It was Nintendo’s fastest selling console of all time. So, yes.
Comment on PS5 console sales drop 30% in April after price increase, while Switch 2 dominates
eddanja@lemmy.world 1 month ago
People are buying the Switch 2?
iamthetot@piefed.ca 1 month ago
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The SEGA Dreamcast still has the Guineas World Record for Highest Revenue Generated by an Entertainment Product in a Single Day.
Of course, everyone remember the Dreamcast for how highly successful it was, and its massive sales numbers.
“Fastest selling console” is a meaningless title when more people but video games every year compared to the previous year, so “fastest selling console” is always going to be next years console until the market crashes.
iamthetot@piefed.ca 1 month ago
Okay but the question was, “people are buying the Switch 2?” to which the answer, supported by it being the fastest selling console of Nintendo’s life, is an emphatic yes, they are.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 month ago
I got one for free because Amazon fucked up and had a unit in the storage containers I bought a while back.
Thing’s just collecting dust while I wait for Duskbloods.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Ok, I just had a great idea. Are you ready for this? It’s such a good idea. You may want to sit down for this.
Ok, you ready? Cool.
You could just send the Switch 2…to me! For free!!!
ISN’T THAT A GREAT IDEA???
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Not bad, but I have an even greater idea. Just send it to me instead. Don’t you agree?
missingno@fedia.io 1 month ago
Yes.
Dojan@pawb.social 1 month ago
I bought the original Switch for SMT:V, which then took years to release, and shortly after got a PC release. At first I liked the console, but honestly the Steam Deck is heaps and bounds better.
What really drove me off the fucking edge is how garbage and overpriced Nintendo’s hardware is. They purposely design things to not be repairable and as fucked as possible, and they use horrible quality components to make their stuff.
After sitting in its case in a drawer for a few months, my joycon analogue sticks started melting. The rubber just lost its integrity. If Nintendo cared about that kind of thing, they’d design the joycons to have the tips be able to pop off, but no. Further, the component itself is garbage and drifts. That’s well known. You can get replacement hall effect sticks for $10, or you can buy a new set of joycons for ~$80.
Nintendo could have designed these to be easily maintainable by users, they could’ve designed them to not have the drift problem. They actively chose to be anti-consumer, and with the Switch 2 they doubled down on it.
8bitdo offers a clone of the Switch Pro controller, that’s better, has more features, and somehow they magically manage to keep the price lower than the official Switch Pro controller, despite not being a massive corporation with pockets as deep as Nintendo.
DigDoug@lemmy.world 1 month ago
How else would they play Switch 1 games?
leoj@piefed.social 1 month ago
right? who wants 80 dollar games.
Soulifix@piefed.world 1 month ago
That almost never go on sale.
FatVegan@leminal.space 1 month ago
Mario kart 8 came out in 2014 and it’a still full price with predatory dlc because they know kids will annoy their parents to buy them.