The 3rd party market is flooded with Switch consoles. The consumer can easily find a used Switch for half the price. I’m sure if Nintendo wants to move more units, they will have a price cut.
And they will. They do massive price cuts at the end of every single system. This time will be extreme, because the economy is the worst ever in world history. The next 4 years are going to be worse than 2008-2010. I expect to see clearance OLEDs for $229, V2 Switches for $179 and Lites for $129.
Gonna easily be at 150 million by the end of the year. Then all they need to do after is just get a price drop and keep it on sale for 2+ years and it will beat the ps2
Thats why i switched to Steam Deck. Some games get 90% off and not just the bad games. Theres sales all the time. Ill find games that are $40-$50 go for $5 bucks all the time.
Honestly if they just bump the Switch Lite down to $150 and wheel out some Nintendo Selects that would probably make all the difference Breath Of The Wild, Mario Odyssey, Animal Crossing and MAYBE Smash? coming down to $20 would do MAJOR numbers
@@witherwraithmc The thing is, games have been 60 dollars for a very very long time. If they went from 60 to 20 back then, why should the ratio be different now? That's not inflation
I will never buy a bundled system again UNLESS the game is a physical copy inside. With all these games requiring updates now, Nintendo better make sure they have the update servers for Switch running for the next 20 years. After that I don't care cos I'm probably dead or blind.
I've heard rumors that the switch 2 isn't going to have an OLED display so I might wait until the switch 2 has a revision. When I upgraded to the OLED model my playtime went through the roof. The screen is just so gorgeoyand I'm 95% handheld player.
Breaking news: releasing a mainline Zelda game that sells like crazy one year, and NOT doing so the next, means you don't make as much money. I'm shocked, shocked I tell you! Nintendo will be just fine.
Yeah a slow year of an aging hardware after so many great years is not a problem, they have more than enough in the bank to keep everything running until the next system comes out. They will keep releasing small/niche titles/remakes and small games with broad appeal to capitalize on the installed base, to keep a flow of cash and concentrate their efforts in making an easy and smooth transition to the next system. There is no reason to get alarmed and do stupid things. That said I think it's about time to have a price cut for the switch to push the final unities, at this point their production cost probably is down, they can afford to do so without eating from their profits.
Finally Switch is starting selling to sell poorly, been telling ya guys for 8 years Switch is gonna fail /s. Edit: omg, can't believe some people in the comments section doesn't understand "/s" means sarcasm lmao.
I don't know if Nintendo will do a reveal trailer for the switch 2 right before the holiday season. Remember what Nintendo said. It's going to take more time to make new games.
To me it's a miracle how they sold so many switches over the years anyway. I still hold on to may day one switch from 2017 and it works perfectly fine. Time for the new console!
If they can drop an Ocarina of Time remake.... That would Boost sales so bad to 160 million. It should run on Switch 1 and 2 with increased Specs... and O. Mario Kart Cross Roads... These two titles alone would be a real Banger.
The logical assumption is that the OG Switch family will go on sale once the Switch 2 is announced. My prediction is we get a tease for the Switch 2 at the end of the September direct and it gets shown in full in its own thing early next year to be released not long after. In the meantime, the OG Switch family gets price cuts to squeeze the last bit of life out of them this holiday season.
Good. I told myself last year after I heard news that Nintendo wanted to delay the Switch 2 because the Switch was still selling well, that I would not play it or purchase another game until we got news about a Switch 2 design and release date. Last purchase I made was Mario Wonder and RPG with the $99 2 ticket deal This news actually makes me super happy
The success of one platform wouldn’t be used as an excuse to delay the release of another. They also don’t want to repeat the same mistake Atari made in the 80’s.
Most likely will have a low print number and will be in demand. Example conker a bad furday(N64), fire emblem:Path of radiance( GCN), Pokémon black & white 2 (NDS),
Every month there's false rumors about a Switch 2. Every month or so content creators try to drum up clicks. It's so boring, considering the day they actually announce anything, everyone will know without the help of these channels.
If they cut the price by $100 across all models, they'll easily sell over 10M switches during the next FY after this move, even if the Switch 2 is already out.
I think a price cut is coming for the current system and the lite, but the big thing that will sell systems will be how the new system is not just an upgrade but how the two system's synergy allows for new ways to play the back catalogue and the upcoming games. This would give them a boost in sales of the current system in preparation for the new system.
Nintendo isn't going to announce the Switch successor before the holidays. That's what completely killed the DS' momentum, and it gave no benefit to the 3DS. If Nintendo wants to make that 13.5m target the holiday season is going to be important for them.
The prices didn't drop this generation because production costs never went down. Inflation was insane and there was a chip shortage. I guarantee the system costs more to make than it did at launch. The last time inflation neas this high, Nintendo didn't have a home console.
Mario and Luigi Brothership, Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, and Mario Party Jamboree combined should move systems. Then we still have black Friday. They got it in a bag.
I’m sure if Nintendo came out and said there will be or not be backwards compatibility that would boost sales either way. If it’s not compatible I’m sure physical copies will sell a lot more for collectors who want to wait 10 years and flip their games and collect limited edition systems for a flip or just to have in their collection and if it is backwards compatible then people can be more comfortable creating a backlog of games knowing that when the new system comes out they can play their backlog on that new console.
With the Switch 2 coming out, I am definitely not gonna buy a Switch unless they dropped it to like $100 and if older Switch games like BOTW were easy to get at like $20. Switch is gonna be irrelevant in less than a year, what's the point of buying the console without it being super cheap?
@@jimmythegamer2231 Not just that, I'm sure kids have barred their parents who don't know any better from buying them a Switch too. I have my doubts about a typical Christmas sales boom for the Switch this year.
The issue for Nintendo is you can never tell people in Finance that things aren’t going to be as good as they were last year. Nobody wants to hear sales are going to be lower. Everybody wants to hear sales are going up. When you compare 1/4 of the previous year to the current year people always want to hear things are better. The problem is Nintendo makes video games and systems to play those video games on and eventually you get to a point where you have to release a new system and when you get to that point the market is usually saturated with your old system. they’re simply nobody else to sell the old system too. So that means sell, can’t be as good as they were last year not physically possible. Why would I buy a new system if I already own that same system that the dilemma they faced they couldn’t tell investors were going to sell fewer systems next year so they had to predict better sales, even if they knew sales would not be better. We gamers new sales of systems specifically would be better. We know that sales won’t really pick back up until they release new system and then everything will be purchased and they will have years they will sell everything they make.
A shame they didn't share any new Switch 2 information. However, the massive decline in Switch sales is secretly fantastic news, cause its putting Nintendo under pressure to reveal the Switch 2 rather sooner than later. And it won't be long till we get some clarity: There is usually always a Direct in September, but I highly doubt we'll get one this year. If September comes and goes and there was no Direct, then its a great sign that they'll show the console probably in late October.
All you care about is switch 2, the current switch still has life left in it? It’s getting long in the tooth and this decline is probably with Nintendo expectations, nobody expected the current switch to be selling close to the levels of maybe 2021 but I’m not seeing it is all doing and gloom. The switch is still selling well enough.
You say this as if Nintendo didn't expect this. They said before they were going to have a hard time transitioning and were going to struggle to meet sales. Nothing is putting Nintendo under pressure, they'd already planned for this.
Nintendo used that as a target and even if they don’t hit it, they will be just fine financially. Nintendo doesn’t need to do any aggressive price cutting, devaluation of their first party titles in order to get business from consumers. There is a reason Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft aren’t selling their first party titles at a huge discount permanently this generation and is because they don’t have to. Any sales on their games are digital. Physical games are mostly sold at original retail prices for years and barely get a discount during life time on shelf or get one or two print runs and then gone. You see it in stores like Target, Walmart and BB, very little selections and most of the time order online to pickup at store as most of the time they don’t have it in stock. Nintendo will still be able to sell their products at full retail price and for the upcoming holiday will just create a bundle for all 3 switch skus without cutting the price, just basically get a free game with purchase of a system. I keep hearing about Nintendo Selects 20.00 to 30.00 permanent price games, not happening. If Nintendo wanted to price their evergreen titles at 20.00 to 30.00, they would have done it by now if you look at past consoles sales cycle history. The Switch will be sunset this year and will make room for new console sometime next year. If Nintendo permanently drops price of OG switch it will be after the launch of next Switch as to clear stock of original switch and phase it out as the new hardware starts to establish itself in the market place among consumers. The thing that is allowing all of this to happen that wasn’t available years ago is the age of internet and 100s of thousands of content creators and influencers that promote for free Nintendo hardware and software and create fomo for all games and people eat it up. The next generation will only be worse as more creators and influencers push next switch and games so that prices stay inflated for foreseeable future and limit fomo of games and systems then maybe these companies will lower prices of games and hardware over time like it used to be
I always buy from second hand game stores. First party switch games are $45 max, even TOTK. All the gamestops closed in my area years ago but I would never go there again.
The only way they can squeeze out more switch sales are by making those limited editions they usually do at the end of its life cycle. They need to make metroid prime 4 bundle and pokemon legends z-A edition as well
Nintendo needs to port and release The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess, Windwaker, Star Fox Assault, Kid Icarus, Yoshi's Wooly World, and a bunch of Gamecube and 3DS titles, etc.
I'm still using the launch edition Switch. They never did a revision of the system that benefited those of us who mostly play the system on the dock, other than a minor internal storage space bump. Which more internal storage is great, but I've been waiting for something more. Now I'm at the point of I would not buy a new Switch due to knowing the next gen is on the way. And I'll keep my fingers crossed that the next gen system can play physical Switch games. I've been told that Nintendo said it will play Switch games, but that doesn't tell me physical games. Just says "games", which could just mean our digital purchases can be moved over to it.
@@callak_9974 I'd LOVE an external storage option! They don't allow it for piracy reasons, which I can understand, but still, I'd love to just grab a big external drive for my Switch. My current micro SD card is a 512 GB and I've debated getting a 1+ TB one, since this one is almost full, but what if the next gen system uses some other storage system? I'd have wasted money.
@@Lord_Mangoat Can be a external hdd that needs a chip that is locked to that specific Switch. Unless it gets whatever the ID number of that specific unit, you can't access the data stored it (can be encrypted too). Can of course plug that external drive to a computer to format (not read) it to be used with a different Switch. Or have it tied to your Nintendo account.
@@bigduke5902 Oddly enough, certain sealed games sell for far, far more than their open counterpart. So if I can get a digital copy for like 50-80% off, might as well and keep the copy sealed to sell at some later date. I was planning on opening it at some point, but why bother if I can manage to sell it and recoup the cost of both the physical and digital purchase. Of course that's a gamble, some games will take 20-30 years to even possibly reach that and some just sink down further. Really depends on the quality of the product.
I agree most people who want a Switch already has one or knows a friend that does. Not discounting the system or software has obviously worked in their favour for the last few years
Not needed. In 10 years any representative of the company can end an interview as: “Oh, I believe Switch sold 200m or something”. And that should do it.
Nintendo could make a cheaper to produce revision, such as a set top box version that’s paired with a pro controller. They could sell something like that below $199, possibly around the $150 mark.
Which makes me think, I wonder why hasn't Sony released a limited run of PS2s again? I'd imagine it would be beautifully slimmed down now, a PS2 Super Slim probably the size of a Sony Walkman.
Remember the days in the 90's when we would just play games and didn't give a damn about sales figures of game companies : D ? We just wanted the games.
Another possibility to help expand this year is that zelda: echoes of wisdom may help excite a new group of young girls. My daughters are very excited about it and haven't been interested in zelda up to this point. Could capitalize on that further by offering a zelda edition switch in either pink or purple to match zelda's dresses
Sales of systems will go down when people like you WON'T shut up about the new system being just around the corner. You've been wrong about it for like 4 years now.
Well tears of the kingdom is definitvely a factor but new hardware around the corner probably mean a lot of people hold out to see what that new hardware is.
Switch-2 gimmick will be "use any gen1 or gen2 Switch as a second-screen controller". Just like the Wii-U gamepad worked. Pair up to 4 Switches. This is the best explanation for why they are adding new themed Switch SKUs and accessories so close to the reveal of the Switch-2. Also explains why Zelda WW HD and TP HD haven't been released to switch yet. They want to maintain that second-screen experience that the Wii-U gave for those games. Imagine 4 switches paired to a tv connected Switch-2 console, for couch co-op games. They all get the second screen experience (compared to with Wii-U you could only have 1 screen gamepad connected).
@@Sum_Yousah the N64 and Wii U were the only products in their history that only had a single price cut, and the Switch is the very first to have none. The NES, SNES, GameCube, Wii, Game Boy/Color, Game Boy Advance, DS, and 3DS all had more than one price cut and were each very affordable by the release of their successor
@@TurboPikachu Fascinating. My parents always bought me the consoles - at full price btw. The N64 was my last device from Big N before I switched to "team Sony". I was still a kid then. It wasn't until the Switch that I returned to N.
I don’t think their upcoming software will sell many switches. BUT, Super Mario Party Jamboree will absolutely sell Joycons. It’s joycon only, so everyone who wants to play it with friends but only has pro controllers (probably cause the joycons they had previously broke) would need to buy Joycons not just for themselves but for any friends they might play with. I bought extra Joycons when Super came out, but when they broke I haven’t replaced them cause, I’ve got my 8bitdo and pro controllers. I’m gonna buy more Joycons to play Jamboree with friends, and I’m confident I’m not alone
I feel like it would be smart home integration or something. Blu Ray isn’t enough, you can stream on the devices already, so I’d say something bigger like a smart home style thing.
A price drop for current Switch systems is probable. However, a Nintendo Select line of games would not happen till much later down the line if the Switch successor is backwards compatible.
Everyone here saying Nintendo should just cut all their prices in half, I hope y'all not managers. Price cut off $50? Sure. OLED for half price? Y'all got me laughing.
Pokemon AZ if released 2024 will help... Given that gamefreak has done good optimazation and got help from monolitih soft to build a beautiful looking world
$199 is not impulse buy territory. It will need to go to go lower for that. First price cut to $149 will be this fall, and very late in the Switch's life, long after they have discontinued the OLED and Red Box Switch, and the Switch 2 has been out for a while, the final price cut on the Lite to $99. Hang it up in blister packs in Target and Walmart's checkout lanes, and NOW it becomes an impulse buy for parents for their third kid. "Doesn't your older brothers have a bunch of these games? Here, let's just throw it in the cart." That's how the Switch will pass the PS2.
This ALWAYS happens..... the next system announcement always destroys sales of the current one... look at ps4. That thing fell off the moment the ps5 was announced.
As a shareholder I’m annoyed with this drop the stock took a beating. As a gamer I’m excited because hopefully switch 2 is close. I’ll be picking up more shares though with this drop and wait for that rebound when they announce the switch 2!
I don't find it surprising at all. They haven't announced any big hitters this year and revealed the next console is going to be announced soon. Right after the year they released TotK, Mario games galore, and the Mario Movie. This is the 7th year for crying out loud. I barely see anything unexpected.
there's a fundamental problem with exponential growth though. Eventually, no matter what, it will start to down turn. I understand it's just late stage capitalism but companies will just learn the tough way I guess.
The Switch's age and people expecting a new system are obviously factors, but I think TotK making that much of a difference shows how crucial having exciting games is. I wonder if Nintendo will have something like that ready for the next system's launch?
Small hiccup, but the Switch will probably get a bump in sales during the holiday season, not to mention the upcoming Zelda game with its limited edition Switch Lite
So if last year's Q1 was an outlier and this Q1 without "Tears of the Kingdom" is all in all in line with what is to be expected, I don't see the problem?
@@chrisheskin1 If it ever goes on sale, I will. I'm not tossing that kind of cash at it. They can eat stock drops. (Yeah, I realize it'll bounce back.)
@@googletarded8300you could get many indie games and finish them , instead of wasting 70 bucks on a game that runs at 27 fps , heck if only the game was good all you do is collect that and this
I think most people who complain about the switch "aging" probably haven't even finished odyssey or metroid dread... I haven't even finished mario wonder yet, and i absolutely LOVE that game... i sincerely don't know how can you actually play nintendo games and be upset about them not releasing consoles or software fast enough when the number of releases is through the roof... I haven't even started botw yet and they already released a sequel for it a year ago! I honestly don't know what people want, because you really need a lot of spare time to stay on top of all these releases as they come out. Just pick a game you enjoy and play it! There's absolutely no reason to keep egging on some multi-billion conglomerate to release "more products" when most people barely even care about the shit there's already out.
1. People know the switch 2 is coming
2. Everybody who wants a switch, likely has one already
3. Bad economy; money is tight
4. Nintendo spending a lot of money on manufacturing the switch 2, and games that will release on it.
4. Aging (7 years old) and weak hardware, even compared to PS4/XB1
5. High prices
@@mihaylov131people that want Switch games don’t actually care about weak armor
@mihaylov131 obviously Weak hardware didn't play a factor as all.
@@mihaylov131 Nintendo games didn't care about the weak hardware, and Switch 2 will have the stronger ones that need it.
Also their prices aren't high
The 3rd party market is flooded with Switch consoles. The consumer can easily find a used Switch for half the price. I’m sure if Nintendo wants to move more units, they will have a price cut.
nintendo price cut??.. who are you kidding, lol..
@@jackobyukNintendo did that with the Wii and Wii U. Could be a high chance we see a price cut for the Switch during Holiday season.
And they will. They do massive price cuts at the end of every single system. This time will be extreme, because the economy is the worst ever in world history. The next 4 years are going to be worse than 2008-2010. I expect to see clearance OLEDs for $229, V2 Switches for $179 and Lites for $129.
@@Burrito_AM And the N64 and the Gamecube and the 3DS and the 3DS XL.
@jackobyuk why so suprised? Nintendo usually does that for all their consoles towards the end of its life.
That Switch debut trailer though was still a master class in showing what the thing can actually do. Major improvement over the WiiU marketing.
Actually doing some marketing is the bigger deal.
@@Reepicheep-1 Sad they took it down.
2.1 million units is not bad. It's honestly impressive for this stage in the life cycle.
With switch 2 just round the corner
Gonna easily be at 150 million by the end of the year. Then all they need to do after is just get a price drop and keep it on sale for 2+ years and it will beat the ps2
about 1/6th of the whole Will U lifetime sales.
@@Mirage475 Or do the meme and not report the sales until decades later. *Looks at the ps2 sales number update*.
@@Mirage475doubt Nintendo will do that. They probably don’t even think about that record.
But despite this, I’ve got about 30 games on my eshop wishlist and they barely ever receive a discount. If they do, it’s only 20-30%.
IKR. It’s crazy Mario Odyssey and BotW were released 8 years ago and are like $5 off used at GameStop
@@DubsBrown mostly 40 euros on amazon here
@@johnyseimah229 iirc with the exchange rate that’s about the same
@@DubsBrownWell you can resell them for almost the same price as well.
Thats why i switched to Steam Deck. Some games get 90% off and not just the bad games. Theres sales all the time. Ill find games that are $40-$50 go for $5 bucks all the time.
As late as it is in its life, I'd still buy a lite if it went on sale for $150.
yeah i think so too but i want that zelda switch lite out next month
@pavo9321
Yeah I don't even need to replace my Switch but that Lite sounds like a good thing to keep as a secondary unit for NSO and indies.
Honestly if they just bump the Switch Lite down to $150 and wheel out some Nintendo Selects that would probably make all the difference
Breath Of The Wild, Mario Odyssey, Animal Crossing and MAYBE Smash?
coming down to $20 would do MAJOR numbers
I don’t think they would do $20 Nintendo Selects anymore cause of inflation, but $30 - 40 would be perfect
I would love a complete edition of Smash ultimate
@@witherwraithmc The thing is, games have been 60 dollars for a very very long time. If they went from 60 to 20 back then, why should the ratio be different now? That's not inflation
Remember those $20 selects were also on discs, not cartridges. So a bump up in price would still be reasonable.
Lol just "150$" you gonna make the company go bankrupt if you ever worked there
Nintendo: "oh no, our systems aren't selling anymore. Let's bundle Mario Kart 8 in out systems and call it a day".
I'd be surprised if no one has mario kary 8 at this point
@@riotman3579....I don't........ SURPRISE ‼️‼️‼️🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳.
I’d buy it
💯% true accurate asf, i'm still waiting for a Xenoblade 1, 2, 3 bundle sale. i must keep on dreaming somehow to cope.
I will never buy a bundled system again UNLESS the game is a physical copy inside. With all these games requiring updates now, Nintendo better make sure they have the update servers for Switch running for the next 20 years. After that I don't care cos I'm probably dead or blind.
I would upgrade to the OLED if they would drop the price at least 40 50 bucks
I think Nintendo sells refurbished systems on their website for substantial discounts. I'd recommend checking.
i am contemplating this too, but at the same time, switch 2 will release soon so idk if it's worth it for me
I believe they will during the holiday season or once the Switch 2 launches or is about to launch
I've heard rumors that the switch 2 isn't going to have an OLED display so I might wait until the switch 2 has a revision. When I upgraded to the OLED model my playtime went through the roof. The screen is just so gorgeoyand I'm 95% handheld player.
They should just lower the price already and release a GameCube Zelda Collection and i'm sure they would sell at least 20M.
Breaking news: releasing a mainline Zelda game that sells like crazy one year, and NOT doing so the next, means you don't make as much money. I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!
Nintendo will be just fine.
Yeah a slow year of an aging hardware after so many great years is not a problem, they have more than enough in the bank to keep everything running until the next system comes out.
They will keep releasing small/niche titles/remakes and small games with broad appeal to capitalize on the installed base, to keep a flow of cash and concentrate their efforts in making an easy and smooth transition to the next system.
There is no reason to get alarmed and do stupid things.
That said I think it's about time to have a price cut for the switch to push the final unities, at this point their production cost probably is down, they can afford to do so without eating from their profits.
everyone knows the next system is around the corner so they're holding off on buying hardware
Biggest issue has been the lack of good games this year. It’s been a very slow 2024 for Nintendo up to this point
Finally Switch is starting selling to sell poorly, been telling ya guys for 8 years Switch is gonna fail /s.
Edit: omg, can't believe some people in the comments section doesn't understand "/s" means sarcasm lmao.
hahahahahhaja xD
You were right. I apologize for calling you crazy the last 8 years :)
Took 8 years to make the haters happy 😆
@@FallicIdol not me, I meant those ytbers that said Switch will fail were right all along lol. /s
Man, people in my country have such a boner for saying this type of shit, it's embarrassing.
Too many switch 2 rumors and uncertainty on it's backwards compatibility, people are afraid to spend now in fear of losing their purchases.
dude,2,will,have,backwards,or,nitendo,will,face,blacklah,andl,loe,ells
Rise and fall is healthy. Infinite growth would be a mathematical miracle.
I don't know if Nintendo will do a reveal trailer for the switch 2 right before the holiday season. Remember what Nintendo said. It's going to take more time to make new games.
To me it's a miracle how they sold so many switches over the years anyway. I still hold on to may day one switch from 2017 and it works perfectly fine. Time for the new console!
If they can drop an Ocarina of Time remake.... That would Boost sales so bad to 160 million. It should run on Switch 1 and 2 with increased Specs... and O.
Mario Kart Cross Roads...
These two titles alone would be a real Banger.
The logical assumption is that the OG Switch family will go on sale once the Switch 2 is announced. My prediction is we get a tease for the Switch 2 at the end of the September direct and it gets shown in full in its own thing early next year to be released not long after. In the meantime, the OG Switch family gets price cuts to squeeze the last bit of life out of them this holiday season.
While I'm not expecting huge numbers, i do expect there to be a small bump in hardware sales when the Zelda switch comes out later this year.
They haven’t had any big hitters, so I’m not surprised that they sold less units.
Yep, not a single console seller this quarter. Zelda, Mario Part and the new Mario & Luigi will surely make the second half flow a lot differently.
Price cut on the current Switch incoming…
Finally....
We're quite done with the Switch Nintendo. Please release the successor and by the gods it better be backwards compatible.
Good.
I told myself last year after I heard news that Nintendo wanted to delay the Switch 2 because the Switch was still selling well, that I would not play it or purchase another game until we got news about a Switch 2 design and release date.
Last purchase I made was Mario Wonder and RPG with the $99 2 ticket deal
This news actually makes me super happy
The success of one platform wouldn’t be used as an excuse to delay the release of another. They also don’t want to repeat the same mistake Atari made in the 80’s.
Start buying up all the last 1st party titles and rpgs on switch.
How come?
Most likely will have a low print number and will be in demand. Example conker a bad furday(N64), fire emblem:Path of radiance( GCN), Pokémon black & white 2 (NDS),
Yeah I've been thinking this too, they can't let holiday sales completely dictate their future marketing strategy.
Every month there's false rumors about a Switch 2. Every month or so content creators try to drum up clicks. It's so boring, considering the day they actually announce anything, everyone will know without the help of these channels.
nintendo already said the switch 2 is in development and probably going to be talked about this year
It's been confirmed by Nintendo this time.
Its confirmed mate
It’s confirmed but no one knows exactly when it’s gonna release
Look, four comments with literally zero information that missed my point completely. You know just as much as you did before watching this video.
If they cut the price by $100 across all models, they'll easily sell over 10M switches during the next FY after this move, even if the Switch 2 is already out.
I wish companies just said, go ahead and sell your shares. You will just be buying them back at a higher price later.
I think a price cut is coming for the current system and the lite, but the big thing that will sell systems will be how the new system is not just an upgrade but how the two system's synergy allows for new ways to play the back catalogue and the upcoming games. This would give them a boost in sales of the current system in preparation for the new system.
Nintendo isn't going to announce the Switch successor before the holidays. That's what completely killed the DS' momentum, and it gave no benefit to the 3DS. If Nintendo wants to make that 13.5m target the holiday season is going to be important for them.
Hopefully this incentivizes them to have massive black Friday sales this year
I still hope we can see a Nintendo Selects collection again..
Honstly if Nintendo dropped the price of all the different switches by $50, theyd move a lot more stock than they are currently
The prices didn't drop this generation because production costs never went down. Inflation was insane and there was a chip shortage. I guarantee the system costs more to make than it did at launch. The last time inflation neas this high, Nintendo didn't have a home console.
The only thing they're going to take from this is "games should all be tears of the kingdom priced" ($70)
I haven't turned on my switch since I beat tears of the kingdom last year.
Mario and Luigi Brothership, Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, and Mario Party Jamboree combined should move systems. Then we still have black Friday. They got it in a bag.
I’m sure if Nintendo came out and said there will be or not be backwards compatibility that would boost sales either way. If it’s not compatible I’m sure physical copies will sell a lot more for collectors who want to wait 10 years and flip their games and collect limited edition systems for a flip or just to have in their collection and if it is backwards compatible then people can be more comfortable creating a backlog of games knowing that when the new system comes out they can play their backlog on that new console.
Slash prices both on software and hardware. That's the only way. People with $300-350 burning in their pockets ain't buying a Switch at this point.
With the Switch 2 coming out, I am definitely not gonna buy a Switch unless they dropped it to like $100 and if older Switch games like BOTW were easy to get at like $20. Switch is gonna be irrelevant in less than a year, what's the point of buying the console without it being super cheap?
@@jimmythegamer2231 Not just that, I'm sure kids have barred their parents who don't know any better from buying them a Switch too. I have my doubts about a typical Christmas sales boom for the Switch this year.
The issue for Nintendo is you can never tell people in Finance that things aren’t going to be as good as they were last year. Nobody wants to hear sales are going to be lower. Everybody wants to hear sales are going up. When you compare 1/4 of the previous year to the current year people always want to hear things are better. The problem is Nintendo makes video games and systems to play those video games on and eventually you get to a point where you have to release a new system and when you get to that point the market is usually saturated with your old system. they’re simply nobody else to sell the old system too. So that means sell, can’t be as good as they were last year not physically possible. Why would I buy a new system if I already own that same system that the dilemma they faced they couldn’t tell investors were going to sell fewer systems next year so they had to predict better sales, even if they knew sales would not be better. We gamers new sales of systems specifically would be better. We know that sales won’t really pick back up until they release new system and then everything will be purchased and they will have years they will sell everything they make.
What do they expect? Is an 8 year old console. There Is no logic in that, nothing can ever go up forever, just inflation 😢
Not buying one till it goes below $200. I ain’t paying $300 for hardware that rivals tablets from a decade ago
A shame they didn't share any new Switch 2 information. However, the massive decline in Switch sales is secretly fantastic news, cause its putting Nintendo under pressure to reveal the Switch 2 rather sooner than later. And it won't be long till we get some clarity: There is usually always a Direct in September, but I highly doubt we'll get one this year. If September comes and goes and there was no Direct, then its a great sign that they'll show the console probably in late October.
All you care about is switch 2, the current switch still has life left in it? It’s getting long in the tooth and this decline is probably with Nintendo expectations, nobody expected the current switch to be selling close to the levels of maybe 2021 but I’m not seeing it is all doing and gloom. The switch is still selling well enough.
And why do you think that the September direct won't happen despite the fact that the directs always happen in February,June, and September?
Just enjoy what you have while you don't have to spend $300-400 again.
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Just because $300-400 is a lot of money for you doesn't mean its a lot of money for other people lol
You say this as if Nintendo didn't expect this. They said before they were going to have a hard time transitioning and were going to struggle to meet sales.
Nothing is putting Nintendo under pressure, they'd already planned for this.
Drop the OLED to $200, lite to $150, base to $175. They will hit their forcast.
Sometimes the milking of one thing can cause you problems in the other thing, greed.
still waiting for a new Mario kart game not had one for years now 🤔.
More than a decade
It will be on the switch 2.
You proved how real you are, so many ppl not talking about this quarterly report lol! Leave it to Jon to be real and cover it. Appreciate you bro
We’ve also never seen record inflation in the past 3 years... Nintendo isn’t incentivized to drop the price, but bundles; yes.
Nintendo used that as a target and even if they don’t hit it, they will be just fine financially.
Nintendo doesn’t need to do any aggressive price cutting, devaluation of their first party titles in order to get business from consumers. There is a reason Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft aren’t selling their first party titles at a huge discount permanently this generation and is because they don’t have to. Any sales on their games are digital. Physical games are mostly sold at original retail prices for years and barely get a discount during life time on shelf or get one or two print runs and then gone. You see it in stores like Target, Walmart and BB, very little selections and most of the time order online to pickup at store as most of the time they don’t have it in stock.
Nintendo will still be able to sell their products at full retail price and for the upcoming holiday will just create a bundle for all 3 switch skus without cutting the price, just basically get a free game with purchase of a system.
I keep hearing about Nintendo Selects 20.00 to 30.00 permanent price games, not happening. If Nintendo wanted to price their evergreen titles at 20.00 to 30.00, they would have done it by now if you look at past consoles sales cycle history. The Switch will be sunset this year and will make room for new console sometime next year. If Nintendo permanently drops price of OG switch it will be after the launch of next Switch as to clear stock of original switch and phase it out as the new hardware starts to establish itself in the market place among consumers.
The thing that is allowing all of this to happen that wasn’t available years ago is the age of internet and 100s of thousands of content creators and influencers that promote for free Nintendo hardware and software and create fomo for all games and people eat it up. The next generation will only be worse as more creators and influencers push next switch and games so that prices stay inflated for foreseeable future and limit fomo of games and systems then maybe these companies will lower prices of games and hardware over time like it used to be
Maybe we'll actually see a discount during Black Friday now
The profit isn't minus 70%, it's down 70%. Huge difference
I always buy from second hand game stores. First party switch games are $45 max, even TOTK. All the gamestops closed in my area years ago but I would never go there again.
In my opinion theyve straight up won the video game competition and stand alone at top of entertainment industry.
The only way they can squeeze out more switch sales are by making those limited editions they usually do at the end of its life cycle. They need to make metroid prime 4 bundle and pokemon legends z-A edition as well
Nintendo needs to port and release The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess, Windwaker, Star Fox Assault, Kid Icarus, Yoshi's Wooly World, and a bunch of Gamecube and 3DS titles, etc.
They would have to do a REALLY agressive black firday sale to reach their target in my opinion
I'm still using the launch edition Switch. They never did a revision of the system that benefited those of us who mostly play the system on the dock, other than a minor internal storage space bump. Which more internal storage is great, but I've been waiting for something more. Now I'm at the point of I would not buy a new Switch due to knowing the next gen is on the way. And I'll keep my fingers crossed that the next gen system can play physical Switch games. I've been told that Nintendo said it will play Switch games, but that doesn't tell me physical games. Just says "games", which could just mean our digital purchases can be moved over to it.
I wanted them to release an external hdd, but they haven't. Buying and swapping out microsd cards is annoying.
@@callak_9974 I'd LOVE an external storage option! They don't allow it for piracy reasons, which I can understand, but still, I'd love to just grab a big external drive for my Switch. My current micro SD card is a 512 GB and I've debated getting a 1+ TB one, since this one is almost full, but what if the next gen system uses some other storage system? I'd have wasted money.
@@Lord_Mangoat Can be a external hdd that needs a chip that is locked to that specific Switch. Unless it gets whatever the ID number of that specific unit, you can't access the data stored it (can be encrypted too). Can of course plug that external drive to a computer to format (not read) it to be used with a different Switch. Or have it tied to your Nintendo account.
Why would you want to buy something twice?
@@bigduke5902 Oddly enough, certain sealed games sell for far, far more than their open counterpart. So if I can get a digital copy for like 50-80% off, might as well and keep the copy sealed to sell at some later date.
I was planning on opening it at some point, but why bother if I can manage to sell it and recoup the cost of both the physical and digital purchase. Of course that's a gamble, some games will take 20-30 years to even possibly reach that and some just sink down further. Really depends on the quality of the product.
I agree most people who want a Switch already has one or knows a friend that does. Not discounting the system or software has obviously worked in their favour for the last few years
I don’t see Nintendo selling 13.5 more switches. They can kiss that number goodbye
10 million flat imo
Looks like 2025 is going to be a big year. Especially if GTA VI and Switch 2 arrive on time with no delays and break records.
Remember how the ps2 sales went up when they did a price cut ? Nintendo is not sony they want the 300$ off prehistoric hardware
Investors: Herg derrrrrr, why line not go up?
I don't belive the switch will out sell the ps2 if nintendo dosent do a price drop on the system.
Not needed. In 10 years any representative of the company can end an interview as:
“Oh, I believe Switch sold 200m or something”.
And that should do it.
Nintendo could make a cheaper to produce revision, such as a set top box version that’s paired with a pro controller. They could sell something like that below $199, possibly around the $150 mark.
Which makes me think, I wonder why hasn't Sony released a limited run of PS2s again? I'd imagine it would be beautifully slimmed down now, a PS2 Super Slim probably the size of a Sony Walkman.
if the exclusive games would just fxcking go down to $20 my wishlist would be complete.
Remember the days in the 90's when we would just play games and didn't give a damn about sales figures of game companies : D ? We just wanted the games.
Another possibility to help expand this year is that zelda: echoes of wisdom may help excite a new group of young girls. My daughters are very excited about it and haven't been interested in zelda up to this point. Could capitalize on that further by offering a zelda edition switch in either pink or purple to match zelda's dresses
Sales of systems will go down when people like you WON'T shut up about the new system being just around the corner. You've been wrong about it for like 4 years now.
Well tears of the kingdom is definitvely a factor but new hardware around the corner probably mean a lot of people hold out to see what that new hardware is.
Switch-2 gimmick will be "use any gen1 or gen2 Switch as a second-screen controller". Just like the Wii-U gamepad worked. Pair up to 4 Switches.
This is the best explanation for why they are adding new themed Switch SKUs and accessories so close to the reveal of the Switch-2.
Also explains why Zelda WW HD and TP HD haven't been released to switch yet. They want to maintain that second-screen experience that the Wii-U gave for those games.
Imagine 4 switches paired to a tv connected Switch-2 console, for couch co-op games. They all get the second screen experience (compared to with Wii-U you could only have 1 screen gamepad connected).
8:43 Nintendo and price cut are two terms that don't go together 😄
Except they did significant price cuts, numerous times with the GameCube and Wii and literally every handheld prior to the Switch.
Oh really? There was a time when I turned my back on Nintendo. Perhaps their "generosity phase" falls right into that time?
@@Sum_Yousah the N64 and Wii U were the only products in their history that only had a single price cut, and the Switch is the very first to have none.
The NES, SNES, GameCube, Wii, Game Boy/Color, Game Boy Advance, DS, and 3DS all had more than one price cut and were each very affordable by the release of their successor
@@TurboPikachu Fascinating. My parents always bought me the consoles - at full price btw. The N64 was my last device from Big N before I switched to "team Sony". I was still a kid then. It wasn't until the Switch that I returned to N.
3ds had a price cut , when people thought the price was crazy , but nintendo changed a lot over the last few years.
I don’t think their upcoming software will sell many switches. BUT, Super Mario Party Jamboree will absolutely sell Joycons. It’s joycon only, so everyone who wants to play it with friends but only has pro controllers (probably cause the joycons they had previously broke) would need to buy Joycons not just for themselves but for any friends they might play with. I bought extra Joycons when Super came out, but when they broke I haven’t replaced them cause, I’ve got my 8bitdo and pro controllers. I’m gonna buy more Joycons to play Jamboree with friends, and I’m confident I’m not alone
I also find it interesting that you didn't talk about the software sales this time....
He did in the previous video from last night.
To be fair, it's not bad in the long run. It just sucks that the major slowdown is hindering their race to beat the DS and PS2.
12 minutes to conclude there could be a price cut. What happened to the quality of this channel?
Spawn sucks. I've never liked him. This video happened to show up in my feed and I decided to give it a chance and I should of known not to.
I feel like will sell at least 5 more million systems after that the next system will be announced
What would be the equivalent of a free DVD player in 2024?
I feel like it would be smart home integration or something. Blu Ray isn’t enough, you can stream on the devices already, so I’d say something bigger like a smart home style thing.
Nothing. There is nothing the Switch can do that your smartphone can't. Literally.
@@hasnihossainsami8375 You're so salty you're not even on topic.
A smart tv? 😂
In all seriousness probably an Amazon fire stick or Google chrome cast?
@@HebrewGamer100 I replied to the comment. And I'm not salty lmao.
A price drop for current Switch systems is probable. However, a Nintendo Select line of games would not happen till much later down the line if the Switch successor is backwards compatible.
Everyone here saying Nintendo should just cut all their prices in half, I hope y'all not managers. Price cut off $50? Sure. OLED for half price? Y'all got me laughing.
they need to make a special edition for each one of our favorite games.
They knew announcing the switch 2 would kill Switch sales, but they may not have anticipated announcing the announcement would kill Switch sales.
Pokemon AZ if released 2024 will help... Given that gamefreak has done good optimazation and got help from monolitih soft to build a beautiful looking world
Oh no! They ONLY made 2 billion dollars! What a failure! Fucking ridiculous. Investors are children.
They still too expensive in Aus for what they are. 320$ for a lite... 199$ max.
Who is paying 540 for the OLED... Just wait for switch 2.
$199 is not impulse buy territory. It will need to go to go lower for that. First price cut to $149 will be this fall, and very late in the Switch's life, long after they have discontinued the OLED and Red Box Switch, and the Switch 2 has been out for a while, the final price cut on the Lite to $99. Hang it up in blister packs in Target and Walmart's checkout lanes, and NOW it becomes an impulse buy for parents for their third kid. "Doesn't your older brothers have a bunch of these games? Here, let's just throw it in the cart." That's how the Switch will pass the PS2.
I totally think Nintendo will sell 5 million Zelda switch lites as well as another 5 million this holiday with aggressive bundles/deals.
number go down bad, number only allowed to go up
Hey, dont worry. We got that Zelda Switch Lite coming real soon.
I have the 1st gen switch only, then got a steam deck. I have no reason to get anything but their next gen model. Lots of people in the same boat
This ALWAYS happens..... the next system announcement always destroys sales of the current one... look at ps4. That thing fell off the moment the ps5 was announced.
As a shareholder I’m annoyed with this drop the stock took a beating. As a gamer I’m excited because hopefully switch 2 is close. I’ll be picking up more shares though with this drop and wait for that rebound when they announce the switch 2!
I sold my v2 and opted for a secondhand lite while waiting for the new switch, aaaaand nothing not even a teaser 💀
I don't find it surprising at all. They haven't announced any big hitters this year and revealed the next console is going to be announced soon. Right after the year they released TotK, Mario games galore, and the Mario Movie. This is the 7th year for crying out loud. I barely see anything unexpected.
Investors do compare to what they did previously but that is not as important as how they compare to other stocks.
there's a fundamental problem with exponential growth though. Eventually, no matter what, it will start to down turn. I understand it's just late stage capitalism but companies will just learn the tough way I guess.
I wish they would have at least released a Zelda and Metroid Prime collection before the end of the generation
The Switch's age and people expecting a new system are obviously factors, but I think TotK making that much of a difference shows how crucial having exciting games is. I wonder if Nintendo will have something like that ready for the next system's launch?
Small hiccup, but the Switch will probably get a bump in sales during the holiday season, not to mention the upcoming Zelda game with its limited edition Switch Lite
So if last year's Q1 was an outlier and this Q1 without "Tears of the Kingdom" is all in all in line with what is to be expected, I don't see the problem?
Last I checked, TotK sat at $70. So I left the store page $70 kept on my card and so many gigs of storage not used.
Yea but you don’t get to play one of the best Zelda games 🤷♂️
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If it ever goes on sale, I will. I'm not tossing that kind of cash at it. They can eat stock drops. (Yeah, I realize it'll bounce back.)
@@chrisheskin1he didnt miss much i played it , its just a collectathon , not even a real zelda experience , its an insult
@@googletarded8300you could get many indie games and finish them , instead of wasting 70 bucks on a game that runs at 27 fps , heck if only the game was good all you do is collect that and this
I think most people who complain about the switch "aging" probably haven't even finished odyssey or metroid dread...
I haven't even finished mario wonder yet, and i absolutely LOVE that game... i sincerely don't know how can you actually play nintendo games and be upset about them not releasing consoles or software fast enough when the number of releases is through the roof... I haven't even started botw yet and they already released a sequel for it a year ago! I honestly don't know what people want, because you really need a lot of spare time to stay on top of all these releases as they come out.
Just pick a game you enjoy and play it! There's absolutely no reason to keep egging on some multi-billion conglomerate to release "more products" when most people barely even care about the shit there's already out.