thismeintiel said:
Oh, this may be a little bit complicated. Now, Dec is part of Q3. And NPD covers the US, which is part of...the globe. It's just hilarious that people can't get over that Nintendo had to do what every other console company has done, including themselves previously, either cut the price of the OG SKU or release a lower priced SKU to keep sales up YOY. I know it goes against the narrative of the unstoppable Switch that will sell higher amounts until 2022 no matter what, but obviously Nintendo doesn't believe that nonsense either, so released the Lite. Nintendo is being smart in keeping the demand for Switch up, which should make Nintendo fans happy, yet they take that simple, factual observation as some sort of insult. |
This may prove difficult as well, but just because Nintendo shipped 3 million Lite units in Q3 does not mean they sold through the majority of them. In fact, anecdotally, most big box retailers had stacks of them sitting around after the holidays while the main unit had supply issues. It's ludicrous at best you're trying to push this narrative of the $199 gimped unit somehow being a savior for Nintendo during the holidays. Ignoring the fact that Switch was up 20-30% YOY prior to the Lite releasing. Also, this thread was intended for sell through data for Dec NPD, not 3 month global shipped data...though it's transparent why you're trying to fuse the two.
And speaking of this "simple, factual observation", possibly people are taking issue with the fact it's not coming from a neutral source? I'm sure you're aware of this and are purposely ruffling feathers for whatever reason...
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