| XtremeBG said: Exactly because a successor releasing sales will drop big time. Also keep in mind, that without the holiday Switch was at 1.7M this year, while last year till they were at 3M, this is almost double drop. |
(i) "Exactly because a successor releasing sales will drop big time." This depends on whether Nintendo continues to support NSW. I've begun to learn that systems tend to flatline once their successor releases not entirely b/c lack of consumer interest, but also b/c the producer behind the system cuts/slashes production so as to ensure the new system doesn't face the challenge of an overpowering predecessor. Happened with PS2 & PS3 once PS4 launched, happened again with PS4 when PS5 launched. This is entirely in Nintendo's hands, and I'm very unsure as to whether they choose to continue NSW support...anything can happen.
(ii) "Also keep in mind, that without the holiday Switch was at 1.7M this year, while last year till they were at 3M, this is almost double drop." NSW in USA was at 3.18mil year-to-date by the end of November 2023 (excluding Black Friday week). NSW is at 2.26mil year-to-date by the end of November 2024 (excluding Black Friday week). That's 28.9% drop YoY for NSW in USA. Nowhere near your ~45% drop claim. The reason for excluding Black Friday, just to explain myself, is b/c Black Friday was not included in the November 2024 US figures. Also worth noting is that NSW will likely see less than a 28.9% drop overall since NSW'23 gained most of it's lead during TotK. NSW during November 2024 was actly up YoY (in NA and maybe even USA), so I don't foresee anything worse than maybe 25% YoY drop in US comparing 2023 to 2024.
...and yes, I did sit down with a calculator and run through 22 different VGChartz articles adding up all the US figures for NSW.
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