>>725542958
Funny enough I mentioned this in a thread last night
Nintendo is going through the same problem as the PS5. The console sales were fine but the software sales were abysmal. Go compare the best selling PS5 games to the PS4, or even the Gamecube, and you'll be shocked. Sony at least has some F2P games that make them a lot of money like Fortnite or Genshin. Nintendo doesn't have this luxury.
To put how bad this is into perspective, when the Switch 1 sold roughly 7 million, it has sold 27 million games, 7 million more than Switch 2 did at 10. The article doesn't even mention the fact that Donkey Kong was overshipped. Nintendo has it selling 3.4 million but they admitted that after 12 weeks, they've only sold through 2.6 million. So that 20 million number also includes nearly a million copies of DK sitting on shelves. The Mario Kart bundle will also end eventually, so those bundle units will no longer be able to prop up the number. Switch 2 launched with far more titles than Switch 1 did, so these third party games are basically flopping on this thing. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the ports for these games get canned.
There are really two things that will come from this. First, Nintendo will likely drop the price on software before they do on hardware. Mario Kart will probably drop to 70 once its clear no one is buying the game without the bundle. They'll also phase out the Nintendo Switch 2 editions since no one buys them and most of the people buying this thing are doing it as Switch 1 games run better. The other is there will be more pressure from investors to follow the same path as Sony and Microsoft and release stuff on Steam.
>They'll never do that
Iwata eventually capitulated and made mobile games, and Furakawa is more more receptive to investor demands.
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>>724788598
Two of the three patents Nintendo was suing over were just rejected by the patent office for lacking an inventive step. The judge doesn't have to side with the patent office, but why would he come to a different conclusion to the patent office, especially as other patent attorneys have been pointing out that issue for a while. The last one was the Ride Switching one, but Nintendo amended it to making it more broad which is not what you normally do. It will likely also get rejected since it will be too broad for it to apply to anything and likely also lacks an inventive step.
Basically, the case isn't over, but it's pretty much over.
Two of the three patents Nintendo was suing over were just rejected by the patent office for lacking an inventive step. The judge doesn't have to side with the patent office, but why would he come to a different conclusion to the patent office, especially as other patent attorneys have been pointing out that issue for a while. The last one was the Ride Switching one, but Nintendo amended it to making it more broad which is not what you normally do. It will likely also get rejected since it will be too broad for it to apply to anything and likely also lacks an inventive step.
Basically, the case isn't over, but it's pretty much over.
>>724033631
It came out towards the tail end of the open world trend and the tail end of the COVID craze.
>>724032606
Also keep in mind
>Switch 1 user base is bigger now than when Arceus came out
>This game is bundled with Switch 2 and is technically cheaper on Switch 2 because of that
>Releasing close to the Holidays when Arceus was in January
It came out towards the tail end of the open world trend and the tail end of the COVID craze.
>>724032606
Also keep in mind
>Switch 1 user base is bigger now than when Arceus came out
>This game is bundled with Switch 2 and is technically cheaper on Switch 2 because of that
>Releasing close to the Holidays when Arceus was in January
>>723603109
Switch sold 34 million but that includes all 3 models (7.5 million OLEDs and 6 million Lites). The actual number will be a tad lower, so Steam would be half of the Switch's install base. Mind you, Switch was the best selling console ever in Japan. Its a country of 120 million, so 16 million is still good.
Switch sold 34 million but that includes all 3 models (7.5 million OLEDs and 6 million Lites). The actual number will be a tad lower, so Steam would be half of the Switch's install base. Mind you, Switch was the best selling console ever in Japan. Its a country of 120 million, so 16 million is still good.