| bonzobanana said: Here in Europe sales don't look great compared to US and Japan. Remember Europe is 750m people, well over twice that of the USA and over 6x as many people as Japan. French numbers look awful. I expect the Switch 2 sales to reduce quite badly when they introduce their necessary price increases but that won't be just the Switch 2 it will effect all electronic devices like tablets, PCs, playstation, xbox, smartphones too I expect although not seen that mentioned anywhere for some reason. Analysts know Nintendo are in for a rough time which is why their share value has dropped. Xbox and Playstation have existing userbases already and Nintendo has too with the Switch 1 so I expect a lot more focus to go back on Switch 1, maybe get a few more Switch 1 games that we weren't expecting. If a little more focus and marketing goes back onto Switch 1 because its their only console capable of being sold at a mass market price then that will reduce Switch 2 sales. |
That comparison don't make much sense, true, Europe has a much bigger population than Japan. But historically Nintendo consoles have many times sold comparable in Japan compared to Europe, that happened for the 3DS and Switch 1 for example. Nintendo is much more popular in Japan, and faces less competition from other players which means on a population size basis, Nintendo sales in Japan will always crush its sales in Europe.
Based on history, Switch 2 lifetime sales in Japan should be comparable to its lifetime sales in Europe. Switch 2 sales in Japan could even surpass the European sales like happened for the 3DS. You also don't take into account that like 90 % of Nintendo's European sales come from UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, ie bigger western countries, they sell almost nothing in eastern Europe.
PC gaming and PS is bigger than Nintendo in Europe, it would be delusional to think that doesn't lower sales potential for Nintendo consoles there, that is just a fact.
