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Nintendo FY3/2020 Q1 Earnings Release, Switch HW 2.13M, Europe/Other SW/HW now split
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Yeah the Switch (and Nintendo) doesn't acknowledge my country where PS4 has already sold more 300k consoles estimated since launch.
Maybe they slightly overshipped so that they could announce that PS4 is the fastest console to reach 100M. Had they waited for next quarter, it would have been slower than PS2
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And they also announced they will release a switch with better battery life, so I'm guessing that also affected sales.
A nose dive might happen...
So far they've received quite a few multiplats, I think that will be much rarer when PS5, Scarlett and Stadia are all out in the open.
On the other hand, with Lite launching Switch could be seen as a regular portable and might get into that market which doesn't have any competition.
Yeah 38% digital is a big deal. I think they need to try adding estimated digital numbers to NPD figures now. The "no digital sales included" phrase won't do anymore.
Multiplats are almost entirely irrelevant to Switch hardware sales- they're a nice bonus, but it's almost entirely driven by first party software.
Yeah but they make the game draught less obvious between the big releases, I don't think the talk would be as positive with only Nintendo software on the platform. And going forward an unfortunate big power gap could affect indies as well.
SD cards went on sale super cheap for Cyber Monday last year, I snagged a 400 GB one for my Switch and I've gone full digital ever since, I wonder how many people are in my boat.
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Once again regarding digital sales, it's based on ¥ not units which is why they mention the fine print:
Watch New Horizons help out both Q4 and Q1 by itself and nothing else.
(probably with something else)
Europe is a bigger part than Japan ? Wouldn't have thought so.
It's good. It's up YoY with a double digit growth.
It's good. It's up YoY with a double digit growth.
Understandable. Regarding Switch shipping numbers. Great to see Mario Maker 2 doing so well.
Nintendo slowing down on Switch OG shipments and ramping into the new generation of Switch OG 2.0 and Switch Lite models. Why would Nintendo waste resources on their OG model when its replacement is a few weeks away using mostly the same parts.
Nintendo slowing down on Switch OG shipments and ramping into the new generation of Switch OG 2.0 and Switch Lite models. Why would Nintendo waste resources on their OG model when its replacement is a few weeks away using mostly the same parts.
It's good, but people will compare it to the PS4 Q1 shipments and yell out doom, when Nintendo sells the bulk of their hardware/software during Q2-Q3.
We will have to wait and see what Switch's numbers are next year at this time, but it is up YoY, and should hit it's yearly goal without much trouble.
As for the comparison to the PS4, they really aren't super far off. PS4 at 29 months had shipped 40 Million consoles. Switch at 28 months has shipped almost 37 Million consoles.
Considering their launch times and where they are in the generation; PS4 being at the start of the generation, riding a wave cased by their competitors both failing hard to make an impression on the market, and Switch coming in the 4th year of the generation and being viewed mostly as a second option by the media. I think both have been really impressive this generation, I think by the time Switch is replaced, it will likely have a similar LTD as the PS4. That bodes well for the industry, and for us.
Even then, they have to clear stock for the revisions so they can't ship too much
I feel that this has been mostly the story of the switch hardware sales after 2017. And honestly it makes sense; from December 2017 to May 2019, they had a grand total of two really big games (smash and a Pokemon spin off/remake), while missing on nearly every strong third party releases besides notable exceptions such as MK11.
If anything, it's surprising that it still sells that much.
June 2019 onwards looks much better but that was a very rough 1 1/2 year.
And yet the PS4 shipped more aka also sold more, the world is bigger than those 3-4 countries. Also since when did Switch sell a million more in Nippon? And the OP is about the last quarter.
Not when they're clearing the channel in preparation for two new models, no.
It does, PS4 has been consistently shipping more than the Switch worldwide which means also selling more worldwide. Just because we have concrete data for a few countries of Switch outselling doesn't mean it happens in all the countries.
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It's higher than the same quarter last year.
Unless you were expecting more than that which would mean more new titles to push hardware sales while at the same time Nintendo is getting rid of the current Hardware SKU and releasing a new revision from August.
And it shows how Japan is as strong as one whole continent.
That too, things will pick up significantly Mid August-September.
74.1% of all software sales are first party, Sony and MS won't reach these numbers in their wildest dreams. This is why the Nintendo third party meme will always stay a meme.
No it doesn't, shipped it's not sold, it depends on how much is Nintendo depleting the stock already and how much stock Sony has around the world. 2 informations that are not available to the public.
It is possible Sony sold more PS4, but we can't tell because of Nintendo clearing stock in preparation for the imminent launch of the revision and the Lite.
That was my standout stat from that post as well. Absolutely crazy stuff.
No, its shipments on a launch aligned basis are bigger than ORAS, which should be the closest point of comparison. It's doing quite well in terms of longevity for a Pokémon game, actually. ORAS probably will end up higher due to there not being a 2015 Pokémon game, but those are circumstances that are outside of Let's Go's own performance imo
This is nonsensical. Like I said Sony consistently is shipping more since the Switch has launched, there is no reason for this to happen if Sony didn't sell more. Why would shops stockpile on PS4's (for years) that aren't sold?
edit: PS4 is sold in over what, 100 countries? If PS4 isn't number 1 in 3-4 countries that still leaves 96 countries where it is that takes it to number 1 overall globally.
This talk happens every quarter, shops can't keep on putting extra piles on these unsold shipped PS4s every quarter. PS4 keeps shipping more, yet some users think because of data of few countries the Switch is selling more globally.