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tak13 on 27 December 2018
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tak13 said:
Miyamotoo said:

I didnt said 350k week, last week I wrote we will most likely have 300k+ this week. Last year Switch in same period had Zelda BotW, MK8D, Splatoon 2 and Mario Odyssey, this year until November and Pokemon Switch didnt had nothing similar strong.

Your problem is that you ignoring fact that 3DS done incredible strong in Japan, maybe you dont realise but 3DS become 3rd best selling gaming platform ever in Japan, you also ignoring fact that 3DS needed huge ass price cut (from $250 to $170) only 6 months after launch in order to start selling better. So with all that on mind, point that Switch (with still launch price and launch model) is selling less than 3DS in same time period doesnt mean that Switch is not doing very good in any case, because it does. Japan market look at Switch primarly like handheld device, and you can bet that for plenty people in Japan $300 is too much for handheld device, I can bet that Switch sales will realy explode in Japan only when Switch have price point of around $200.

Simple Switch would sell with new releases. Did you maybe saw just already confirmed Switch games for 2019. in Japan: NSMBU, Luigis Mansion 3, Yokai Watch 4, Dragon Quest 11, Animal Crossing, Pokemon Gen 8...are just some of already confirmed Switch games for 2019.

In 2019. Switch will entered in its 3. year on market, both price cut and revision are expected, but whats impressive is that Switch maintain to have strong sales without need for price cut (and that wasnt case with 3DS).

Haven't you read it, I have already mentioned that.... 

Although, I disagree a bit with your wording. 

Some Japanese people view it as an ( expensive) handheld-only console ( something  that is vexing me  a lot ) , not the market as a whole, otherwise NS sales wouldn't be that high. 

 

tak13 said:
curl-6 said:

Apology accepted.

Others have already addressed this at length, but it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to compare sales curves between a system that's still full price, (30,000 Yen I believe) to one that got a big price cut early on and at this point in its life was half the Switch's price. Naturally the Switch, having yet to receive any price cuts or hardware revisions, won't have hit its stride yet. Once these arrive, things are going to get better for the Switch, not worse.

Then why we do that when it comes to West? Eh?

It is a hybrid system, its price shouldn't be a disadvantage but sadly it is, because some Japanese people don't give a f@ck for home gaming on tv and view it as a handheld- only console at an exorbitant price, therefore there's need for an NS lite. 

What I'm insisting is that 3ds price point isn't a real advantage, it would be if NS was only a portable console. 

NS sales in the west support that! 

 

HoangNhatAnh said:
tak13 said:

Of course I ignore it, because NS is a 300$ home and handheld console, not a 300$ handheld-only console... 

Call me when anyone in Japan use Switch as a home console

We exhausted that topic, see the posts above.

I'm looking forward to the NS lite release!