3DS 2012

January-507k
February-313k
March-420k
April-295k
May-239k
June-361k
July-375k
August-410k
Sepember-341k
October-265k
November-612k
December-1358k

No offense but it sometimes seems like you'll agree with anybody who casts the Switch in an unfavourable light.

Yeah, in Asia, many people use it as handheld, not just JP. NS Lite, huh? In 2020? Maybe, but NS XL come out first is also possible

Facts that you keep ignoring:

-Like people already stated, 3DS performance in Japan and West are totally different. 3DS become 3rd best selling system ever in Japan, while in US and Europe probably its not even in top 10 best selling systems, 3DS sold similar number in US and Japan, and that tells a lot because every previous Nintendo system sold much more in US compared to Japan.

-Price point is disadvantage when you comparing much lower price point especially with platform that had huge price cut only 6 months after launch with system that still has launch price. Again, why Switch still has launch price point, why Nintendo didnt gave Switch also price cut yet? Simple because Switch has very good sales in Japan also and Nintendo is making huge profit with it in any case, and that wasn't case with 3DS.

Talking about West, Switch actualy like previous Nintendo systems selling much better in West compared to Japan, 3DS is not rule it is actually only Nintendo system that has similar sales in Nintendo historicaly easily biggest market (US) and in Japan (that was always much smaller market than US for Nintendo).

So your agenda that somehow Switch has problem in Japan because 3rd best selling ever system in Japan is selling better in same time period and system that had huge price cut only 6 months after launch, selling better in some time than Switch that still has launch price point, is totally wrong.

You said more than enough but nothing new from you, you agree with anyone who saying something negative about Nintendo or Switch regardless how weak their arguments or despite they dont have nothing to support their claims.

You do realize that last year Splatoon 2 was released and supply issues were much weaker in Japan than in the West due to Nintendo cashing in on Japan's Splatoon craze? Add to this that Summer was pretty bare this year, thus not having had much to boost the sales.

Believe me, the only problem the Switch had was a lack of games during Summer which was pretty packed last year. The fact that the Switch only barely fell behind last year despite Splatoon 2 shows that the baseline is becoming high enough to compete with 2017 sales (meaning selling 3M+) without many sales spikes. Add to this that next year won't be anywhere as bare as this year with high profile titles both from Nintendo and big publishers like NSMBUDx, YW4, Yoshi, Fire Emblem, Team Sonic Racing, Crash Team racing, Sword Art Online, Mortal Kombat 11, a flurry of Final Fantasy and Resident Evil games, Daemon X Machina, Luigi's Mansion 3 and of course both Pokemon and Animal Crossing, 2019 is already packed full of games for the Switch in Japan.

I said before that I don't think Switch next year will beat 3DS 2013 in Japan. However, I believe Switch won't be far off the mark imo. According to VGChartz, 3DS sold 5M in Japan in 2013, and I believe the Switch will achieve 4.5M next year, which is much more than the console did this or last year. In 2014, 3DS however sold only 3M anymore due to having spent most of it's pricecutting potential early on. While Switch might sell less than 2019 (We'll have to see what happens until then I guess), I firmly believe it will sell more than those 3M of the 3DS, and also outsell the old handheld each following year, and total sales should end up in a similar ballpark

Before: around 25k Weekly, even being beaten regularly by the PSP, and both the aging Wii and PS3 took some potshots.

After: Around 55k Weekly, alone in front by a wide margin

And the first 4 weeks after the cut were between 50k and 150k, slowly normalizing around the aforementioned 50k

Something related to current topic

Price really matters, its one of the main reasons why Switch isn't selling at the level of the NDS/3DS, yet at its price is doing much better than other systems did

Switch will likely sell over 1m units on dec which would make it the biggest holiday month for an expensive system pic.twitter.com/YUAiwZOhA1

— Game Data Library (@GameDataLibrary) December 27, 2018

People need to realise that despite Switch has handheld hardware and people look in Japan on Switch mostly like handheld, Switch and Switch games have price point of home consoles not of handhelds and definitely effects on sales on market like Japan where people look at Switch like handheld.

and still one week left for the switch, it will easily top 1M

No offence taken 

I know the guys are bothering you, but I just want to say I agree with you wholeheartedly. It's 4 AM so I have no time to say anymore at the moment.