I can see this 2024.
Filling the year with zelda WW, TP, metroid prime 2 and 3. And a pokemon game for holidays.
Finally Nintendo selects.
And bundles with mario wonder.
I can see this 2024.
Filling the year with zelda WW, TP, metroid prime 2 and 3. And a pokemon game for holidays.
Finally Nintendo selects.
And bundles with mario wonder.
PAOerfulone said: The question we should be asking is: Where are those sales going to come from? If they do that, I think that would ultimately be what gets the Switch over the top. |
I'm from Brazil (Rest of the World) and here defenetly there are A LOT of people who still don't have a Switch and could possibily buy one if Nintendo did some tatics like creating Nintendo Select for Switch Games, brought more bundles and, most importantly, did a price cut in any of the Switch model
CourageTCD said:
I'm from Brazil (Rest of the World) and here defenetly there are A LOT of people who still don't have a Switch and could possibily buy one if Nintendo did some tatics like creating Nintendo Select for Switch Games, brought more bundles and, most importantly, did a price cut in any of the Switch model |
Nintendo is definitely losing on developing markets by not doing the things you said. Especially the game prices are big problem, because you need games on your system, this is even a bigger deal than a price cut honestly. Why are 7 year old games still $60?
If it turns out the next system really is coming in 2025 I do hope Nintendo puts some effort into pushing Switch sales this last year because I doubt their 2024 lineup will garner them much attention. A pricecut is definitely off the table but making $300 bundles for TotK and Wonder would go a very long way.
Their main priority is of course getting ready for a big launch for the next system but a year of relative irrelevance for their only system on the market wouldn't be too good either and I really doubt any switches they sell now could hurt the Switch 2 launch, it's likely to be selling out for months anyways. Even if they do nothing it probably won't end up too bad a year for them, but I certainly don't think there would be any harm in keeping the momentum going as much as possible.
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PAOerfulone said: The question we should be asking is: Where are those sales going to come from? If they do that, I think that would ultimately be what gets the Switch over the top. |
Each year millions of kids reach an age where the parents think it's time for their own gaming device. Nintendo being the family friendly choice, would be on pole position for a purchase.
Question to VGChartz.
Is it possible for a VGCartz site representative to reach out to Sony (customer service, public relations) to ask for an official number on PS2 sales?
Currently it's debatable and different outlets have different views. If the Switch comes close, it would be good to have something affirmative from Sony to prevent ever lasting discussions.
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Tober said: Question to VGChartz. |
I good idea but do they even bother about a niche site like VGChartz? I actually tried to contact Sony myself about that but even finding an email address or something where your request would even have a remote chance to get read was impossible.
Radek said:
Nintendo is definitely losing on developing markets by not doing the things you said. Especially the game prices are big problem, because you need games on your system, this is even a bigger deal than a price cut honestly. Why are 7 year old games still $60? |
And that's where Nintendo Selects can come in.
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If it is indeed delayed to early 2025 hopefully they do something to spur sales this year. Otherwise Switch sales are probably gonna get pretty ugly this summer and for the holidays. Dropping a bunch of first party games to $30 with the Nintendo Selects thing, and a $50 price cut on all models should be good enough to get one final solid year of sales even with no first party games of note coming. If they put out Zelda Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, Prime 1, and Prime 2 it could actually be an alright final year and not go crawling into the next gen launch.
So if launch isn't until early 2025 Switch will likely be over 150 million sold by the launch. Not sure it'd be able to pass PS2 though, given that the two systems are going to be very similarly priced if Switch doesn't get a solid price cut, there would essentially be no reason for anyone to buy a Switch anymore except for some people picking up the budget Lite.
I'm brazilian too, and that's true. The Switch isn't as popular here as, for example, the PS2 was. Even as a die hard Nintendo fan, even I had one. Everyone here did. Besides that the games for the system where reeeeeally cheap, one thing in which Nintendo is flawed at. Official Nintendo games are unbelievably pricy for the average customer here, wich turn costumers away from your product. So yeah Nintendo selects and a price cut would really give the system some kind of boost.