Pachter: Switch on track to sell only 8 million systems this Fiscal Year

[xMetroid]

JRPGfan said:

Dulfite said:
Lol, and I just read someone is now predicting 25 million. Pokemon and SSB gonna be huge.

Thats plain stupid too imo.
Its looking like Nintendo might have a hard time reaching the 20m they forecasted.
Expecting they beat that by 5m is unrealistic, its more likely nintendo lowers its forecasts (I think).

I think nintendo does ~19m this Fisical Year (about 1m lower than its current forecast).

We are just at the beginning of the fiscal year and Switch is having the best july of the gen in the US. If it keeps that momentum, when the big games will be coming in Q3 and Q4 it can sell a lot and compensate for the slow start which was due to low number of release and media coverage. 

 

Not saying 25 or 20 millions is happening but when you see momentum already picking up in July with almost no system seller and you see pokemon and Smash, Fire emblem on the horizon... idk. I think it is possible.