RolStoppable said:
There's not much you need to know for research. You merely need to observe the tie ratio in order to figure how a console like Switch is being used. Switch's tie ratio is 6.94 as of March 31st 2021. It's a value that has kept growing over time as you can see in the purple column of the Global Hardware+Software tab in this Google spreadsheet. Here are the tie ratios for handheld consoles of the past: GB/C: 4.22 This means that Switch has already passed the highest tie ratio ever achieved by a handheld console. What makes this more remarkable is that all of these tie ratios only account for games that are exclusively physical (GB/C, GBA, DS) or only games that are available in both physical and digital format (3DS, Switch). Or in other words, games that are only available in digital format are unaccounted for which in turn puts Switch at a major disadvantage in this comparison because the digital business on Switch is leaps and bounds better than on any previous Nintendo console. In order to explain Switch's high tie ratio, you have two major options: 1. For whatever reason, handheld gamers have begun to buy many more games for their console than they historically did. However, said reason - whatever it may be - is not usage of Switch as a home console. 2. Due to Switch's hybrid design, the usage as a home console is very widespread which causes Switch to align itself more with home consoles than handheld consoles of the past. Tie ratios of Nintendo home consoles of the past: NES: 8.08 Again, tie ratios for consoles grow over time, so Switch's current value of 6.94 is not the end of the road yet. Switch is bound to finish in the upper half of home consoles, and again, that's without accounting for all the digital-only games that are selling on Switch. |
And this number excludes all digital-only releases. Also you can deduce this Wii have a good value of tie ratio.
