Soundwave said:
StarDoor said:
Setting aside the fact that we have no way to verify this, since Switch will have a vastly lower amount of stock than 3DS and will undoubtedly sell less:
Why do you think that only games releasing during the holiday season contribute to holiday sales? Aren't you a Nintendo fan? You should know that Nintendo games continue to sell and hold up the hardware baseline long after release.
Switch has Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 2, and Breath of the Wild. That lineup absolutely crushes what 3DS had in its first year. Not only are its analogues far superior (MK8D > MK7, Odyssey > 3D Land, BotW > Ocarina 3D), but Switch has Splatoon, which is becoming the next phenomenon in Japan.
There's no question that Switch would sell more than 3DS over the holidays if it had enough stock.
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I don't neccessarily agree with that. 3DS is no push over in Japan, it may have underperformed in US/EU ... but don't get it twisted, 3DS ripped shit up in Japan, being the third best selling system there ever. It's not some magical given that the Switch will outperform it even with adequete stock.
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I'm not talking about lifetime sales, I'm just talking about this holiday. Not only has Switch been selling on pace with 3DS for the past 6 months, but it's been doing it while 5,000 yen and now 15,000 yen more expensive. On top of that, Switch is completely sold out and is regularly getting resold for 10,000 yen more than retail price, unlike 3DS, which was never sold out. But that's to be expected, since Switch's library is much better than 3DS's library in the first year.
