Nintendo Switch 2 - For the Soytendo consoomers to speculate about the successor to the Switch, recently announced for 2025.

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Never Scored said:
I'm not saying Prime 4 is not going to sell. I'm not saying it's a terrible game. I rented the first Prime for Gamecube back when it came out, didn't care for it and never thought about it again. I wasn't even going to play Prime 4 if it was lauded as the best in the series. I really don't care if it's good or sells, beyond the hilarity of such a high profile title being just kind of OK.

However, the people doing mental backflips saying "This happens with every Metroid game" when it's been rated lower than every other mainline Metroid game on Metacritic by the very critics who love to suck Nintendo's cock are really something. Clearly this critical reception is atypical for the series. My brother in Christ, the Metroid 2 remake and Metroid Prime Hunters were more positively received.
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Nintendo Drones really want that W to justify paying so much for a slightly improved Switch.

Also wonder if more devs go for female internal anatomy architecture after this game.
 
Fox Girl Enjoyer said:
First, I have no idea why this guy lives rent free in Tendies heads. I guess he's smart enough to not just get dupped by a headline like most Nintendo man children or perhaps its because he is a big Nintendo fan so they seem him as some kind of turncoat in the Tendies eternal struggle against the Soyny menace.
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Deen's your average scorned Nintendo sperg, just with a name, face and voice attacheted. The Anti-Arlo. Had he been a rando faggot on 4chan, Twitter, etc. he'd be a footnote in this current debacle, but now tendies have a poster child lolcow they can point and laugh at and use to strawman anyone critical of Nintendo.
I think the only lolwcow thing about him from what I've heard is apprently he said current and future Nintendo games are verboten in his household and he'd throw them out if his kids got any, or some shit. Other than that, I don't find him to be that interesting, rather he's just annoying.
 
Microcenter has the Switch 2 base for $400. Should I grab and hold to scalp?
 
Fox Girl Enjoyer said:
First, I have no idea why this guy lives rent free in Tendies heads. I guess he's smart enough to not just get dupped by a headline like most Nintendo man children or perhaps its because he is a big Nintendo fan so they seem him as some kind of turncoat in the Tendies eternal struggle against the Soyny menace.

Cope and seeth over my post all you like. All that info came right out of Nintendo earnings releases. Thinking Bananza is this unequivical success is just taking the headline and thinking sell-in is the same as sell-through. There is a reason it got DLC that is basically cut content and a demo after it was released (as well as a new wave of advertising)
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Pretty common on /v/ to have a boogeyman (who may or may not exist, yet has an extensive backstory that you’d have to trawl through countless old threads and ‘cord screen-caps to understand) that you blame any negative reaction to a given IP on. With FFXIV it was “barry”, and who could forget the classic barneyfag for mlp. Ironically, tendies have historically been the ones most likely to engage in this behavior while at the same time being the most likely to accuse other posters of being one.


Dr. Geronimo said:
Microcenter has the Switch 2 base for $400. Should I grab and hold to scalp?
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Probably not, I think there’s plenty of S2’s in stock even with the upcoming RAM fuckery (imo, you need a pretty high ROI for scalping to be worth the effort.)
 
Fox Girl Enjoyer said:
Its over Nintensisters.


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Also, in that same article, in the very same area you got that quote from
And that's representative of declines across the board. Xbox Series hardware sales were down 70% year-over-year. PS5 sales were down over 40%
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It's still doing well relatively speaking, hell, even the Switch 1 is still beating the PS5 even if the Switch 2 wasn't factored in (over 10 percent less is still better than over 40 percent less), it's almost like putting a deep discount on the black friday season was the only thing making the PS5's sales this november more salvageable (including needing Fortnite to bail out the fact they didn't have an actual bundle that had a game people would even want to get in a bundle).

Also, the full quote:
"With six months in the market, it remains the fastest-selling video game hardware in U.S. history. However, part of what was driving that was its availability to be bought during its launch window. It's been extremely rare to have such a successful new device not suffer supply constraints going into its first holiday sales period. Unit sales of Switch 2 were lower than those of Switch 1 during each console's first November, but the price points are also quite different. The average price paid for a new Nintendo Switch in November 2017 was $309 (which, if adjusted for inflation, is approximately $405 in November 2025 dollars), compared to the $486 for Switch 2 in November 2025. Perhaps it is a case of demand having been pulled forward earlier in the year because people could find them. Or perhaps the mass market is not as quickly adopting Switch 2 as it did Switch. Or perhaps consumers are looking elsewhere for holiday gifting as the prices continue to rise in video game hardware. Tough to say at the moment."
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It still needs time because like Incecticyder said, it's too early to tell that the Switch 2 is a failure, especially since Nintendo still has the original Switch to fall back on for the most part (they still haven't announced the shutdown of Switch 1 production yet, mind you)
 
Computer Guardian said:
Also, in that same article, in the very same area you got that quote from

It's still doing well relatively speaking, hell, even the Switch 1 is still beating the PS5 even if the Switch 2 wasn't factored in (over 10 percent less is still better than over 40 percent less), it's almost like putting a deep discount on the black friday season was the only thing making the PS5's sales this november more salvageable (including needing Fortnite to bail out the fact they didn't have an actual bundle that had a game people would even want to get in a bundle).

Also, the full quote:

It still needs time because like Incecticyder said, it's too early to tell that the Switch 2 is a failure, especially since Nintendo still has the original Switch to fall back on for the most part (they still haven't announced the shutdown of Switch 1 production yet, mind you)
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They choose what parts are relevant and ignore the ones that are disproving what they say. I agree that Nintendo is in its super villain arc but they are still successful super villains.
 
Computer Guardian said:
It's still doing well relatively speaking
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Im sorry, but selling LESS than the previous console on its first November is not doing well in any sense. Most game sales are made in November and December, so if the Switch 2 is under performing at this point, then there isn't much hope for the system in the long term. There certainly isn't going to be another COVID to inflate sales.
Computer Guardian said:
Switch 1 is still beating the PS5 even if the Switch 2 wasn't factored in (over 10 percent less is still better than over 40 percent less),
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Are you actually retarded? First, the PS5 was the best selling system for the month. Second, those percentages are compared to that console. The PS5 is down 40% compared to the PS5 last year, not the Switch.
Computer Guardian said:
especially since Nintendo still has the original Switch to fall back on for the most part (they still haven't announced the shutdown of Switch 1 production yet, mind you)
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Switch 1 plus Switch 2 was down 10% compared to just the Switch 1 last year. I think you're at the Bargaining stage of grief
 
Fox Girl Enjoyer said:
Im sorry, but selling LESS than the previous console on its first November is not doing well in any sense. Most game sales are made in November and December, so if the Switch 2 is under performing at this point, then there isn't much hope for the system in the long term. There certainly isn't going to be another COVID to inflate sales.
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Ignoring how the S1 had the best sales ever of any console and thus doing less sales still lands you in the green.

Fox Girl Enjoyer said:
Are you actually retarded? First, the PS5 was the best selling system for the month. Second, those percentages are compared to that console. The PS5 is down 40% compared to the PS5 last year, not the Switch.
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Unfortunately for the PS5, down is not the direction it wants to go. It barely had and ups. It cannot afford more downs.

Fox Girl Enjoyer said:
Switch 1 plus Switch 2 was down 10% compared to just the Switch 1 last year. I think you're at the Bargaining stage of grief
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Again, the sales were still good for the consoles. Not to mention the S2 has yet to have its killer app.
 
Fox Girl Enjoyer said:
Im sorry, but selling LESS than the previous console on its first November is not doing well in any sense. Most game sales are made in November and December, so if the Switch 2 is under performing at this point, then there isn't much hope for the system in the long term. There certainly isn't going to be another COVID to inflate sales.
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Like I said, Nintendo still has the original Switch to lean on, as it's still selling well and is practically Nintendo's most successful console beyond the Wii and DS. 10% down from a month's sell-through sales where it was a year before is a literal quarter as bad as 40% down from where it was last year.


Fox Girl Enjoyer said:
First, the PS5 was the best selling system for the month.
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And the Switch 1 (and the Switch 2 for that matter) sold-though better than the PS5 every other month it and either Switch were both been out simultaneously in the US. Again, they are both selling well for where they are right now, and if you provide a steep discount for a small time period, you'll get people who'll buy it because of FOMO. Sony slashed the PS5 prices on the Black Friday period and they managed to pull best selling system of the month where they would have lost to ethier Switches like before.


Fox Girl Enjoyer said:
The PS5 is down 40% compared to the PS5 last year, not the Switch.
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Fox Girl Enjoyer said:
Switch 1 plus Switch 2 was down 10% compared to just the Switch 1 last year.
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Yes genius, that's what I said. the PS5 sales is 40% down from the PS5 sales last year. 40 is a bigger number than 10. Switch 1 + 2 total november 2025 sales being 10% down compared to Switch 1 sales in November 2024 is still better than PS5 total November 2025 Sales being 40% down from PS5 sales from November 2024 because almost half of your total sales vanishing year over year is way worse than a tenth of it vanishing Year over Year. and that's not bringing up Xbox going down 70% (almost double the PS5 loss vs last year) compared to how well it sold the year before, which is a far bigger "It's over" moment than the Switch 1 + 2 losing 10% compared to how well just the Switch 1 sold the year before.
 
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Computer Guardian said:
Also, in that same article, in the very same area you got that quote from
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Incecticyder said:
Ignoring how the S1 had the best sales ever of any console and thus doing less sales still lands you in the green.
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You two retards realize PS5 and Xbox sales being down more doesn't make a drop in console sales year over year good for Nintendo, right? Nintendo released a new console this year and it sold less than their seven-year-old console did last year. That is not good for Nintendo. Who gives a shit about PS5 sales?
 
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Never Scored said:
You two retards realize PS5 and Xbox sales being down more doesn't make a drop in console sales year over year good for Nintendo, right? Nintendo released a new console this year, and it sold less than their seven-year-old console did last year. Who gives a shit about PS5 sales?
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It sold less because there is no killer app. When the S1 was released it had BOTW and Mario. Is the current sales ideal for Nintendo? No, but that does not mean it will stay that way. The S1 is the PS2 of its generation. Slow sales now does not mean slow sales forever. The 3DS had slow sales too and we know how that story went.
 
Incecticyder said:
It sold less because there is no killer app. When the S1 was released it had BOTW and Mario. Is the current sales ideal for Nintendo? No, but that does not mean it will stay that way. The S1 is the PS2 of its generation. Slow sales now does not mean slow sales forever. The 3DS had slow sales too and we know how that story went.
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3DS was salvaged by cutting the price and giving early adaptors a bunch of free software. I don't think the Nintendo of 2025 will:

1) Cut the price and sell at a loss due to current memory shortages.

2) Give people free games that they own forever.

I was predicting 70-90 million Switch 2 sales before, I'm predicting something more like 30-50 million now. I think Nintendo is going to actually put the price of Switch 2 up due to memory shortages, keep developing new software for the Switch 1 for most of Switch 2's life, and just port those games to Switch 2 as we saw with Pokémon and Prime 4. I think Nintendo is going to tell shareholders this and their stock will go up because of the huge installed Switch 1 base.

To be fair, if they sold 50 million Switch 2s, it wouldn't be an abject failure, but it is still not good for Nintendo.
 
I think it sold less because people are broke as shit and the console wasn't meaningfully discounted. People want to dump on shit when it seems like there was a market-wide slowdown in hardware spending. From the Circana data that Piscatella shared it looks like Nintendo beat the decline somewhat, but not enough to pop the champagne over. MKW is fantastic but probably needs free DLC to feel more like 8 in terms of value for money. And for whatever reason I guess consumers don't like Donkey Kong, which is a shame, Bananza was a lot of fun. Still, I hope Prime 4 fails and everyone at Retro who didn't program it is fired. The eshop rankings aren't filling me with hope on that front.

At least this year gave us Silksong.
 
Never Scored said:
3DS was salvaged by cutting the price and giving early adaptors a bunch of free software. I don't think the Nintendo of 2025 will:

1) Cut the price and sell at a loss due to current memory shortages.

2) Give people free games that they own forever.

I was predicting 70-90 million Switch 2 sales before, I'm predicting something more like 30-50 million now. I think Nintendo is going to actually put the price of Switch 2 up due to memory shortages, keep developing new software for the Switch 1 for most of Switch 2's life, and just port those games to Switch 2 as we saw with Pokémon and Prime 4. I think Nintendo is going to tell shareholders this and their stock will go up because of the huge installed Switch 1 base.

To be fair, if they sold 50 million Switch 2s, it wouldn't be an abject failure, but it is still not good for Nintendo.
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We cannot predict the future. Nintendo is a cockroach. They survived a whole lot more than what would kill any other company. Who knows what they will do? Maybe they will change strategies, maybe there will be a series of games that will make the S2 a must-buy console. It is not worth it to buy it now but who knows. The S1 made enough money to weather a storm and buy time. It is just too early to tell.
 
Incecticyder said:
We cannot predict the future. Nintendo is a cockroach. They survived a whole lot more than what would kill any other company. Who knows what they will do? Maybe they will change strategies, maybe there will be a series of games that will make the S2 a must-buy console. It is not worth it to buy it now but who knows. The S1 made enough money to weather a storm and buy time. It is just too early to tell.
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I mean, I never said they wouldn't survive.
 
Incecticyder said:
We cannot predict the future. Nintendo is a cockroach. They survived a whole lot more than what would kill any other company. Who knows what they will do? Maybe they will change strategies, maybe there will be a series of games that will make the S2 a must-buy console. It is not worth it to buy it now but who knows. The S1 made enough money to weather a storm and buy time. It is just too early to tell.
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I'm curious what would make it a must-buy console for people, since it was a day 1 for me. An actually upgraded Switch that can hit 4k was an automatic must-buy for me, a Switch that could get more current gen ports was also a must-buy, and a Switch with better social features was also a must-buy, I play mostly on it since it makes the most sense for my life, it's the only machine I have that my wife would touch, and as far as gaming goes it gets me the most bang for my buck and feels like the device of maximum sanity compared to my gaming PC. But people seem inclined to shit on it, like they're hearing about how digital games work for the first time, or just now hearing about tariffs, inflation, and the current tech cycle driving demand for hardware way past what supply is capable of providing. As far as the lineup goes, I really enjoy Mario Kart World, I thought Bananza was great, and the switch 2 edition of TOTK felt genuinely transformative and got me interested in the game enough to beat it with a pretty high completion, and Kirby Air Riders is fun even if I'm still figuring it out. I'm kind of wondering what's missing for people. Sure they made another Zelda musou, but it seems like some people want that. And they failed to tard wrangle Retro, but it's not the end of the world.
 
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