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I’ve been waiting for this one. This and Banjo in the same month. Nostalgia heaven

This is clearly for the first batch of players. There will inevitably be another more interesting one to follow

Did they not mention Project Newton? Their direct competitor for Wii they eventually canned

@Snow-Dust The Zelda ones are just made for retail, which is why those prices sometimes drop

@Dirty0814 The models are all official (Nintendo store even sells them). And the Nintendo Resin ones (Metroid, Majora’s Mask etc…) are now worth more than double they were sold for.

This is a mass market PVC, however. So it’ll likely not go up in price. But they don’t often go down. This is the fourth in the range

@Snow-Dust The PVCs rarely go up in price. Particularly the abundant Breath of the Wild range. The resin ones often do

@Longondo Not the PVCs they won’t

It seems a bit wrong. It’s missing Super Mario 3D World for me, which was easily my second most played game of the year

Nintendo doesn’t need more hardware to see it through the tough times. It’s a brand business. It has the biggest IP in games (or at least, some of them). This is what smartphone games, movies, theme parks and LEGO is all about

Still holding out for Shadowman

@Toads-Friend Mario Party is a big seller for Nintendo. The last one did massive sales numbers.

@westman98 GfK’s week 46 market report (I’m the source of the story above, too)

@Grumblevolcano Black Friday will change everything next week

@Toads-Friend Don't worry. This is only because of new releases and early Black Friday deals. Mario Party Superstars sales actually increased 1% week-on-week. So although it dropped placement-wise, it didn't in terms of actual sales

First game was alright for a studio's first effort, made under Kickstarter conditions. I was surprised they didn't just do all the things they learned, corrected some of the stuff they tried to, and do an immediate sequel.

Hardly Union X & Y

@Personausermike It's not packed (yet)... but the games they have announced are major AAA titles that will sell a lot

Certainly, 2022 is looking quite heavy in terms of blockbusters. Let's hope most of them land that year

‘Switch version doesn’t look as good as PS5 game shocker’

It’s the same choice you always have to make. Get a fancy new Xbox, PS or PC for visual fidelity and excellent frame rate. Or get the Switch for accessible portable play.

If you’re fortunate to afford/own two devices, it comes down to whether you think you have the time to sit in front of your TV for that length of time. I don’t have that time, so I’ll get the Switch edition. But I do so knowing, as I always know, I’m playing the visually inferior option

Lots of people in here they don’t understand how publicly traded companies work…

And the reason this isn’t cloud isn’t because of a backlash… it’s because cloud isn’t very popular and therefore it wouldn’t sell very well

Peppa Pig is a family kids game. Like Just Dance, which targets a similar audience, these games typically chart quite low and then rise over the Christmas period.

Peppa Pig is not a game people pre-order and rush out to by day one.

@Ocaz If Nintendo went third-party, you can kiss Bayonetta, Star Fox, Metroid etc goodbye

@Solomon_Rambling Same. I could never work out how to play the game. I believe I swapped it for something

@guest12345 https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/%E4%BB%BB%E5%A4%A9%E5%A0%82/dp/B09G724KG2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=%E3%82%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%80%E3%81%AE%E4%BC%9D%E8%AA%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%80%90%E5%88%9D%E5%9B%9E%E6%95%B0%E9%87%8F%E9%99%90%E5%AE%9A%E7%94%9F%E7%94%A3%E7%9B%A4%E3%80%91&qid=1631886498&sr=8-1

Jim Ryan is really into Okami and stuff like that. So probably Viewtiful Joe for him

Nintendo doesn’t set the price of the console in Europe

Zavvi is a Hut Group website, as is the Nintendo Store

Pokemon is primarily a kids franchise. Hence its simplistic visual style

@RareFan it didn't. It was the initial starting point for Nuts & Bolts. It never got cancelled, it just changed scope.

@Yoshilapin 8 million is a bonkers for an expectation. A niche game from 20 years ago that was released during the height of pokemania and sold just over 3m copies, was never going to exceed sales of big budget releases backed by huge marketing like Luigi’s Mansion and Mario + Rabbids.

Online chatter represents just a fraction of Nintendo’s audience.

@sanderev It is a very weak year all round for the games business with a 42% drop (currently) in games set for release.

@sanderev Not this slow. September is also slow. Slooooow

You know it's been a slow summer when 3 months is 'near'

@Chowdaire @Yoshilapin @electrolite77 Don’t confuse the word ‘niche’ with the word ‘small’.

You can judge internal expectations by marketing spend. Luigi’s Mansion 3 is a 6/7m seller and received significant above-the-line ad spend. This received a bit, but it was primarily online digital campaigns. Thus, no, Nintendo will not be expecting 6 - 7m sales.

@WhiteUmbrella Nintendo can't lie to investors. They initially told them they were aiming for 100m lifetime sales, and they're going to exceed that. I was in the room when they told people that

@WhiteUmbrella It's not actually how it works. Nintendo has already stated, including in this financial report, that Switch has already surpassed its expectations. That's why its share price has risen substantially and it's profits have, too. It's already not a failure.

But regardless, focused development on one platform allows for decreased marketing and manufacturing costs, increased engagement and increased digital sales, and thus increased revenue and profit.

What's crucial is user growth mixed with increasing spend-per-user. Both of which Switch has already achieved. There were 150m DS owners and 100m Wii Owners, but that doesn't mean there were 250m Nintendo players. The cross-over between those mediums will have been significant.

Therefore, adding the numbers of handhelds to home consoles from previous generations doesn't create a new target for Switch to hit.

Playdate selling out is more about how many they’re making and less about how popular it is.

Switch is a handheld. The vast majority of users use it as such

Steam Deck isn't about families, it isn't about Nintendo games, it isn't about flexibility.

Switch isn't about hardcore games, it isn't about PC, it isn't about taking your PC library offline.

Yes, they compete. Everything competes with each other. But these two devices complement each other.

Jeff Grubb is notorious for educated guesses. He guessed a release date for our game that is a year wrong

@ChaoticIgnorance PS5 is still sold out 7 months later. Switch OLED isn’t sold out now

The console hasn’t sold out. So good luck scalpers

Nintendo won’t admit Drift is an issue. By saying that they addressed it with this new configuration would be to admit there is a problem.

@zool What games are they releasing with a poor amount of content?

2022 is Pokemon Arceus, Splatoon 3, BOTW 2 and Mario + Rabbids 2… already

For me, I judge value by whether or not I’ll get a lot of enjoyment out of a game… not how much effort went into making it. If I am likely to play Skyward Sword for 40/50 hours and enjoy it, then £50 is very much worth it. And I’m on board

It’s the same for when I go to the cinema. I am willing to pay the same for an indie flick as a marvel movie, because of the amount of entertainment I get. Irrespective of how much money was spent making it.

But different strokes for different folks

@GrailUK Oh it’s tough. But legislating against this is going to be hard. Tickets are one thing, as that’s a set supply. And that took years and years. I think we will need other solutions

@GrailUK The problem is that the entire capitalist world is built on buying stock at one price and selling it on for more

Scores are quite high from others on here, but Yooka 1 was a decent 3D platformer that may have been better if it wasn’t being built on a tight schedule alongside the studio.

Impossible Lair is a belter. Still indie, but only a slight step down from DKC

@COVIDberry The issue is controlling your own IP and what it represents. Metroid isn’t just a game, it’s a brand. Nintendo carefully decide what goes into it and what it does. They obsess on how Mario’s hat looks in LEGO form. They’re required to approve everything.

It’s because they’re a brand business. Movies, theme parks, plushies are all part of that. Nintendo sees itself as the creators of digital toys. And you wouldn’t expect Mattel to be ok with people giving away fake Barbies

Switch being down over the same period last year was inevitable because of the pandemic. The reason the 2019 comparison is in there is to highlight how well it’s still doing broadly.

Also, Switch is huge in the Uk

If Nintendo has BOTW2 to show, I don’t expect anything else to make it in in terms of big games for