Nintendo Switch 2 sales stumble over Christmas
Plus, Nex Playground heads to Europe and Phasmaphobia devs launch publishing arm
Get a steamdeck, emulate the switch 1.
Submitted 5 days ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to games@lemmy.world
https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/nintendo-switch-2-sales-stumble-over
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A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 4 days ago
NanoooK@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Is it that easy, and gives decent framerate?
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Yes, it is incredibly easy using the module in EmuDeck, and the framerate is very solid (and can be modded and enhanced with things such as internal resolution upscaling)
DigDoug@lemmy.world 4 days ago
You mean to tell me that the kind of people who didn’t have to buy one at launch aren’t convinced by a library consisting almost entirely of: games they already own on Switch 1, games available for less money on other platforms, DK Bananza, and MK World?
b34k@lemmy.world 4 days ago
This right here. The Switch 2 offers nothing compelling the more casual Nintendo fans, and is a huge purchase comparatively.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 4 days ago
It also offers nothing compelling for the hardcore Nintendo fan unless they just like to collect Nintendo stuff. No new Zelda, Mario, Luigi, Animal Crossing or Smash. I think Nintendo completely misunderstood the market. Mario Kart 8 is the best selling game on the Switch 1. So Nintendo probably thought they should focus on MK for the Switch 2 launch. But MK8 was not the main reason people got the Switch. Like for example they got the Switch for Animal Crossing and then bought Mario Kart as a side game. Mario Kart is universally like by Nintendo fans it’s just not a game that is on top of people’s wishlist. Nintendo fans don’t want to buy a new Nintendo console just for Mario Kart or Donkey Kong.
Price isn’t the main reason why sales are dropping. I doubt that every Nintendo fan with the means to buy one market already has one. Most are just waiting for a game they actually want to play.
Ledivin@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Good. I hope they choke on their new pricing
CubitOom@infosec.pub 4 days ago
Fuck Nintendo
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
I’m curious how it compares to the other consoles. If all consoles stumble over Christmas, then its not a Switch 2 problem, but a consoles problem.
tanisnikana@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Nintendo should stick to making hanafuda and riichi mahjong sets. Those are the only Nintendo products I buy now.
CubitOom@infosec.pub 4 days ago
I bought some hanafuda recently, but because I am boycotting Nintendo I went with a nicer set made by another company.
hayvan@piefed.world 5 days ago
I bought a hanafuda set last year and i don’t know how to play but damn they are pretty.
tanisnikana@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I’ve been playing since I was tiny, and it’s not much work to learn how to play! I’d recommend a game called koi-koi.
TommySoda@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Well, yeah. I already have one. My company gave me a $500 Amazon giftcard for Christmas even though I never use Amazon so I spent it on something I didn’t really want that. Besides that, even my neice amd nephew weren’t excited about it and were like “it only has like two games.”
THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 4 days ago
That’s also the thing. It came out in June. Prices will not go down. Everyone who wanted one already got one.
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
What’s the point of paying for overpriced game cartridges when the software isn’t onboard and are just a license to download them? The Switch 1 was still tolerable because you got to own the titles you physically purchased and could access locally at any time. There’s no long term argument for owning a Switch 2.
punishmytoilet@lemmy.world 3 days ago
That’s just in the case of the game key cards, right?
fishy@lemmy.today 3 days ago
Yes, some games actually have the data to install the game.
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Keep in mind, the Switch 2 had arguably the strongest launch sales of any console. Looks like their numbers were front loaded, and everyone already got one before the holidays
orioler25@lemmy.world 4 days ago
They should have more game sales if they don’t want me to use an emulator.
Cybersteel@lemmy.world 4 days ago
What a fumble of a product. PS5 all the way.
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
It’s very expensive and it has no games
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 4 days ago
And even in the cases when you think it might have games, it turns out they’re not on the cartridge.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Truly, the PS5 of the new generation.
Gathorall@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Except the people who wanted to buy it on release didn’t have to wait for 3 years if unlucky.
BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Their roll-out schedule for games is definitely unexpected, not making the new Pokemon a switch 2 exclusive was specifically a real weird move for Nintendo. Even if it wasn’t a mainline game, that’s usually their ‘sell that new console’ line.
Definitely grateful, but I really wonder why Nintendo isn’t pushing Switch 2 games more.
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Nintendo is consistently terrible about not having solid launch titles.
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 4 days ago
It honestly has a decent lineup. Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, and Metroid Prime 4 are all solid. I’ve really been enjoying Hyrule Warriors Age of Imprisonment, the co-op has MUCH better performance than the first game. Plus many other Switch games just have better performance on Switch 2, like Pokémon Scarlet/Violet.
ms_lane@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I’m not sure I’d call MKW ‘solid’ - it’s a got a solid sound track.
The tracks are solid, but you’re effectively not allowed to play them online, you get 2 laps of straight line followed by one single lap of a real track.