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javi741 on 13 November 2022
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RolStoppable said:
javi741 said:

Tbh I always had a feeling that Nintendo wasn't gonna reach their forecast of 21 million, a drop off from 23M to 21M seemed to little for a console now approaching its 6th year on the market.

I keep hearing the reason as being "semiconductor shortages" as the reason for falling Switch sales but in reality we gotta accept guys that the Switch is approaching its 6th year and is beginning to reach saturation, I dont know if we or Nintendo could keep using that semiconductor shortage excuse anymore.
I think after this holiday season would be a good time for the Switch to recieve its first price cut to maintain demand.

Software sales are still impressive and up, and surprisingly even their profits are up too. And Nintendo is a few weeks away from making the Switch their console with the most sold software in history and reaching 1 billion in console sales which is a first for a Nintendo console, an accomplishment only done by the PS2,PS4, and Xbox 360.

Splatoon 3 surprised me selling nearly 8M in around 3 weeks, most of it from Japan which is amazing how big the game is over there.

I'm a little surprised Mario Strikers fell off as fast as it did, I understand that Mario Sports games don't sell like crazy but I expected people to be more into a fast paced Mario soccer game with online, especially in Europe where soccer games are big over there, and it being on the Switch. However, I have a feeling that the negative press surrounding the game may have turned potential new consumers off, and its a shame cause I think the gameplay itself is amazing but Nintendo killed this games potential.

Nintendo states component shortages in their financial report, so that has to be the case, unless someone wants to accuse Nintendo of the no-go of explicitly lying in a financial statement.

The expectation that Mario Strikers should sell big in Europe is misguided. People want the actual football stars with their original names, so licensed sports games are much like licensed movie games, meaning they both reach people who don't care about video games otherwise. Battle League Football is on pace to become the best-selling Mario Sports game regardless, it has been available for only one quarter.

While I dont think Nintendo is lying about dealing with semiconductor shortages, I believe its still overall getting exaggerated by Nintendo since they've been making the same semiconductor excuse since 2021 and sales have only gone down since which doesn't make much sense since semiconductor shortages overall have been improving going into 2022 for most of the tech industry. I'm sure semiconductor shortages have limited sales somewhat this past quarter especially in the ROTW areas, but its far from the main reason why Switch sales been dropping this significantly, here in North America the Switch been readily available for nearly a year now, which is Nintendo's biggest market. I'm not too sure about Europe and Japan but it seems like the vast majority of the regions where the Switch is available most people can get one with little to no hassle, as really it seems like the only ROTW is struggling with shortages.