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Farsala on 05 August 2021
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PAOerfulone said:

Here's an interesting tidbit:

According to Nintendo, sales for the regular Switch model are actually up from last year. It's the Switch Lite that's WAY down. Bringing overall Switch sales down in the process.

Hardware
5.68 mil units -> 4.45 mil units -21.7 %

Nintendo Switch 3.05 mil units -> 3.31 mil units +8.3 %

Nintendo Switch Lite 2.62 mil units ->1.14 mil units -56.7 %

Honestly, the Switch OLED really should be replacing the Lite model while the regular Switch model gets a price cut.

Also according to Nintendo, sales revenues are down in Japan, Europe, and Others (Asia mostly). Americas hold strong due to software.

Though in terms of hardware, sales are down except in Japan.

I think Nintendo was definitely working on the OLED as well as an upgraded Switch. Both would be ready to deploy in case of a drop in demand for the Switch.

Nintendo saw that most of the drop in demand for the Lite was in Europe and Americas and already dropped in Japan in previous years. In these areas, cheaper portable Switches are more important for the masses than a spec upgraded Switch and so they went all in with the OLED.