in the UK in terms of both marketshare and as a proportion of the country's population.