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trunkswd 13 hours ago
Chrkeller said:
CourageTCD said:

Didn't the Switch sell under 10k last week in Japan?

Sold just a hair under 9k last week.  Around 10k the week before.  The Switch, unless I am missing something, isn't remotely near 27k a week in Japan.  The Switch has cooled off fast and hard, hitting 160 million is going to take a miracle.  

It sold 26,481 for the week ending Feb 15, so at least for one week sales have picked back up.



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Chrkeller 13 hours ago
trunkswd said:
Chrkeller said:

Sold just a hair under 9k last week.  Around 10k the week before.  The Switch, unless I am missing something, isn't remotely near 27k a week in Japan.  The Switch has cooled off fast and hard, hitting 160 million is going to take a miracle.  

It sold 26,481 for the week ending Feb 15, so at least for one week sales have picked back up.

I am confused.  

Where is the 26k coming from?  



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trunkswd 13 hours ago
Chrkeller said:
trunkswd said:

It sold 26,481 for the week ending Feb 15, so at least for one week sales have picked back up.

I am confused.  

Where is the 26k coming from?  

That is for the previous week. The week ending February 8.



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Chrkeller 13 hours ago
trunkswd said:
Chrkeller said:

I am confused.  

Where is the 26k coming from?  

That is for the previous week. The week ending February 8.

Gotcha, I hadn't seen the new data.  It will be curious if the 26k holds, I doubt it.  



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CourageTCD 12 hours ago

26k is holiday level of sold units. Impressive! I hope the Switch managet to hold on to this level of number for a while



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FlashmanHarry 11 hours ago

Supposedly the Switch Oled was supply constrained for the previous 2 weeks which seems crazy to me considering it's age. It'll be very interesting to see where the Switch settles this year in Japan.



firebush03 10 hours ago
FlashmanHarry said:

Supposedly the Switch Oled was supply constrained for the previous 2 weeks which seems crazy to me considering it's age. It'll be very interesting to see where the Switch settles this year in Japan.

The supply constraint was likely a consequence of Nintendo not loading up on supply— a common practice with systems as they enter the very end of their lifecycles (you can’t have 1 million Switch OLEDs in supply warehouses when your looking at under 10 million WW LTD sales, for instance).

If you recall, this is actually why PS4/XBO sales flatlined midway through 2020, i.e. COVID sent demand well beyond what supply was capable of.