Miyamotoo said:
bonzobanana said:
Interesting comments, is there any breakdown of sales per european country at any point so far. People keep saying the UK hasn't accepted the Switch but surely it has been one of the most successful markets for Switch after German y (far bigger population) and France which is a near identical population. I don't think other large countries like Spain or Italy have bought as many.
There was definitely retailer apathy at the beginning in the UK but we still shifted 80,000 Switches at launch compared to something like 25,000 in Italy and other countries like Greece where only 2,000 were sold. France is definitely the leading country for Switch in Europe though no question.
There are something like 50 countries in Europe and the UK is probably in the top 5 of Switch success by volume and probably in the top 10 by ratio of sales by population. How are people working out that the UK hasn't taken to Switch purely by historic comparisons compared to wii etc? Even if true that still doesn't negate its one of the most important markets for Switch today even if we haven't accepted it to the same level as wii.
Again though I'm sure all this will become clearer when we get more concrete numbers by each country. Certainly comparing the UK to mainland Europe surely shows that the UK has bought many more Switches per head even by early numbers.
Population of Europe 743 million, population of UK 66 million.
Switches sold in Europe 3 million, switches sold in uk ?
If the UK has bought more than 267,000 Switches we have bought more per head than the average in Europe. |
I think you still missing point about UK, we basicly get infos from all big Europe countries that Switch is best selling console ever or best selling Nintendo console ever, except UK. That offcourse doesnt meant that Switch sold/selling bad in UK just that doenst have same popularity like it has in other big European countries, nothing more nothing less.
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It's not something I agree with I have to say. For me units sold is most important. Units sold per 1000 of the population would be an easy indicator for me of Switch popularity not comparing to markets that may not have been as enthusiastic for wii as uk and have tiny gaming markets in comparison. I'm not missing the point I totally disagree with it as an indicator of Switch popularity its ruined by factoring past console sales. Any market that basically was more enthusiastic for wii or another Nintendo console is somehow viewed as less positive towards the Switch even if more people in 1000 buy Switch consoles in that country than other countries. It's just statistics being manipulated to give a untrue verdict. However I take your point they can claim biggest Nintendo console launch and sales ever but not the popularity end of your comment surely that is dictated by the percentage of people in that country that own Switch consoles and no other factors.
