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Barkley on 31 January 2018
Paatar said:

many credible reporters, like Zhuge, are also saying it’s sold through. Not shipped. 

Link? I feel like you're bullshitting.



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Paatar on 31 January 2018
Barkley said:
Paatar said:
This is sold through.
It is stated that.
Not only that, they upped their projections for 31st March from 15m to 17.76m. They wouldn’t do that if they had only sold 12.17m.

You all saying “it’s always been shipped”
So? They can’t change that? Lol

So they plan on shipping 2.9m units from December 31st to March 31st... what's the issue? Sold through has been adjusted on VGC to 13.8m.

Yet again this number (14.86m) is shipped, and no they wouldn't just change that without stating so.

The issue is that if they had sold 12.17 as of Dec 31st, which is what everyone is saying, that would mean they plan to ship up to 17.76m consoles as of March 31st? No. They can't be expecting to even sell 2m in that time frame considering the releases. Whereas upping the shipments to 17.76m from 15m, with sales being at 14.86m, having a little under 2m consoles is feasible for this time. 



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fedfed on 31 January 2018

great Just great



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Barkley on 31 January 2018
Paatar said:

The issue is that if they had sold 12.17 as of Dec 31st

Errr... I may be mistaken but I'm pretty sure the 12.17m is shipments from April 1st to December 31st. Add in the Launch shipments (March) brings the total to 14.86m shipped.

Not seen anyone saying 12.17m is the total as of December 31st.



Paatar on 31 January 2018
Barkley said:
Paatar said:

many credible reporters, like Zhuge, are also saying it’s sold through. Not shipped. 

Link? I feel like you're bullshitting.

 

He is making a joke for the sake of this  tweet, but Zhuge is known to correct people in these types of debates. The article says it has outsold, Zhuge didn't correct it as he would've if it had been shipped. 

 



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fedfed on 31 January 2018

Well north american and Japan shipped = sold

there is such a shortage there. Europe less so!



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Barkley on 31 January 2018
Paatar said:
Barkley said:

Link? I feel like you're bullshitting.

https:/twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/95875650819129344

He is making a joke for the sake of this  tweet, but Zhuge is known to correct people in these types of debates. The article says it has outsold, Zhuge didn't correct it as he would've if it had been shipped. 

 

Sold means shipped unless specified as "sold-through" or "sold to consumers" so no Zhuge hasn't said it is sold to consumers. Though sold to consumers is above WiiU Lifetime also.



StarDoor on 31 January 2018
Paatar said:
Barkley said:

So they plan on shipping 2.9m units from December 31st to March 31st... what's the issue? Sold through has been adjusted on VGC to 13.8m.

Yet again this number (14.86m) is shipped, and no they wouldn't just change that without stating so.

The issue is that if they had sold 12.17 as of Dec 31st, which is what everyone is saying, that would mean they plan to ship up to 17.76m consoles as of March 31st? No. They can't be expecting to even sell 2m in that time frame considering the releases. Whereas upping the shipments to 17.76m from 15m, with sales being at 14.86m, having a little under 2m consoles is feasible for this time. 

Every number we're dealing with is a shipment number.

12.17 million is the number of Switch units that have been shipped so far in the fiscal year ending in March 2018: FY3/2018.

17.74 million is what Nintendo wants Switch's total lifetime shipment number to be at the end of March 2018. This is because they want to ship 15 million units total during FY3/2018. They already shipped 2.74 million units in FY3/2017. Add those together, and you get 17.74 million.

In order to meet their forecast, Nintendo needs to ship 2.88 million units in the January-March quarter of 2018. This is completely attainable, considering how they were able to ship 2.93 million during the July-September quarter of 2017.

Look at this chart for reference:

Switch Shipments Quarter Shipments LT Shipments Cumulative FY shipments                   
Q4 FY3/2017 (end Mar 31st, 2017) 2.74M 2.74M 2.74M
Q1 FY3/2018 (end Jun 30th, 2017) 1.96M 4.70M 1.96M
Q2 FY3/2018 (end Sep 30th, 2017) 2.93M 7.63M 4.89M
Q3 FY3/2018 (end Dec 31st, 2017) 7.24M 14.86M 12.13M
Q4 FY3/2018 (end Mar 31st, 2018) 2.88M 17.74M 15.00M
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Conina on 31 January 2018
trent44 said:

I just noticed that worldwide, Nintendo Switch is the fasting selling console, ever.

Just to have some perspective (all of these numbers are worldwide sales to retailers):


The Nintendo Switch Sold 14.86 million Consoles in 303 days

Source: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2018/180131e.pdf#page=8


The Wii Sold 13.17 million Consoles in 315 days

The PS4 Sold 13.5 Million Consoles in 364 days

The DS Sold 14.43 million consoles in 405 days

The PS2 sold 14.95 million consoles in 483 days

You forgot the 3DS, it sold 15.03 million consoles in 308 days.

  • 15.03 million / 308 days = 4880 consoles per day on average
  • 14.86 million / 303 days = 4904 consoles per day on average

Very close so far, and the Switch had the advantage of the global launch.



Barkley on 31 January 2018
Conina said:
trent44 said: 


The Nintendo Switch Sold 14.86 million Consoles in 303 days

The Wii Sold 13.17 million Consoles in 315 days

The PS4 Sold 13.5 Million Consoles in 364 days

The DS Sold 14.43 million consoles in 405 days

The PS2 sold 14.95 million consoles in 483 days

You forgot the 3DS, it sold 15.03 million consoles in 308 days.

  • 15.03 million / 308 days = 4880 consoles per day on average
  • 14.86 million / 303 days = 4904 consoles per day on average

Very close so far, and the Switch had the advantage of the global launch.

It's weird to see the 3ds pretty much identical to the Switch in terms of sales at this point, when we look back and don't think of it as being a very impressive selling machine.