Bloomberg: Nintendo Cuts Switch 2 Output by Over 30% on Weak US Sales

[Fatboi1]

Big price drops on hardware happened that quarter as well.


I’m not trying to downplay anything.

There is no “zelda boost” yall made that up

"The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom... has made a major contribution to Q1 sales... Sell-through of this one title constitutes approximately half of the first-party software sold this fiscal year."

Nintendo Just Had A Record-Breaking Quarter Thanks To Tears Of The Kingdom

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom accounted for more than a third of its total software sales this last quarter.

gameinformer.com

"Unit sales for the entire Nintendo Switch family rose by 13.9% year-on-year, led primarily by the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom."

Switch nearing 130 million lifetime sales after Tears of the Kingdom boost

The long-awaited sequel drove both hardware and software sales at Nintendo during the quarter.

staging.gamedeveloper.com

"Nintendo said it sold 3.91 million units of its Switch console in the April-June quarter, exceeding sales in the same period a year earlier,* boosted by the runaway success of its latest 'Zelda' title. "

'Zelda' sales breakout juices Nintendo's aging Switch

Nintendo sold 3.91 mln Switch units in Q1*

www.dailymail.co.uk

Why would you just blatantly lie like that?
"Y'all made that up"

 

[MeachTheMonster]

"The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom... has made a major contribution to Q1 sales... Sell-through of this one title constitutes approximately half of the first-party software sold this fiscal year."

Nintendo Just Had A Record-Breaking Quarter Thanks To Tears Of The Kingdom

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom accounted for more than a third of its total software sales this last quarter.

gameinformer.com

SOFTWARE

"Unit sales for the entire Nintendo Switch family rose by 13.9% year-on-year, led primarily by the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom."

Switch nearing 130 million lifetime sales after Tears of the Kingdom boost

The long-awaited sequel drove both hardware and software sales at Nintendo during the quarter.

staging.gamedeveloper.com

"Nintendo said it sold 3.91 million units of its Switch console in the April-June quarter, exceeding sales in the same period a year earlier,* boosted by the runaway success of its latest 'Zelda' title. "

'Zelda' sales breakout juices Nintendo's aging Switch

Nintendo sold 3.91 mln Switch units in Q1*

www.dailymail.co.uk

Why would you just blatantly lie like that? "Y'all made that up"

The cac tweet headlines made it up.

What also happened that quarter

https://www.gamesradar.com/nintendo-switch-oled-drops-to-its-lowest-price-of-2023-so-far/

 

[Fatboi1]

SOFTWARE

The cac tweet headlines made it up.

What also happened that quarter

https://www.gamesradar.com/nintendo-switch-oled-drops-to-its-lowest-price-of-2023-so-far/

UK retailer discount in March ≠ global price cut. Nintendo’s own report says Zelda drove the Q2 sales spike. The sales spike Nintendo reported was for April–June, which they explicitly credited to Tears of the Kingdom in their financial results.

It's okay to be wrong breh, just simply responding with random links and smilies don't mean your argument is strong.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

UK retailer discount in March ≠ global price cut. Nintendo’s own report says Zelda drove the Q2 sales spike. The sales spike Nintendo reported was for April–June, which they explicitly credited to Tears of the Kingdom in their financial results.

SOFTWARE

It's okay to be wrong breh, just simply responding with random links and smilies don't mean your argument is strong.

Facts

 

[Fatboi1]

SOFTWARE

Facts

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Use A.i. slop brehs

 

[stepbackj34spud]

You’re a fool if you bought a switch 2. Nintendo probably makes less games than Xbox. Smh

 

[bigde09]

pretty sure Nintendo thought Metroid would have done better

They sent that game out to die. They knew it was ass from the jump

 

[The Mad Titan]

He not lying

The switch was my first Nintendo console since the og Nintendo I only bought it because of botw


Bought my daughter one too she is cool with her oled switch doesn’t care for switch 2

A lot of people will say this but, it's more to do with it a combination of perfect situations.

A great product that offers an new experience, and a great game and familiar IP to go along with that.


If the switch/Switch 2 sat under a TV like a Xbox or PlayStation you might have got one for yourself, but I seriously doubt you would have bought 2.

At one point when the switch released there were 3 different switches in the house well four if you count the...nvm but we was sitting around a lot of times right next to each other playing the same game on different screens. I can promise you if botw dropped on a typical console the experience with the game overall would be different, and I personally think a breath of the wild is a generational 10 out of 10 game. The way the switch allowed you to play wherever you were comfortable and interact with others added to the perfection of it though.

 

[The Mad Titan]

Sony stans forgot... They don't even buy their own exclusive games like that

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Sony stans forgot... They don't even buy their own exclusive games like that

Back to trying to pivot to plsystation

You’re entire argument throughout the years is that Nintendo has a superior first party they thrive off unlike PlayStation and Xbox so you continually bringing this up is shadow boxing

The point is nintendo beeeds better first party output or a roadmap since unlike PlayStation they can’t be carried by third party or subs/mtx ( in your own words)

 

[daze23]

About Nintendo Switch 2 Game Pricing | Nintendo Support

en-americas-support.nintendo.com

Beginning in May 2026, and starting with preorders for Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, new Nintendo published digital titles exclusive to Nintendo Switch 2 will have an MSRP that is different from physical versions.

they gonna start charging less for digital

 

[The Mad Titan]

Back to trying to pivot to plsystation

You’re entire argument throughout the years is that Nintendo has a superior first party they thrive off unlike PlayStation and Xbox so you continually bringing this up is shadow boxing

The point is nintendo beeeds better first party output or a roadmap since unlike PlayStation they can’t be carried by third party or subs/mtx ( in your own words)

There is no pivot.

Two things can be true, although you changing it from me saying Nintendo IP's to 1st party exclusive games changes the context but it's for the most part interchangeable. ( And before you go hunt for a post where I talk about 1st party make sure you include the ones that I speak on the IPs and Nintendo as a brand)

Let's be clear though, Nintendo has superior IP's to Xbox and PlayStation.

There 1st party games tend to just be pure good old fashioned fun 1st and foremost and regardless of what type of genre or game people are playing now, they probably started gaming because something was fun at its core. Nintendo tens to capture that 8 out of 10 times.


I don't know what point your trying to make though to be honest. Are you implying that Nintendo has always released more Mario and Zelda games throughout the years compared to others? Because that's not true, or are you implying that because there is no Mario or Zelda game the system is hurting or not selling? Because that's not true either. It's already broken all records for 9 months sales for a console... What you are implying is there is some kind problem, aka the fake FUD concern that y'all only do with non PlayStation consoles as if the system is struggling, giving reason on why they have to cut down on output. And you instantly went to there aren't any real 1st party titles for it...aka Mario or Zelda as your reasons. A main title Mario or Zelda game will never hurt Nintendo console sales so that's a given.

But don't act like Nintendo is doing something so different this go around like launching without a Mario game or Zelda game.

And yes Nintendo 1st party games are their bread and butter, but that's because they are pillar IP's and while Nintendo can almost survive strictly off that, that's All they can do is almost survive. 3rd party support is the backbone of any console ecosystem.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

3rd party support is the backbone of any console ecosystem.

All that typing to essentially say exclusives don’t matter

 

[The Mad Titan]

All that typing to essentially say exclusives don’t matter

All those similes to essentially pivot to back around to the points you can't respond to.

Y'all Sony stans slow tho.

That's been my stance since I started posting. Exclusive don't matter (*as much* since some Stan gonna try and quote it in the future as a gotcha) like 3rd party support, new tech, use cases and popularity does.

Unless you're Nintendo because.....(Here it comes again) Nintendo has created brands of their 1st party games and they they tend to have weaker hardware in comparison to the others. Having a strong brand recognition that's basically associated with a quality fun game is more important than launching with a bunch of 3rd party support initially and the switch 2 did that with Mario World, then 2 months later Donkey Kong.