I didn’t say its selling poorly but I feel the points I made are pretty valid. In terms of units sold, it’s done very well but it’s not selling as well as predicted and they have cut production for this quarter by a 30%.
Is the Switch 2 really fumbled? I swear I just read the other day that they’ve sold more than predicted.
Sabin10@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
It had RECORD sales. Nintendo did a great job that supply met demand and scalpers didn’t ruin it for a lot of people. Cutting back after your launch delivered to your core base should be a standard, not an exception.
Sabin10@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
So because it is selling well and had the best launch ever for a console, the over inflated software and hardware prices, sparse software lineup and dropping support for the switch 1 are no longer valid points? Everyone keeps supporting the one point I didn’t (and won’t) criticize while refusing to discuss the very honest points I do bring up. It’s the same post launch issues they’ve have every generation since the n64 and the best anyone can say is “it sold well”. Yes, it sold well, what about everything else about the system?
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Asian parents always underestimate their children
garretble@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Right?
Sold more than predicted at launch (wasn’t it one of the fastest selling consoles ever?), had a steady holiday (I assumed everyone that wanted a Switch 2 got one by Christmas or bought one as soon as they could because of tariff threats), then this spring I remember seeing they had really strong sales numbers again.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
It’s lemmy. people just want to hate on anything that isn’t steam.
Airfried@piefed.social 11 hours ago
I would say it definitely was a success if we go by the numbers. That being said it’s pretty bad news for costumer protection that it didn’t fumble. Nintendo’s costumers will receive their wake up call in a few years when the console is outdated, servers shut down/moved to the next thing and games stop working without downloading crucial updates. Or when stick drifts start piling up alongside other problems.
My Switch and the pro controller got really bad stick drift . That was enough reason for me to not get a Switch 2 but there are so many more reasons why I think the platform kind of sucks and won’t end well despite it’s undeniable success. People just don’t care about any of that I guess. At least not yet.
garretble@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I don’t know if I agree Nintendo customers will get upset that the console may “outdated” in a couple of years.
The Switch was outdated on day one. It struggled to render Kakariko Village in BotW at a steady frame rate. But did that really stop the system from selling millions? Not really. The average consumer kind of doesn’t care about that stuff.
That said, the Switch 2 is certainly more expensive than the Switch 1 so things may be different this time.