Despite its proven popularity, everyone – even Nintendo itself – seemed to underestimate the Switch 2. The sequel Handheld handbjeld hybrid is now moving at the speed of the company’s fastest selling. Okay, you might be asking, so what if a multi-billion dollar company makes a lot of money? Nintendo is proving to the entire video game industry that the old ways still work and developers who want to succeed need to make games with the Switchn 2’s hardware limitations in mind.
According to the latest quarterly report, Nintendo told investors now that they expect to ship 19 million units before the end of the fiscal year. Earlier, the company promised to ship 15 million units worldwide. The company also expects to sell 48 million units of its software offerings, three million more than previous estimates. That shows how well Switchn 2 has done since it launched back in June. Nintendo says it sold 10.36 million units with Sepre. 30.
There is a small segment of gamers who buy nintendo’s consoles just to play the company’s team titles. Nintendo says it sold 9.57 million copies Mario Kart World. That game was shipped alongside the Switch 2, so 8.1 million of those sales were for the $500 bundle that saved players from paying $80 for each game. Currently, It’s a donkeyThe first success of the company that led to the success of the company behind, came in with total sales of 3.49 million last from July. We don’t know the sales price Pokémon Legends: ZAthat debuted in October, though that game seems to have already made its mark with 5.8 million units sold in its first week.
Gamers prefer physical games on Switch 2
Nintendo said that if you also count foreign games, then the total amount of software sales is equal to 20.62 million. Nintendo isn’t releasing specific numbers on how many gamers have purchased Switch 2 Editions of the original Switch titles such as The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Empire, or if it is important to change the 2 packages for developing games like Super Mario Party Jamboe in those figures. That makes it more difficult to judge the overall sales ratio of the third game on Switch 2.
However, Nintendo dropped an interesting tidbit in regards to the physical games software comparison. Digital sales for the first half of its fiscal year were down 2.8% compared to the previous year. It seems that players are very interested in buying real physical games that they can own. Data from Analyst Firm Circnana showed that 75% of sales Cyberpunk 2077 On switch 2 was due to the version with a physical game card. Developers CD projekt Red previously said that the game was ranked as one of the best-selling outdoor games at launch.
Judging these sales numbers against the competition, it’s not even a good game. Xbox’s Hardware Adayle went down hard last year, and it’s likely that it won’t change until we finally have a next-gen Xbox console in hand. XBOX raised its price this year. Now, the standard Series X Console with Optical Disc Drive costs $650, $150 more to boot. Sony also has 5 prices down to $550 for its Base Console. Like Nintendo, Sony’s sales numbers have been on the rise, up about 2% over the past year. However, the PS5 sold about 19 million units on its first day in 2021 and only reached about 7.8 million units shipped after the first five months. The Switch 2 is now set to come out for the PS5, and it doesn’t even need a pandemic to keep people in their homes playing its games.
Developers have a good reason to get their games on 2
Compared to consoles that cost more than $500, the Nintendo Switch 2 blew up. Developers can not ignore the small console despite its features seem better than the competition. Those who work in ports Cyberpunk 2077 and Star Wars Wars He took the time to remove external environmental details and format their games to run smoothly on Shintle 2 despite the low power draw of the hand. The fact that the console can get AI shaking with NVIDIA’s DLSS has also proven to be a surprising bet. This allows games to run at lower resolutions, then the software restores the scene in Native 1080p – or higher when drawn – while maintaining performance.
Switch 2 provides the current playing field for a physical check. Gearbox’s Borderlands 4a game that was a flop on almost every system when it launched, was constantly calling on Switch 2 to “deliver a better experience.” From the software is also delayed Auction Ring With Ring until 2026 to “allow for corrective action.” It’s worth noting, considering that game ran poorly on portable PCs like Steam Deck until multiple updates made it playable. Gamers don’t really want the best graphics. They just want to play their games at a stable level. If that means redesigning the game to accommodate a power-cracking plan, then so be it.
While Xbox and PlayStation are moving towards an open position where special titles are nothing but memory, nintendo is shaking everyone with a cheap console and games you can’t find anywhere else. Sure, Microsoft is willing to make the case that the console wars are over, but there’s a fair argument to be made that Nintendo has won the war again.
