bonzobanana said:
I certainly don't think its bombed in Europe but those figures don't look impressive for Europe compared to other regions. The current 4th October week sales shows the Switch 2 only at about 40% of the sales of PS5 in Europe where as in the US and Japan it is significantly ahead. Europe has 750 million people compared to about 120 million in Japan and yet according to your figures they will be broadly the same figure. The price of the Switch 2 is about 50% more in the UK than Japan, £250 in Japan and £370 in the UK. I'm still seeing loads of Switch 2 stock about in the UK. Its no surprise to me that the Switch 2 is selling so well in Japan but much weaker in Europe. For some reason Nintendo seems happy to accept much lower sales in Europe with much higher pricing. I really can't see Switch 2 matching Switch 1 sales if they are willing to sacrifice the European market. As ever though this is the shipped amount of Switch 2 consoles and maybe they have increased production due to expected demand or perhaps they have just achieved a higher production figure and want to saturate retailers with stock to make sure they have high Christmas sales. I love video gaming but for some reason I'm also interested in how different consoles perform sales wise. So its going to be really interesting how it all plays out over the next 2 months. However possibly the more interesting news is going to be the collapse of Xbox sales, this is likely to give PS5 a huge boost in sales. That's me assuming the sort of people that would have considered getting a Xbox Series X will now go across to PS5 what with Microsoft now supporting the PS5 and broadly similar performance and software libraries. So I feel Europe will be the most interesting market to watch as there is more to play for really. You could say the US and Japan is a dead cert for a Switch 2 victory but it certainly doesn't feel that way at all in Europe. Switch 2 seems to have lost a huge amount of momentum but perhaps that will all change in the run up to Christmas. |
I mean when it comes to Europe, keep in mind that PS4 outsold Switch 1 in Europe, so its very likely that even if Switch 2 outsells PS5 in global sales that in Europe PS5 lifetime sales will be higher than Switch 2. PS is just more popular than Nintendo in Europe. I think France are one of the few European markets where Nintendo is more competitive with Playstation.
Other than that is seems you are letting your personal views cloud your judgement, Nintendo increased their sales forecast from 15M to 19M this fiscal year, meaning from the sales info they have, contrary to Switch 2 losing momentum it seems momentum is increasing. And if Nintendo ships 19-20M units in less than 1 year on the market as they currently forecast then its impossible to continue to spin any narrative of Switch 2 not being a very in demand system, even if it may be weaker in certain regions like Europe. But its global sales that is most relevant metric after all.
