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Topic	Nintendo releasing the Switch in March ended up being a good idea
DoctorVader 04/30/17 7:54:10 PM #10:	Darmik posted... DoctorVader posted... It would have sold regardless of when it was released and we really can't say anything about sales. Selling in the holidays would have been easier than March. Which is when the Wii U released. DoctorVader posted... With all the "people didn't even know what the Wii U was", it sold 3 million in 6 weeks. What's the Switch by 6 weeks? 3.2 maybe? 2.7 in the first month. Also it's doing really good in the US and Japan, but it's been pretty easy to find in Europe and Australia, which speaks more about other factors like scalpers. It beat the Wii U's first holiday season in the launch month. Once it hit January Wii U sales dropped off a cliff. Places like Australia deal with shipping differently. Because we're far away we get bigger shipments less often. No idea how well it's selling here though. Which all says that there is still a sizeable Nintendo fanbase left that would jump on it immediately. We know there's 14 million Wii U owners. Even if half were still fans, you have 7 million potentials. Couple that with a HUGE problem with scalpers that has slowly gotten worse and worse each Nintendo product, and things get muddier in really saying anything of note for this launch other than that it seems to be doing better than the Wii U. We don't know if in a month or so, when all the fans have gotten it, that it won't suffer the same drop off as the Wii U. --- It all just disappears, doesn't it? Everything you are, gone in a moment, like breath on a mirror. - The Doctor <cite>DoctorVader posted [p:878221934] in Nintendo r... [t:75297282]...</cite> <quote><cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote><cite>DoctorVader posted...</cite> <quote>It would have sold regardless of when it was released and we really can't say anything about sales.</quote> Selling in the holidays would have been easier than March. Which is when the Wii U released. <cite>DoctorVader posted...</cite> <quote>With all the "people didn't even know what the Wii U was", it sold 3 million in 6 weeks. What's the Switch by 6 weeks? 3.2 maybe? 2.7 in the first month. Also it's doing really good in the US and Japan, but it's been pretty easy to find in Europe and Australia, which speaks more about other factors like scalpers.</quote> It beat the Wii U's first holiday season in the launch month. Once it hit January Wii U sales dropped off a cliff. Places like Australia deal with shipping differently. Because we're far away we get bigger shipments less often. No idea how well it's selling here though.</quote> Which all says that there is still a sizeable Nintendo fanbase left that would jump on it immediately. We know there's 14 million Wii U owners. Even if half were still fans, you have 7 million potentials. Couple that with a HUGE problem with scalpers that has slowly gotten worse and worse each Nintendo product, and things get muddier in really saying anything of note for this launch other than that it seems to be doing better than the Wii U. We don't know if in a month or so, when all the fans have gotten it, that it won't suffer the same drop off as the Wii U. --- It all just disappears, doesn't it? Everything you are, gone in a moment, like breath on a mirror. - The Doctor</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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