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trunkswd on 06 May 2026
CourageTCD said:

We are maybe a few hours from finally finding out if the Switch will be able to cross the 160 mark. Is it gonna be the end of an era? The end of especulations? I hope not. Not only because I would like the Switch to pass the 160 mark, but also beacuse I like this discussion around it

Unless I am misremembering I think it is more like a day and a bunch of hours. Should be out Friday around 2:30am ET / 7:30am UK. If I remember correctly. 



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XtremeBG on 06 May 2026
CourageTCD said:

We are maybe a few hours from finally finding out if the Switch will be able to cross the 160 mark. Is it gonna be the end of an era? The end of especulations? I hope not. Not only because I would like the Switch to pass the 160 mark, but also beacuse I like this discussion around it

Not necessarily. Nintendo may give just the right number of forecast, so it's still like 50/50 for 160M, and this whole thing to continue for at least one more year, or even more.



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tak13 on 06 May 2026
CourageTCD said:

We are maybe a few hours from finally finding out if the Switch will be able to cross the 160 mark. Is it gonna be the end of an era? The end of especulations? I hope not. Not only because I would like the Switch to pass the 160 mark, but also beacuse I like this discussion around it

3m forecast incoming. 😜

Exactly. 

The fact that Nintendo didn't bother to bundle ns1 with tomodachi life is a bit disheartening. 



CourageTCD on 06 May 2026
trunkswd said:
CourageTCD said:

We are maybe a few hours from finally finding out if the Switch will be able to cross the 160 mark. Is it gonna be the end of an era? The end of especulations? I hope not. Not only because I would like the Switch to pass the 160 mark, but also beacuse I like this discussion around it

Unless I am misremembering I think it is more like a day and a bunch of hours. Should be out Friday around 2:30am ET / 7:30am UK. If I remember correctly. 

Yeah, you right. I thought the sales report would be released on Thursday :P



CourageTCD on 06 May 2026
XtremeBG said:
CourageTCD said:

We are maybe a few hours from finally finding out if the Switch will be able to cross the 160 mark. Is it gonna be the end of an era? The end of especulations? I hope not. Not only because I would like the Switch to pass the 160 mark, but also beacuse I like this discussion around it

Not necessarily. Nintendo may give just the right number of forecast, so it's still like 50/50 for 160M, and this whole thing to continue for at least one more year, or even more.

So, I said that thinking in Nintendo's forecast for the Switch 1 for the next fiscal year. If it is above 2M, we still may hope the Switch passes the 160M



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tak13 on 06 May 2026
CourageTCD said:
trunkswd said:

Unless I am misremembering I think it is more like a day and a bunch of hours. Should be out Friday around 2:30am ET / 7:30am UK. If I remember correctly. 

Yeah, you right. I thought the sales report would be released on Thursday :P

Few hours left, regardless. 

Japan time is 6 - 7 hours ahead compared to South Europe. 

@trunkswd

Maybe they report after the Japanese stock market shuts down.

Here in Greece that happens in midday for example. 14:00-15:00m.

Shocked, the time zone we use is called ET.

Highly likely you're right then, trunks.

By the way isn't uk two hours behind ET? 

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XtremeBG on 06 May 2026
tak13 said:

Here in Greece that happens in midday for example. 14:00-15:00m.

Greece ? Hello from Bulgaria, we are close.

Just so I am not off topic, yeah, in the past, it's around 15:00 - 16:00 here in Bulgaria, when those data go live.

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Ashadelo on 06 May 2026

Isn't it in on the 8th? Its only 9:20am here in Guangzhou. Still have over 24 hours I think



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trunkswd on 06 May 2026
tak13 said:
CourageTCD said:

Yeah, you right. I thought the sales report would be released on Thursday :P

Few hours left, regardless. 

Japan time is 6 - 7 hours ahead compared to South Europe. 

@trunkswd

Maybe they report after the Japanese stock market shuts down.

Here in Greece that happens in midday for example. 14:00-15:00m.

Shocked, the time zone we use is called ET.

Highly likely you're right then, trunks.

By the way isn't uk two hours behind ET? 

Ah ET meaning Eastern Time in the USA, which is the timezone I live in. That is 5 hours behind UK. 



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trunkswd on 06 May 2026
Ashadelo said:

Isn't it in on the 8th? Its only 9:20am here in Guangzhou. Still have over 24 hours I think

Correct. Officially comes out Friday, May 8 in Japan. It usually comes out 3:30pm Japan time, which is 2:30am for me. I will try to stay awake late to write up the article, but no promises. 

Nintendo's investors page: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/index.html

A bit off topic, but Sony also releases their report the same day. But at 12:00pm Japan time, which is 11pm for me. I'll at least be up to report on that data and hopefully get any adjustments done if they are needed.



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