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

[zorg1000]

Kerotan said:

drinkandswim said:
Congrats Nintendo! They officially have the largest relevant Install Base in Japan. This will do wonders for Third Party games going forward!

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/12/switch_has_outsold_the_original_and_slim_playstation_4_in_japan

Not exactly true. 1 million people upgraded to the pro. Don't you think a large chunk of those were sold to other people or given to a friend/family member? 

zorg1000 said:

PS4 launch-309,154

NSW launch-329,152

 

You are partially right, 3DS did get 3D Mario, Mario Kart & Monster Hunter in holiday 2011 and in 2012 it had a more steady flow of games so sales would have increased regardless, they just wouldnt have increased as much without the price cut and revision.

3DS sold 9.78 million in 2011+2012 and Switch will be around 6.8 million in 2017+2018. Without the year 1 price cut and year 2 revision, 3DS would probably be pretty similar to Switch.

There was someone over on resetera who gave me the impression the switch never sold higher then launch. Maybe they were saying the switch has never sold higher then it's launch week. 

 

But yeah on the software you pointed out. It's clear the software was a huge factor in the 3DS sales and not just the price cut like some people try to let on. 

Yep software was a huge factor as well but those games move alot more hardware at ¥15,000 than they do at ¥25,000.

3DS sales would be much lower and likely similar to Switch without the price cut and revision.