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Nintendo FY3/2019 Q4 Earnings Release, Switch HW 16.95M, FY3/2020 forecast Switch HW 18M
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Switch just had the best first quarter of the generation. They are moving a lot of hardware, but they crearly overshipped a ton last year.
Sounds like Luigi's Mansion 3 is getting delayed. Bummer as I was hoping that would make it out in October. Probably to help them have something early next year.
The bullish forecast for last year was an albatross around Nintendo's neck all year long. I'm not at all surprised they're leaning on the pessimistic side this time out.
I don't think a "cheapo" model will boost sales as much as people think. It will help yes, but not the massive explosive in sales some think. Most Switch owners still will buy the regular model, just as 2DS did not cause a large boom in 3DS sales.
This thread and others like it are interesting in retrospect.
How confident are you that Nintendo will reach their 20 million target for Switch this year?
60% of Era thought they would meet or surpass the 20m original hardware forecast.
How confident are you that Nintendo will reach their 20 million target for Switch this year?
60% of Era thought they would meet or surpass the 20m original hardware forecast.
This still seems very strange: all sell-through data we have indicate that sell-through we higher than last year, so a shipment of 9.5M in Q3 shouldn't have caused such a large discrepancy such that this year's Q4 shipment is lower than last year's despite sell-through both in US and Japan being up 25%+. I think the root of the overshipment may have stemmed from the quarters before Q3, where sell-through was quite low but shipments were comparatively high. Maybe Q4 of last year assisted with a small overshipment to hit their 15M target?
Whoa, where's Xenoblade 2? I thought it was believed to be like 1.2 mil or something like that?
EDIT: Got it, it's just million sellers from this fiscal year.
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Context for the surprised reactions please people?
For those who haven't been keeping up like me.
Is it good/bad and why?
For those who haven't been keeping up like me.
Is it good/bad and why?
That really depends on what's different about the model, price, and if they'll still be selling the original.
Alternatively, look at how 3DS sales jumped when Nintendo slashed the price.
Switch is still an expensive piece of hardware for several markets, including ones they're going to be targeting hard this coming FY. A cheaper SKU is necessary to reach them in a way that it really wasn't for post-price cut 3DS.
Not true at all - first off the Switch is more mainstream than the 3DS and has a more broad appeal and the libary to back it up. 300 bucks IS expensive for a Nintendo device.
Getting a Switch fpr 200 bucks will make a massive difference for customers - as of now its more xpensive than the base Xbox One/PS4 consoles....thats not a fitting price point for kids or people who want it as a secondary device or 3DS replacement.
the game is still om the release schedule for 2019 same with animal crossing
Seeing Donkey KONG, Captain Toad, and Yoshi on the million sellers list really bring a big smile to my face, i wonder what happen to ARMS though
I suppose they decided not to report it, but of course it has been already showed that it is a milion seller worldwide.
We'll see, IMO the base model Switch ($299.99) will still be the bigger seller in the long haul.
In the thread title, 18 million.
Xenoblade sold less than 1 million units this fiscal year and was a title released last fiscal year.
Why no Xenoblade?
Image for new page on Million sellers.
Edit nvm I'm dumb
That's not complete, is it? It's missing 1-2 Switch and Xenoblade 2.
Image for new page on Million sellers.
EDIT: Ah, it's million sellers for this fiscal year, not just plain old million sellers. Gotcha.
Because it didn't sell 1 million this FY. That's only a list of games that sold 2 million this past year.
Also Fire Emblem was listed for 2018 last year in April, anyway.
But I am sincere, among all these releases Luigi's Mansion risks to be overshadowed, I think that the choice to release it in Q1 of 2020 (for example in january) would not a bad move at all. Let's see at E3, we will find out more I suppose.
If Yoshi can make it to one million, then there is hope for Metroid Prime 4 whenever that releases
I think the million seller list here refers just to this financial year - ARMS' was a million+ seller last year but not this one.
Lol.
Tbf I voted they'd fall short, I didnt think itd be by this much.
Those are only the games that sold 1 million THIS fiscal year.
Xenoblade 2 was released in the LAST fiscal year (2017-2018).
Yoshi aint paying shit. He's funnelling ALL of that into his Swiss account!
So is the quick version - they under delivered hardware sales but over delivered software, end result being a net positive for profits?
I think this quote is throwing people off:
But it doesn't mention MUA or Astral Chain either, so I personally wouldn't read into it too deeply.
Not arguing with that - the more active hardcore player base is gonna always go for the best Switch available.
But having a 200 dollar Switch will open up their potential customer group quite a bit and let Nintendo go even crazier with the bundles. I wouldnt underestimate it.