Nintendo Quarterly Sales Update: Switch at 139.36m shipped

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curl-6 said:

RolStoppable said:

Certainly possible to have a steeper decline if Nintendo does nothing more than release their B-titles this year, because the holiday quarter would contribute negatively in a big way in that case. But last year we've gone through the same things repeatedly and then Nintendo ended up doing something, hence why this fiscal year turned out better than most people believed when the original forecast of 15m was announced.

Wouldn't it be more likely that this year's big holiday games will be for Switch 2 rather than the current system? With the exception of Pokémon, Nintendo's typically don't bring A-titles to their hardware in the final stages of its life, preferring instead to focus on the new system.

3DS for instance for support in 2017-2019 but aside from Ultra Sun/Moon it was all B-titles.

Also, 3DS could coexist with Switch cos it was much cheaper; unless Switch 2 is like $500 which would be a serious problem in itself, $400 for instance would be too close in price to the $300-$350 hybrid models of the Switch for coexistence, and companies these days seem to have little appetite for price cuts, as evidenced by the Switch itself still being at launch price 7 years later.

If the successor is to be released this year then yes. Nintendo will put all their effort into the successor for the holiday. At least 2 AAA games worth of effort.

If the successor is released in Spring 2025, the no, Nintendo has at least 1 more AAA left (apart from Metroid Prime 4).

Either way, I believe that once the successor is released the Switch will receive price drops:

1. To make room for store shelving of the successor
2. Be a family friendly cheap entrance to build a relation with Nintendo
3. Diminished consoles sales in which the projected hardware or software goals cannot be met

Many small indie developers will release games on the Switch for another 5 years guaranteed, but very few will be released by Nintendo, in fact I think Nintendo stated that after March 31 2025 they wont be putting any Nintendo published games on the Switch. Is that right?