It took PS4 13 months to hit 1 million units in France, will be interesting to see how Switch compares in the long-run. That's a great start though.
But let's remember, Switch is replacing 3DS *and* Wii U (whatever Nintendo says), so they'll be hoping for sales somewhere between the two combined. And that's where it gets tricky - should we really be comparing Switch launch sales to other consoles, or to other handhelds, or to the two combined? We've never had a hybrid device like this before.
240K in 2013 (month and half, basically): http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=754847
If we sum up the Japan sales + the America sales + what we know about the Euro sales (France + Germany)... Could we be near the million units sold?
The fate of a video game system is often influenced greatly by the introduction of a single title. - Iwata
It took PS4 13 months to hit 1 million units in France, will be interesting to see how Switch compares in the long-run. That's a great start though.
But let's remember, Switch is replacing 3DS *and* Wii U (whatever Nintendo says), so they'll be hoping for sales somewhere between the two combined. And that's where it gets tricky - should we really be comparing Switch launch sales to other consoles, or to other handhelds, or to the two combined? We've never had a hybrid device like this before.
I believe Switch outsold Wii in Europe (I saw it in this thread unless I goofed), which means it did more than 600k. Japan alone add 330k, so we are 930k without the Americas, so it should have passed the 1 million mark by a mile already.If we sum up the Japan sales + the America sales + what we know about the Euro sales (France + Germany)... Could we be near the million units sold?
Damn, this is what that guy predicited I think, very good.
Why was it only 299 though?
Just a month. Don't forget Europe got PS4 two weeks after.
The word of mouth around Zelda will probably carry the sales for a few of weeks.
Then MK8DX comes out at the end of April, you'll probably see a boost in sales
During spring, Arms comes out. Being a new IP no one knows what it'll do.
Splatoon 2 in summer will give it another boost.
Come christmas, the new Mario will be out and *maybe* Xenoblade 2 (lawl). Another bump right there with the help of bundles.
On first party stuff alone, sales won't "drop off a cliff".
It took PS4 13 months to hit 1 million units in France, will be interesting to see how Switch compares in the long-run. That's a great start though.
But let's remember, Switch is replacing 3DS *and* Wii U (whatever Nintendo says), so they'll be hoping for sales somewhere between the two combined. And that's where it gets tricky - should we really be comparing Switch launch sales to other consoles, or to other handhelds, or to the two combined? We've never had a hybrid device like this before.
Why would it matter? The Switch was supply constrained too
Wow, that's very impressive. Probably means that Europe is way over 300k for launch? 80k for the UK + 105k for France = ~185k.
If we sum up the Japan sales + the America sales + what we know about the Euro sales (France + Germany)... Could we be near the million units sold?
Yep, X2 won't hit 2017, but the rest will def build up a hell of a Year-1 lineup. Fire Emblem Warriors might also be popular.
This is assuming we don't see any surprises at E3, too.
My German isn't the best, but doesn't that specify best "Nintendo console launch ever"? Or does it state best release weekend sales of any console ever?
”The fate of a video game system is often influenced greatly by the introduction of a single title." - Iwata
It took PS4 13 months to hit 1 million units in France, will be interesting to see how Switch compares in the long-run. That's a great start though.
But let's remember, Switch is replacing 3DS *and* Wii U (whatever Nintendo says), so they'll be hoping for sales somewhere between the two combined. And that's where it gets tricky - should we really be comparing Switch launch sales to other consoles, or to other handhelds, or to the two combined? We've never had a hybrid device like this before.
Seems like in every region, the Switch has had a decent to great launch. Good for them despite how many holes people try to poke into the good news.
Don't read too much into these sales.
I want to know if it's the Switch, or if it's Zelda selling this console. I think I already know the answer, but either way congrats.
This can't be an actual argument that's being used against the Switch ... right?
Considering the umbrage a good part of this forum took when such reasoning was used against the PS4, surely we've learned from past mistakes?
This can't be an actual argument that's being used against the Switch ... right?
Considering the umbrage a good part of this forum took when such reasoning was used against the PS4, surely we've learned from past mistakes?
This can't be an actual argument that's being used against the Switch ... right?
Considering the umbrage a good part of this forum took when such reasoning was used against the PS4, surely we've learned from past mistakes?
Completely baffling to me. People probably just really wanted Zelda and sales will drop off a cliff.
For the PS4, I only found sales data for the UK, and that's pretty different to the rest of Europe, so there's probably no extrapolation possible. For Europe as a whole, I think we only have sales for PS4's first month.Did we get first 2-3 day sales for any other system? I know in the US thread people were trying to extrapolate from Wii's launch month, but Wii came out on Nov 19th. Unless there were zero additional shipments beyond day 1, the NPD figure would be for a lot more than 2 days.
There is no either way, it's both.
Sounds right, but iirc it was a heavy supply constraint.According to Nintendo France, PS4 launch was in fact 90.000.
I really don't find anything about the switch compelling and still think people just really wanted to play Zelda. It remains to be seen if Nintendo can keep sales going past the initial launch craze. What's helping it right now besides Zelda is the crossover between Wii U and 3ds fans. Nintendo's handheld market is the only way Switch can be successful in the long run.
Sounds right, but iirc it was a heavy supply constraint.