Japan Sales Week 51 Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - December 17-23, 2018

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Faelco said:

Jranation said:

Yep! That is like saying the PS3 is a failure because it did not beat PS2. 

And lets not forget. The 3DS needed a price cut early in its life. 

It wouldn't mean that it's a failure. But Nintendo merged its handheld with its home console, so it could be disappointing for them if the result was lower than the handheld alone. 

In my opinion, that's what should happen when we watch the trajectories of handheld market and mobile market (first one is falling as hard as the second one is raising), but I guess Nintendo viewed the hybrid as a way to grow, not just fall slower.

Anyway, the Switch has very strong sales so far, we'll see how high it will go! 

Well, I think that total gaming hardware sales (both handheld and consoles) are on the way down anyway due to the aging and shrinking population of Japan, as both contribute to a lower potential number of customers, so comparing today's consoles with their historical heights may not be totally appropriate. Just to see how much they sold in the past, I went to check in July 10 years ago and the total consoles sold were almost 170k without any big releases and 3 consoles consistently above 40k (PSP, DS and Wii) weekly sales, which are what the Switch sells more or less on normal weeks outside holidays or bigger releases