Why are Nintendo Switch sales peaking much later than other Nintendo consoles?

[Dulfite]

IcaroRibeiro said:

Dulfite said:

While I don't think 2020 would have been AS good for Switch, it would have absolutely been up YoY still. Animal Crossing was massive on the 3ds and there is no reason to think Covid alone is what made people hyped for that game. Also, if Covid-19 hadn't happened, many games that weren't able to be released in 2020 would have been released, further helping hardware sales. On top of that, the tens of millions of Americans and hundreds of millions of total humans that lost jobs during Covid would have felt more secure in spending money on unnecessary entertainment like video games.

I thought that I was the only one who always get confused with this narrative of increasing game spending. Overall Covid has hurted the income of majority of families so I don't see how people getting less money exactly relates with higher spending in games

I'm waiting for some report of overall increase in console spending for 2020 to give this argument any sort of credibility

Well there is some evidence that suggests when people can't spend large amounts of money on big purchases (vacations, Disney world, new Mohab Keep Wrangler, etc.) they are more likely to spend it on smaller purchases. I looked into the great recession and the box office did extremely well back then, for example, despite so many other parts of the economy tanking. People like cheap escapism when they can't afford the expensive stuff.