Will Switch outsell DS? PS2? Or Neither? (March 2024 Update Poll)

[XtremeBG]

CheddarPlease said:

The only major drop during the holiday this year was the US in December thanks to a lack of deals. Japan sales were up during this holiday quarter, Europe sales were also basically flat (-15% for the year despite being down significantly more during the non-holiday months), and even the US was flat or up during November due to Black Friday promotions. Even accounting for holiday overshipping last year (Nintendo should have shipped about 6.3m instead of 6.9m), this holiday's strong holds means that Switch shipments should come over 5.5m minimum unless Nintendo undershipped, probably close to 6m.

November + December:

WW: 4.4M from 5.3M (2023)

US: 1.4M from 1.87M (2023)

EU: 1.47M from 1.65M (2023)

JP: 750k from 730k (2023)

The " others " region is down as well, but it's more calculations to get the data.

So, the drop is everywhere even in the holidays, excluding Japan. It isn't as big as expected and as it was through out the year, but it's there. It's not flat, it's down. Also keep in mind that the last week that is added to all regions is actually more of a 2025 week since it cover only 30 and 31st of December. Without it Japan would probably be flat or slightly behind, and all other regions will be further behind alongside the worldwide data.

Last edited by XtremeBG - on 24 January 2025