US Sales: November 2025 (Circana)

[Lucas-Rio]

Kyuu said:

Lucas-Rio said:

Mario Kart is bundled because Nintendo knwo that the price is a problem, it's an attempt to soften the blow.

The thing is that Mario Kart World has not hit like it was supposed to. From what I have read people were underwelmed by the overworld and worst, hated the structure of the GP cup online which is a deal breaker.

That will be the first Mario Kart I don't buy since the GBA one even when I will get the Switch 2. Nintendo missed the mark with this open world move. It won't reach Mario Kart  8 status.

The Mario Kart bundle only softens the blow for those interested in the game. For everyone else, the bundle is a €40 tax. It's a barrier.

Prices being a concern is fair. But People were concerned about Switch 1 and PS5 prices as well, and both of them overperformed. Switch 1 easily outsold the generally cheaper PS4. I don't necessarily expect Switch 2 to repeat that against PS5, but it's too early to say the console is overpriced.

The console is also sold without Mario Kart , for a smaller price than the bundle, so the option exist, and is more interesting if you are not interested in Mario Kart.

Switch 1 was more expansive than anticipated, but much less than the Switch 2. Without even talking about the software prices. Nintendo sent games like Kirby to die with that pricing. I don't know if Nintendo Japan expected it to flop compltely in the West and just greelighted the game to please Sakurai or if they thought that this game had potential. If they thought that, they misread the room and Nintendo US + Europe knew the game was going to bomb and did not bother spending money to market it.

So far, smaller switch 2 games are not selling well , and the HW number is showing a big slow down in the biggest quarter of the year. Nintendo will need to adress that.

It's a green light in Japan, but orange light in the US and the it's becoming a little red in Europe.