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Will Switch 2017 be ahead of 3DS 2012 for the whole year?

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StarDoor on 15 July 2017
Miyamotoo said:
Good numbers for Switch, but hardly will beat 3DS numbers in 1st year at end, 3DS had huge price cut and Switch still has huge stock problems.

3DS launched in 2011, not 2012. The 3DS was $170 for this whole year.



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Miyamotoo on 15 July 2017
StarDoor said:
Miyamotoo said:
Good numbers for Switch, but hardly will beat 3DS numbers in 1st year at end, 3DS had huge price cut and Switch still has huge stock problems.

3DS launched in 2011, not 2012. The 3DS was $170 for this whole year.

I somehow missed that, but I dont see point comparing second 3DS year with 1st Switch year. In any case 3DS oficaily sold around 15m in 2011. and similar number in 2012. also.



TheBraveGallade on 15 July 2017
Miyamotoo said:
StarDoor said:

3DS launched in 2011, not 2012. The 3DS was $170 for this whole year.

I somehow missed that, but I dont see point comparing second 3DS year with 1st Switch year. In any case 3DS oficaily sold around 15m in 2011. and similar number in 2012. also.

It comes down to whether they have enough switches at october~december.



Lawlight on 15 July 2017

Well, the 3DS peaked in its first year so why not compare it with that?



StarDoor on 15 July 2017
Lawlight said:
Well, the 3DS peaked in its first year so why not compare it with that?

What are you talking about? The 3DS didn't peak in its first year. I looked at the second year because using 2011 would be too easy for the Switch at this point.

Still, I'll humor you.

  3DS 2011 3DS 2011 Cumulative Switch 2017 Switch 2017 Cumulative
Jan        
Feb 374,164 374,164    
Mar 1,377,252 1,751,416 2,460,838 2,460,838
Apr 563,785 2,315,201 1,028,043 3,488,881
May 321,962 2,637,163 625,844 4,114,725
Jun 421,233 3,058,396    
Jul 311,184 3,369,580    
Aug 897,606 4,267,186    
Sep 855,701 5,122,887    
Oct 750,427 5,873,314    
Nov 1,847,746 7,721,060    
Dec 4,761,117 12,482,177    


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Wyrdness on 15 July 2017

It probably can stay ahead because the will no other platform Nintendo is focused on and all mainline first party will be only NS in future, it only comes down to sorting out supply issues.



Wyrdness on 15 July 2017
Miyamotoo said:
StarDoor said:

3DS launched in 2011, not 2012. The 3DS was $170 for this whole year.

I somehow missed that, but I dont see point comparing second 3DS year with 1st Switch year. In any case 3DS oficaily sold around 15m in 2011. and similar number in 2012. also.

Compared to the 3DS' first year Switch is actually almost double the number ahead of 3DS, second year was when the 3DS started to perform much better.



caffeinade on 15 July 2017

Just remember, this happened.



Miyamotoo on 15 July 2017
Wyrdness said:
Miyamotoo said:

I somehow missed that, but I dont see point comparing second 3DS year with 1st Switch year. In any case 3DS oficaily sold around 15m in 2011. and similar number in 2012. also.

Compared to the 3DS' first year Switch is actually almost double the number ahead of 3DS, second year was when the 3DS started to perform much better.

That's just currently, 3DS started with price cut in summer started to sell like crazy. Nintendo oficaly shipped 15m 3DS consoles in 2011.



Wyrdness on 15 July 2017
Miyamotoo said:
Wyrdness said:

Compared to the 3DS' first year Switch is actually almost double the number ahead of 3DS, second year was when the 3DS started to perform much better.

That's just currently, 3DS started with price cut in summer started to sell like crazy. Nintendo oficaly shipped 15m 3DS consoles in 2011.

Even with the price cut the sales are only comparable to the Switch because the Switch has supply issues had the not been any issues Switch would take the lead easily over the first year, it's only in the holiday period where 3DS has extremely high performance but that's a given for that period. This is all because as a product Switch is selling off high consumer appeal and good software output something 3DS didn't really have early on it practically relied on its brand name.