Japan Sales- Switch Year 1 vs 3DS and Wii U

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Jranation on 21 June 2017

1 million is sooo close!

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Next week we break the million :)

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TheBraveGallade on 21 June 2017

Can anyone tell me when switch sales overtook xbone lifetime in japan? Cause I missed it.

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Bofferbrauer2 on 21 June 2017

TheBraveGallade said:
Can anyone tell me when switch sales overtook xbone lifetime in japan? Cause I missed it.

Launch week

Seriously, the XBO has only sold slightly over 70k total in Japan. I think even the 360's launch week was bigger then XBO combined sales

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Bofferbrauer2 on 21 June 2017

uran10 said:
Updated, Switch is less than 100k behind 3DS launches behind now

Unless the sales stay at the level of last week, it will drop to over 100k again next week

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kopstudent89 on 21 June 2017

To note, the 3DS gets a pricecut sometime in the summer in the same time frame (I remember August). That's when things will get interesting. Switch is doing great so far but I'm not sure it will get to the heights of the 3DS during its first 3 years.

Note first year 3DS it sold 4.3 million with almost 1.6 million units sold in December that year after 3D Land, MK7 and MH hit in the holidays. If the Switch can sell 3 million I think it does an excellent job.

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VideoGameAccountant on 25 June 2017

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Disappointed in Nintendo. I get that it's not easy to calculate stock ... but 20ks only for Japan? For almost a month now? Really?

Do they ever have meetings beforehand where they discuss what to do if a product is more successful than their internal tracking indicates? Because it just seems like they are completely caught with their pants down every time this happens without any kind of back up plan.

I think the reason is A)Holding stock for Splatoon and B)Competing for flash memory with other manufacturers. I do agree Nintendo has an issue with Supply Chain Management. They had similar issues with amiibo and the NES Classic. It's something they do need to get a hold off.