Source: Link.
Bold if true. That’d blow any record out of the water for a gaming console’s first 9 months on the market.


Source: Link.
Bold if true. That’d blow any record out of the water for a gaming console’s first 9 months on the market.
An ambitious target if so, but so far they have been doing a great job of providing abundant supply, and it will be a hot item for Christmas gifts this year.
It would be insane if they managed to pull it off.
Using other launches to predict switch 2 sales was a huge mistake. It seems to me like Nintendo may have been ready to launch the Switch 2 hardware earlier but needed time for the software.
It's very unusual to be able to produce such a large amount of units for launch, and for them to be able to meet demand so soon. I thought the thing would be sold out the whole year but it's readily available, they're producing a huge number.
Depending on how many of these they can ship, the first fiscal year may be close to it's peak year in sales which is wild. Going to have a much flatter sales curve than normal.
That would be crazy. Console sales usually peak during the third year on the market or so, meaning that Switch 2 peak year could be pushing 28M-30M later down the line.
| Sephiran said: That would be crazy. Console sales usually peak during the third year on the market or so, meaning that Switch 2 peak year could be pushing 28M-30M later down the line. |
Times have changed, everything is getting more front loaded. Especially now the expectation is that prices will keep going up!
But yes, Switch 2 is the prefect Christmas gift!
Series is practically gone, Rog Ally X is a joke, and PS5 is both more expensive than Switch 2 and $50 more than at launch, after 5 years on the market.
PS+ essential is also $80 per year now vs $20 for Switch 2.
Launching consoles in the first half of the year is working very well for Nintendo.
It is also a must considering the prices will go up, so being front loaded and making 'bigger' contracts will make more profit or less a loss on each unit.

Skeptical, as that is a lot to manufacture even for the biggest launch in gaming history.
A lot of workers who manufacture electronics get awful pay and conditions, and I feel this would just increase that. But I know clothing and a ton of other industries have bad labor practices too.
Lifetime Sales Predictions
Switch: 161 million (was 73 million, then 96 million, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million, then 151 million, then 156 million)
PS5: 122 million (was 105 million, then 115 million) Xbox Series X/S: 38 million (was 60 million, then 67 million, then 57 million. then 48 million. then 40 million)
Switch 2: 120 million (was 116 million)
PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)
3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)
"Let go your earthly tether, enter the void, empty and become wind." - Guru Laghima
Mochizuki has shown himself to be unreliable with these kinds of projections, the Switch 2 is selling well clearly but the only reason to produce that much would be to hedge against tariffs possibly.


| Zippy6 said: Using other launches to predict switch 2 sales was a huge mistake. It seems to me like Nintendo may have been ready to launch the Switch 2 hardware earlier but needed time for the software. |
Yes, all of that sounds about right. It'll be interesting to see the sales performance over several years.
I guess they were actually serious when they said they were gonna try to minimize scalpers. I thought that was just talk. But, it seems that they actually pulled it off.
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