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Kyuu 2 days ago
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firebush03 said:
Kyuu said:

Playststion home consoles are more consistent sellers so "doom" sentiments will naturally not be as common as on Nintendo's consoles, which fluctuate a lot more gen on gen. Again, even Nintendo's own fanbase are infamous doom posters. Your comparison is moot.

Outside Japan, Switch 2's sales are declining against Switch 1 (months aligned). It had weaker first November and December than Switch despite the better deals (relative to base price) and Switch brand being far more recognisable today than it was in 2017. No, this is NOT a "doom post", because:

(1.) You are wrong, again. I can pull up the specific figures later today: Switch 2 has sold consistently better than Switch 1 outside of JP and, yes, outside of launch as well. Off the top of my head, Switch 2 actually performed worse in JP than Switch 1 during December, yet was only down 0.3mil WW… which still equates to 3.8mil in that single month. And this doesn’t account for the supply bottleneck of Switch 1 bursting in December, and Switch 2’s far stronger October (thanks to Pokémon) and comparably strong November.

(2.) Doesn’t matter if the deals were better compared to the base price if the cost adjusted for inflation is 30% higher (especially not in an economy where real wages continue to drop).

1. Switch 2 sold 3.45 millon in December (including 1.08 million from Japan)

Switch 1 sold 4.28 million (920k from Japan).

2. It matters because consoles cost more to manufacture and Nintendo's profit margins on hardware will most likely be lower this generation despite the higher pricetag. If they can't reduce prices, or instead prices go up, they may not be able to come close to Switch 1 sales in the long run. This sentiment isn't "doom".