Forums - Sales Discussion - Early Nintendo Switch Sales Predictions

trunkswd on 20 October 2016

Now that Nintendo has unveiled the Nintendo Switch I'm curious to see what you all think how well it will sell at launch/lifetime? I know we still don't know the price and what kind of third party support it will get, so these are just early predictions and guesses.



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Xen on 20 October 2016

25-30mln LTD. Even at that, I am feeling like I am significantly overrating it.



Nautilus on 20 October 2016

100+ million lifetime.Im going to make a thread today to explain myself.



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Darwinianevolution on 20 October 2016

I believe that, if Nintendo manages a good launch and keeps droughts in check, it coud reach 50m units. 60m at best. The bulk of the profits are going to be the software sales.



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trunkswd on 20 October 2016

If it is $300 and has a mainline Pokemon game I see 30m-40m easily. If it gets third party support as good as the PS4 and Xbox One I believe it could sell 50m+. Right now Sony has such a strong foothold (and even Microsoft has turned things around) that I don't see it selling 100m+.

Worst case scenario I see is sales in the 10m-20m range. That is if the price is $400 or more with poor third party support past launch and no mainline Pokemon games.

 

I could be completely wrong though. 



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Lawlight on 20 October 2016

20M. This topic reminds me of the WiiU one where 60M was about the consensus.



trunkswd on 20 October 2016
Lawlight said:
20M. This topic reminds me of the WiiU one where 60M was about the consensus.

These are just early guesses. I expect most of us to be way off. 



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Luke888 on 20 October 2016

I'm going to say 70M lifetime



Captain_Yuri on 20 October 2016

Its impossible without knowing the price. If its $250, 70 million, if its $300, 55 million. Anything higher... RIP. Provided Nintendo doesn't have any other device in the works.



             

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Lawlight on 20 October 2016
trunkswd said:
Lawlight said:
20M. This topic reminds me of the WiiU one where 60M was about the consensus.

These are just early guesses. I expect most of us to be way off. 

Sure but it'll be great for people to explain why they think it'll be that number. Mine is because of the general Nintendo console trend.