| RolStoppable said: 2021 needed a clear win this week, but that didn't happen. So now it requires three 300k+ weeks just to have a chance at topping 2020, but that's completely unrealistic. What is still realistic is a final figure of 5.8m+ for the year. The recent press releases for the European market confirm that Europe has received bigger Switch shipments this year than last year, so it's Japan that suffers a bit when global shipments remain roughly flat during the comparable period. It's not much, but it's enough to decide Japan's 2020 vs. 2021 battle early. So... ...in the bigger picture, ending a year on a supply-constrained note is a positive for the year that follows, because sales get shifted to a later date. While a decline in hardware sales is expected for 2022 due to Switch's age and Japan being the country closest to its saturation point, we could see another 5m+ year for Switch regardless.
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Europe is up in November? well hopefully this continues in December and in North America as well. This is good news and gives me hope that NSW can beat the NDS' 11.89m record Q3, i think there is a chance. NSW already took one of NDS' records when it shipped 6.86m in Q2 last year beating out 6.79m by NDS, could it snatch another? This is positive news and would be a good recovery after the "below par" Q2 hardware sales and would make that 24m fiscal year forecast extremely likely.
