Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@19Robb92 said "So an increase of 3.19M since June?"

This is not good... I'm sorry but they need to sell 17 Millions in 6 months to reach the objectives...

The PS4 sold 4 Millions from April to July for example...

I remember Nintendo announced that 18 millions Nintendo Switch were sold until 31th of march 2018. Now 22.86 millions, end of September... So, in 6 Months they sold, kind of only, 5 Millions Switch ? o_O

The hype is really collapsing...

@kkslider5552000 astonishing that so many people are still buying Mario Kart 7. I'm sure we'll see the same for 8 in a few years time.

I'm confident the Switch will do well this Christmas. Not only do we have Pokemon and Smash, but Zelda, Mario Kart, Odyssey and Splatoon are still around. I think a lot of families and people on the fence might make the dive.

@19Robb92

They sold 5 Millions in 6 months (April to September).
Sony sold 4 Millions in 4 months (April to July).

It's not what I call "numbers close" Espacially when you take into consideration that the PS4 is a 5 years old system and the Switch is the new trendy stuff of the moment...

@Cobalt Man So...you are saying Nintendo is not as big as Sony? Really?

@Cobalt
Trust me, Nintendo Switch will beat PS4 someday.
And when it happened, i won't see any worthiness from my PS4 anymore.
My PS4 is still LACK of Kiddie / Cartoonish games and i don't see any potential from PS4.

Metroid Prime 4 and Bayonetta 3 both listed as 'TBA' rather than '2019' in the release schedule Nintendo have just published.

I don't expect Metroid Prime in 2019 but was certainly hoping for Bayonetta 3

The Switch failed to reach its estimates. When do we start the Seppuku pacts?

@Anti-Matter it will beat it someday. Maybe when they stop making PS4s anymore

Is Fire Emblem Three Houses still Spring 2019 according to the list? The fact we haven't seen anything since E3 feels like a possible delay.

@Grumblevolcano When they first announced it last year, it was slated for 2018. So another delay wouldn't be too surprising to me.

Oh no. We haven't heard about a game in 4 months. It must be delayed.

Or we can let them get their marketing done for the immediate November and December releases first?

Yes, that and Yoshi are still listed as Spring 2019.

Switch is at one-fourth sales of the target of 20 million sold this year (about 5 million sold). Assuming Nintendo ships the same number of Switch’s as last year this season, they should be at about 12 million at the very least by the end of the December. I could see the Switch selling about 14-18 million any March ending the financial year.

Interesting how Switch sales compared to this quarter last year are actually up despite "Nothing of note" being released.

@IceClimbers for obvious reasons, better games and selections plus Pokemon and several different game bundles, I'm sure hardware will jump in December of course, but what I'm REALLY thinking is the number and type of games coming out in the first Qtr of 2019, plus tax time, by the end of March, people will have recovered from Christmas and even more games than those released in and after October, there will be a sudden huge boost in hardware sales, possibly because a family won't have to spread out a limited amount of cash over a larger blanket, they can just buy a concentrated purchase, a Switch and some games, the end March sales could rival Christmas sales

I mean...2D Mario exists and we know how that normally goes.

@IceClimbers Turns out the Smash Direct is on November 1st.

@Grumblevolcano

There's Treehouse Live after the Smash Direct showing off Yoshi, Pokemon and Diablo 3.