November NPD 2018 Thread

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Shadow1980 said:

zorg1000 said:

I'm sure Nintendo is going to refrain from price cuts as much as possible but it would still be very, very unlikely to not see a price cut or lower cost revision in its 3rd full fiscal year (April 2019-March 2020).

If I recall, @Shadow1980 explained recently that no console has ever gone past the third full fiscal year without a price cut with the majority happening in the 1st or 2nd meaning it would be unprecedented for Switch not to receive either a price cut to the current model or a cheaper revision next year.

The Wii was the only console to not get a price cut by the end of its second full calendar year (counting launch year as Year 1 for Q1 launches). The longest gaps between launch and the first price cut are as follows:

Wii: 34 months
PS4: 23 months
360: 21 months
NS: 20 months (and counting...)
PS2: 19 months

Every other home console in the past four generations had a price cut within 12 months or less.

The Wii was already selling well enough at $250 in its first couple of years that it didn't really warrant a price cut. Even with supply constraints, it was posting big numbers, and when supply improved its sales grew (the only time a console experienced significant growth without the benefit of a price cut). In Q2 2009 sales started to slow down a lot, and Nintendo issued the cut to $200 in September that year.

The Wii U didn't get a price cut within 12 months.  It needed it too!!