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Sephiran said:

If Switch 2 reaches 20M units shipped this FY, i wonder how grifters will try to keep the ''Switch 2 is bombing and is a new Wii U'' narrative going, i imagine they will soon shift to a ''Nintendo is lying about its sales figures'' narrative to try to keep their gravy train going for a bit longer.

By the way, if the current regional ratio of sales for the Switch 2 holds true for the rest of the FY, this will be the sales split for the different markets this FY (19M units)

The Americas: 6,65M units.

Europe: 4,40M units.

Japan: 4,29M units.

Other: 3,54M units.

I certainly don't think its bombed in Europe but those figures don't look impressive for Europe compared to other regions. The current 4th October week sales shows the Switch 2 only at about 40% of the sales of PS5 in Europe where as in the US and Japan it is significantly ahead. Europe has 750 million people compared to about 120 million in Japan and yet according to your figures they will be broadly the same figure. The price of the Switch 2 is about 50% more in the UK than Japan, £250 in Japan and £370 in the UK. I'm still seeing loads of Switch 2 stock about in the UK. Its no surprise to me that the Switch 2 is selling so well in Japan but much weaker in Europe. For some reason Nintendo seems happy to accept much lower sales in Europe with much higher pricing. I really can't see Switch 2 matching Switch 1 sales if they are willing to sacrifice the European market. As ever though this is the shipped amount of Switch 2 consoles and maybe they have increased production due to expected demand or perhaps they have just achieved a higher production figure and want to saturate retailers with stock to make sure they have high Christmas sales. 

I love video gaming but for some reason I'm also interested in how different consoles perform sales wise. So its going to be really interesting how it all plays out over the next 2 months. However possibly the more interesting news is going to be the collapse of Xbox sales, this is likely to give PS5 a huge boost in sales. That's me assuming the sort of people that would have considered getting a Xbox Series X will now go across to PS5 what with Microsoft now supporting the PS5 and broadly similar performance and software libraries. So I feel Europe will be the most interesting market to watch as there is more to play for really. You could say the US and Japan is a dead cert for a Switch 2 victory but it certainly doesn't feel that way at all in Europe. Switch 2 seems to have lost a huge amount of momentum but perhaps that will all change in the run up to Christmas.



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Even Nintendo seem to have been caught off guard by Switch 2's gargantuan sales as company president Furukawa says they have "far exceeded our initial  expectations" and that they decided to expand production after seeing how well it did at launch:

https://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-president-comments-on-switch-2s-strong-start-and-more/



Shikamo said:
-Adonis- said:

Damn you guys have PTSD when you think of PS2.

Nah, dont be so serious, this is just a old joke :P

Oh ok. ^^



84% of Switch 2 owners so far upgraded from Switch 1, while 16% are new customers

https://www.gonintendo.com/contents/54621-nintendo-says-84-of-switch-2-owners-transitioned-from-switch



curl-6 said:

84% of Switch 2 owners so far upgraded from Switch 1, while 16% are new customers

https://www.gonintendo.com/contents/54621-nintendo-says-84-of-switch-2-owners-transitioned-from-switch

And according to those bars - Over half of the Switch 1 migraters were from those who bought and played Switch 1 during the first three years of the system's life cycle from 2017-2019. If you include 2020 in that, then that makes well over 2/3rd, almost 3 quarters, of the Switch 1 migraters being from the system's first half of its life. 

Safe to say - A whooole lot of us Switch 1 early customers have BEEN ready and waiting for Switch 2.



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PAOerfulone said:
curl-6 said:

84% of Switch 2 owners so far upgraded from Switch 1, while 16% are new customers

https://www.gonintendo.com/contents/54621-nintendo-says-84-of-switch-2-owners-transitioned-from-switch

And according to those bars - Over half of the Switch 1 migraters were from those who bought and played Switch 1 during the first three years of the system's life cycle from 2017-2019. If you include 2020 in that, then that makes well over 2/3rd, almost 3 quarters, of the Switch 1 migraters being from the system's first half of its life. 

Safe to say - A whooole lot of us Switch 1 early customers have BEEN ready and waiting for Switch 2.

I know I was; got my Switch 1 in September of 2017 and by the time 2024 rolled around I was chomping at the bit for a successor; after being trained on Nintendo generations lasting 5-6 years, the 8+ years of Switch felt like an eternity lmao



curl-6 said:
PAOerfulone said:

And according to those bars - Over half of the Switch 1 migraters were from those who bought and played Switch 1 during the first three years of the system's life cycle from 2017-2019. If you include 2020 in that, then that makes well over 2/3rd, almost 3 quarters, of the Switch 1 migraters being from the system's first half of its life. 

Safe to say - A whooole lot of us Switch 1 early customers have BEEN ready and waiting for Switch 2.

I know I was; got my Switch 1 in September of 2017 and by the time 2024 rolled around I was chomping at the bit for a successor; after being trained on Nintendo generations lasting 5-6 years, the 8+ years of Switch felt like an eternity lmao

Same here. I got mine on launch day (3/3/2017). Still have it and still playing it regularly along with my Switch 2 (also launch day).



PAOerfulone said:
curl-6 said:

I know I was; got my Switch 1 in September of 2017 and by the time 2024 rolled around I was chomping at the bit for a successor; after being trained on Nintendo generations lasting 5-6 years, the 8+ years of Switch felt like an eternity lmao

Same here. I got mine on launch day (3/3/2017). Still have it and still playing it regularly along with my Switch 2 (also launch day).

Yep still got mine hooked up too; Switch 2 for stuff like Mario Kart World, DK Bananza, and Cyberpunk 2077, Switch 1 for smaller stuff like Ball x Pit and Wizordum.



bonzobanana said:
Sephiran said:

If Switch 2 reaches 20M units shipped this FY, i wonder how grifters will try to keep the ''Switch 2 is bombing and is a new Wii U'' narrative going, i imagine they will soon shift to a ''Nintendo is lying about its sales figures'' narrative to try to keep their gravy train going for a bit longer.

By the way, if the current regional ratio of sales for the Switch 2 holds true for the rest of the FY, this will be the sales split for the different markets this FY (19M units)

The Americas: 6,65M units.

Europe: 4,40M units.

Japan: 4,29M units.

Other: 3,54M units.

I certainly don't think its bombed in Europe but those figures don't look impressive for Europe compared to other regions. The current 4th October week sales shows the Switch 2 only at about 40% of the sales of PS5 in Europe where as in the US and Japan it is significantly ahead. Europe has 750 million people compared to about 120 million in Japan and yet according to your figures they will be broadly the same figure. The price of the Switch 2 is about 50% more in the UK than Japan, £250 in Japan and £370 in the UK. I'm still seeing loads of Switch 2 stock about in the UK. Its no surprise to me that the Switch 2 is selling so well in Japan but much weaker in Europe. For some reason Nintendo seems happy to accept much lower sales in Europe with much higher pricing. I really can't see Switch 2 matching Switch 1 sales if they are willing to sacrifice the European market. As ever though this is the shipped amount of Switch 2 consoles and maybe they have increased production due to expected demand or perhaps they have just achieved a higher production figure and want to saturate retailers with stock to make sure they have high Christmas sales. 

I love video gaming but for some reason I'm also interested in how different consoles perform sales wise. So its going to be really interesting how it all plays out over the next 2 months. However possibly the more interesting news is going to be the collapse of Xbox sales, this is likely to give PS5 a huge boost in sales. That's me assuming the sort of people that would have considered getting a Xbox Series X will now go across to PS5 what with Microsoft now supporting the PS5 and broadly similar performance and software libraries. So I feel Europe will be the most interesting market to watch as there is more to play for really. You could say the US and Japan is a dead cert for a Switch 2 victory but it certainly doesn't feel that way at all in Europe. Switch 2 seems to have lost a huge amount of momentum but perhaps that will all change in the run up to Christmas.

I mean when it comes to Europe, keep in mind that PS4 outsold Switch 1 in Europe, so its very likely that even if Switch 2 outsells PS5 in global sales that in Europe PS5 lifetime sales will be higher than Switch 2. PS is just more popular than Nintendo in Europe. I think France are one of the few European markets where Nintendo is more competitive with Playstation.

Other than that is seems you are letting your personal views cloud your judgement, Nintendo increased their sales forecast from 15M to 19M this fiscal year, meaning from the sales info they have, contrary to Switch 2 losing momentum it seems momentum is increasing. And if Nintendo ships 19-20M units in less than 1 year on the market as they currently forecast then its impossible to continue to spin any narrative of Switch 2 not being a very in demand system, even if it may be weaker in certain regions like Europe. But its global sales that is most relevant metric after all.

Last edited by Sephiran - on 05 November 2025

badskywalker said:
BraLoD said:

Oh yes, some people come to the thread about Switch 2 launch success and Switch 1 long term success to take jabs at Sony for some reason, even coming up with future imaginary attacks that never happened as a mean to "defend it" (attack them yourself)... which is definitely not petty at all.

Then you could've actually quoted someone who took a preemptive jab at another user or one of the actual jokes aimed at Sony. There were a few posts you could've chosen, but you chose one that mentioned Concord, which wasn't even the main topic of the post. There is pettiness in the thread, just not who you called out.

I choose the exact post I wanted to choose.

He did not even write Concord, he wrote Sony Hero Shooter. Came up to defend Nintendo, like many others did, of possible attacks on them... that were not happening here, being passive agressive.

The combination of choosing to single out Sony to be petty, invent a reason to defend Nintendo by which it was not being attacked here, and calling those supposed people as desperate was really worth of a reply, and it got one.