Famitsu sales: Week 42, 2021 - (11th Oct - 17th Oct)

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ShadowLink93 said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

They did from the beginning, the only reason why it has sold anywhere close to as much as it did is because of the shortages of the base model forcing players to buy a Lite instead, especially during the height of the AC:NH hype.

Yeah that's  my theory as well, the shortages forced people to get the lite out of necessity which may have given Nintendo false confidence in the Lite but history has shown us that the consumer rejects handhelds that cost $200 or more. Nintendo got the message with the 3DS and now they should with the Lite, i think a $150 price point would be far more appealing and win over those reluctant to spend $200.. 

I don't think it hasn't anything to do with the price on it's own - it's just bad value compared to the base model. The latter can do so much more and has a better battery life, making it even superior as a pure handheld than the pure handheld model.