| Dulfite said: I just can't agree with these numbers lol. We just got evidence that the Switch is already slowing down considerably compared to last year, and that will only continue moreso into the holidays and next year. |
No we didn't. Sales so far this year are about the same as last year. If you compare only Q2 2020 to Q2 2021, then yeah 2021 is down, because 2020 sales were all about Animal Crossing, and that was the time period when Animal Crossing was really driving sales. Nintendo's quarterly report said that Animal Crossing was 40% of all of their first party sales during Q2 of 2020! In 2020 Switch sales really shot up, but the most amazing time of year was during Q2. So if you only compare Q2 for this year and last year, then you are going to come to some pretty messed up conclusions.
On the other hand, what games did Nintendo have for holiday 2020? Nothing really. They had Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. This year they are going to have Pokemon and a new Switch model. Pokemon alone is enough to make sales up YoY. Throw in a new model, and there should be no question that sales are going to be up this year.
curl-6 bet me that PS5 + X|S sales would reach 56m before year end 2023 and he was right.
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Master Thread, Game of the Year/Decade
Switch Will Be #1 All Time
Zelda Will Outsell Mario (Achieved)
How Much Will MH Rise sell?
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