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Captain_Yuri said:

I am on the fence as ebgames allows me to trade in my regular switch and buy a switch OLED for $170 (regular price is $450). But I am struggling to find a compelling reason to upgrade. Yea OLED and other minor improvements but it just feels so underwhelming. We will see though.

Think how good your porn games will look on it. ;)



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Dulfite said:
zorg1000 said:

Define "has been losing a lot of momentum the second half of this year"

They literally announced the OLED model in the first week of H2, 3 months before release, of course that would impact sales over the summer.

It's only down ~9% YoY with last year still high on the Animal Crossing+Covid boost. It's up ~60% compared to 2019 and ~100% compared to 2018.

Being slightly behind one of the greatest years in history is not "losing a lot of momentum".

It is for those that had the ridiculous notion that Switch 2021 fiscal year would make Switch 2020 fiscal year dwarfed. People that were expecting 30-35 mil+ for the fiscal year lol. Also, I think the OLED caused a slight dip, but I suspect most of it is the fact that it is an old system now and the market is aware of it. I suspect a very front-loaded OLED buy-in from the market, followed by a siginificant drop-off in the OLED's popularity compared to the base Switch. I think, in the end, Switch 1 would have sold 110-120 million without the OLED and they will do the same with OLED, hopefully followed by Switch 2's launch in 2023, a full 6 years after Switch 1 and a normal life cycle.

I'm not sure where you saw those predictions, in this thread the consensus was flat or slight increase/decrease.

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/244309/your-sales-expectations-for-2021/1/

19 predictions

23-30m, 18

Over 30m, 1

Average-26.2m

Last edited by zorg1000 - on 10 October 2021

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Dulfite said:
zorg1000 said:

Define "has been losing a lot of momentum the second half of this year"

They literally announced the OLED model in the first week of H2, 3 months before release, of course that would impact sales over the summer.

It's only down ~9% YoY with last year still high on the Animal Crossing+Covid boost. It's up ~60% compared to 2019 and ~100% compared to 2018.

Being slightly behind one of the greatest years in history is not "losing a lot of momentum".

It is for those that had the ridiculous notion that Switch 2021 fiscal year would make Switch 2020 fiscal year dwarfed. People that were expecting 30-35 mil+ for the fiscal year lol. Also, I think the OLED caused a slight dip, but I suspect most of it is the fact that it is an old system now and the market is aware of it. I suspect a very front-loaded OLED buy-in from the market, followed by a siginificant drop-off in the OLED's popularity compared to the base Switch. I think, in the end, Switch 1 would have sold 110-120 million without the OLED and they will do the same with OLED, hopefully followed by Switch 2's launch in 2023, a full 6 years after Switch 1 and a normal life cycle.

Zorg beat me to it but I was gonna so, how many people actually predicted that? The overwhelming majority seem to have expected a 24-27 million year.



It will only be about $300 if I trade in my current Switch. Honestly don't see the point considering I have never played it in handheld mode.

If there was a performance improvement of any kind, I would have jumped on it.



--::{PC Gaming Master Race}::--

I usually play in TV mode, have enough free space on my SD card and have an USB-Ethernet converter since day 1. So nope. There's no need for me to buy the OLED model.



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Question for the people that got it (or have more than one switch) is it possible to get all your previous data from your old switch to your new switch?

If i get the oled switch, will i be able to transfer all of my downloads ?



Maynard_Tool said:

Question for the people that got it (or have more than one switch) is it possible to get all your previous data from your old switch to your new switch?

If i get the oled switch, will i be able to transfer all of my downloads ?

Absolutely! You transfer your photos with an SD card, your saves transfer when you sign your name in your new Switch, but you will have to redownload all of your software. 

if you have an Animal Crossing island you’ll need to use the island transfer tool. And it’s also important that if you use other accounts on your Switch that you want to keep save files for that you setup another Nintendo account for them. You’ll need to use a different email address. 



super_etecoon said:
Maynard_Tool said:

Question for the people that got it (or have more than one switch) is it possible to get all your previous data from your old switch to your new switch?

If i get the oled switch, will i be able to transfer all of my downloads ?

Absolutely! You transfer your photos with an SD card, your saves transfer when you sign your name in your new Switch, but you will have to redownload all of your software. 

if you have an Animal Crossing island you’ll need to use the island transfer tool. And it’s also important that if you use other accounts on your Switch that you want to keep save files for that you setup another Nintendo account for them. You’ll need to use a different email address. 

I am mainly interested on my games. Smash bros, hades, etc etc downloaded games. Thats all i needed. Now i just need to find a oled switch.

thanks for the info. I will be getting one for sure



The display feels like it's a new system in some respects, it totally takes a shit on the old display, OLED is just way better technology which creates much more vibrant visuals.

And the bezel less design plus the sharp looking white joycons scream "Super Switch!". That's the good part. The downside is you realize just how shitty some games look and how dated the chip is at the same time. So it's kind of like this conflicting feeling you get. 

It would have been nice to have even just a 3DS XL type upgrade of the chip, something that at least allowed all games to run a stable 720p/30 fps locked undocked because the games that dip below 720p really are noticeable. So I mean if you have money to burn and play a lot undocked, I would bite, but if you need to be cost conscious and/or don't play a lot undocked I would wait for whatever model comes after this.

The Tegra X1 has served Nintendo well, but it's getting really long in the tooth and you feel it, this is a display that deserves a better chip under the hood, the day Nintendo moves on from this range of tech will be a good day for Nintendo gamers. Because this level screen with a 3x-5x jump in horse power is going to be so good together. By far the best display in a Nintendo portable device by light years. It leaves you wanting more ultimately, which I'm not sure is the feeling you want after spending $350. 

Last edited by Soundwave - on 11 October 2021

It's 50% more expensive here than the base model, I don't know what happened there. Isn't the difference just 50 dollars in the US?