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Wyrdness on 15 December 2019
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thismeintiel said:

1.  We don't have concrete numbers for other regions, yet.  However, we do know that despite it having a $199 SKU and Pokemon, it is having weaker sales in Japan this December.  Just this past week it was down ~90K YOY.  Will other regions be able to make up for this, will they be flat, or will some be slightly down, too?  We will have to see when Nintendo releases its quarterly earnings. 

2.  Switch doesn't get them all, but it has had pretty good 3rd party support.  10x better than Wii U had.  But, I have already said, this won't be the major reason it will start dropping.

3. It was still the new toy on the block, even if some (including myself here) refused to see it.  It had all the charm of the Wii, but was also portable.

4. Has nothing to do with them stealing customers, as the Switch isn't going to plummet.  It will be in a slow downward trend and PS5 and XBSX will start out slower, like all consoles do.  Especially if they end up being $499.

- Ofcourse it'll have weaker sales this December though Smash released last December.

- His point is the third party support the platform gets is what's expected for most part, AA and Indies complimenting first party titles this won't change with the new consoles as these games don't rely on the bigger power increase.

- It was released alongside new SKU of other platforms so they had new toys of their own it's also nothing like the Wii's situation tbh only similarities is that they both are appealing products which is why they have sold well the actual intricacies in why is heavily different. Wii introduced home consoles to the blue ocean DS had created while NS has brought together the two branches of the market giving buyers reason to buy it and its games even if they have other platforms.