they say they do not believe it will have zero impact, which means it will have some impact, but they hope to manage that with bundles, promotions etc.
digital sales make much more per unit than a physical sale which includes the cost of production, distribution, and the cut for the retailer
as an example, if a game costs 50 at retail, it might only mean half that in revenue for nintendo for a physical copy - so sales volumes could be 2:1 physical:digital whilst revenues were 1:1
I’ve no idea what the sales volumes are, but I would expect that physical sales far exceed digital still by these numbers, as they produce less revenue per unit
Looks like they are projecting 9-10m over Christmas and perhaps 3m in the first quarter - which suggests to me that they are not releasing a new switch model this FY.
If they do release a new model in the next FY, they could easily overtake the DS numbers, which include all the models (including DSi etc) - the numbers that the switch eventually does depends mostly on what counts as a “switch”!
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Re: Nintendo Believes Successor Announcement Will Have "Zero Impact" On Switch Sales
they say they do not believe it will have zero impact, which means it will have some impact, but they hope to manage that with bundles, promotions etc.
Re: Nintendo's Q1-2 Digital Sales Make Up Over 50% Of All Software Revenue
note that this is by revenue, not units
digital sales make much more per unit than a physical sale which includes the cost of production, distribution, and the cut for the retailer
as an example, if a game costs 50 at retail, it might only mean half that in revenue for nintendo for a physical copy - so sales volumes could be 2:1 physical:digital whilst revenues were 1:1
I’ve no idea what the sales volumes are, but I would expect that physical sales far exceed digital still by these numbers, as they produce less revenue per unit
Re: The Nintendo Switch Has Exceeded 114 Million Units Sold
Looks like they are projecting 9-10m over Christmas and perhaps 3m in the first quarter - which suggests to me that they are not releasing a new switch model this FY.
If they do release a new model in the next FY, they could easily overtake the DS numbers, which include all the models (including DSi etc) - the numbers that the switch eventually does depends mostly on what counts as a “switch”!
Re: Talking Point: What Do You Want To See At Tomorrow's Nintendo Direct Showcase?
Ocarina / Majora’s Mask HD remaster double pack