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Forums - Sales Discussion - The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch

CourageTCD 10 hours ago
Shtinamin_ said:
CourageTCD said:

Do you think the economic situation during Trump's administration will hinder Switch's chances of passing the PS2? If prices of things go up, people won't be willing to spend their money on trivial things such as video games, they will prioritize basic and essential stuffs. On the other hand, we could have a scenario where the videogame market would be impacted only on higher costing products, such as the upcoming Switch 2. In this case, cheaper products like the Switch 1 would benefit from this

Nintendo doesn’t price increase their consoles. Especially their old consoles. They aren’t Sony.

If anything Switch 2 could get the impact of it. But it’ll still be cheaper than the competitors.

I meant people saving their money to buy more important things than video games, not Nintendo increasing their consoles' price 



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CourageTCD 10 hours ago
Terramlea said:

Yes but ps3 was on another level of absurd, kinda ps5 pro style. Switch 2 won't release above ps5 digital price, that's almost sure.

Plus, it won't impact europe and japan sales.

Yep, you're right about Europe and Japan. But I do think that the Switch must not fall apart in any of the 3 major video game market if it wants a chance to pass PS2's record



Shtinamin_ 59 minutes ago
CourageTCD said:
Shtinamin_ said:

Nintendo doesn’t price increase their consoles. Especially their old consoles. They aren’t Sony.

If anything Switch 2 could get the impact of it. But it’ll still be cheaper than the competitors.

I meant people saving their money to buy more important things than video games, not Nintendo increasing their consoles' price 

I don’t think that the economy will cause the Switch to have a quick death. We saw that even through the first Trump presidency and Biden’s presidency the Switch sold well.

The economy can cause people to not buy things but family buy them for their children as a way to have fun. Fun is a priority (not the highest) in a family. And the older generations if they hadn’t already bought a Switch now they most likely won’t buy one until it’s death. Everything hinges on Switch appealing to the younger families and “big” families. 

If Nintendo wants they could lower the price of the Switch for its first official time once the Switch 2 launches as a way to appeal to the poorer 3rd world countries which put fun on the back burner of priorities.



Lifetime Sales Predictions 

Switch: 160 million (was 120 million, then 140 million, then 150 million)

PS5: 130 million (was 124 million)

Xbox Series X/S: 54 million (was 60 million, then 57 million)

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