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UK : Switch Lite sold 13 500 units at launch, expected to perform strongly in November/December, 1.9m Switch units sold so far

Lelouch0612

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- 13 500 units sold at launch
- Not a day-one type of products.
- Expecting strong perfomance in November/December with Pokemon and Holidays. Ideal as a Christmas present.
- Compared to the 2DS which's sales picked up after launch with more than 200k units sold in those 2 crucial months.
- Strong preorders for the Switch Lite Pokemon Edition.

- 1.9m Switch sold since launch. Ahead of the 3DS launch aligned.
- Strong year for software as 7 exclusive Switch titles took the #1 spot in the UK weekly charts.

Additional context, Switch sales in the UK :

Launch : 80k
February 2018 : 700k
Early December 2018 : 1.4m
Sep 22nd : 1.9m


 
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jorgejjvr

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man + pokemon in november, its gonna be a crazy good year for switch. 40 mil in early 2020 maybe?
 
dabbling

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I literally have no sense of how the switch sells week to week in the UK, so it's hard to parse this result.

Do we have any comparable numbers for the release of 3DS or DS revisions?

Given how soft the UK market has been for Nintendo post-Wii, 1.9m total seems pretty good. Again, do we know how the other consoles have done in ~2.5 years? I expect PS4 was higher. It's Sony land here.
 

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Probably doesn't include Amazon, I suspect they have a big share. Amazon wouldn't share numbers with them.
 
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Lelouch0612

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dabbling said:
I literally have no sense of how the switch sells week to week in the UK, so it's hard to parse this result.

Do we have any comparable numbers for the release of 3DS or DS revisions?

Given how soft the UK market has been for Nintendo post-Wii, 1.9m total seems pretty good. Again, do we know how the other consoles have done in ~2.5 years? I expect PS4 was higher. It's Sony land here.
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man + pokemon in november, its gonna be a crazy good year for switch. 40 mil in early 2020 maybe?
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It might have already crossed that. It was at 36.87m units sold at the end of June.
 
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As Dring noted, it should probably be a considered a slow start, but one that makes sense as it will push ton of units when it is paired with Pokémon.

Japan is probably the exception rather than the rule, judging by this and indications about US (where the start was said to be good but not impressive).
 

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How does 1.9 million units lifetime compare to a) previous Nintendo systems, b) Xbox One? (I assume PS4 is out of reach).
 
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I find it kind of curious that the original Switch was designed for maximum flexibility, docking, removable Joy-cons, 'party play' and all that, while the Switch Lite has now done away with such features.
 
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Bazry

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Not much point comparing the 2DS which was around half the price of a Lite and quickly dropped to ÂŁ80 + a game in the UK
 
ragnarok21

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Maybe it's an absurd question but:

Given it's ahead 3ds launch aligned, is Switch also ahead 3ds+WiiU launch aligned?
 
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I am reading that wrong right?

Is it saying 2 million Lites were sold WW since it launched?
 
Geobros

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Wow!!! Low numbers in UK but it does not surpises me. Better weeks will follow for sure!!
 
dabbling

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1.9 million sketches sold in the UK since the original launched in 2017.

Edit - somehow messed up quoting the user I was replying to, but it's been clarified now anyway.
 

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Seems as though the lite will have a modest start outside of Japan and big sales in Japan (though it feels more targeted at Japanese audiences). Assuming it's sales will be more concentrated around the holidays though.
 
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Lelouch0612

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Switch UK Sales :

Launch : 80k
February 2018 : 700k
Early December 2018 : 1.4m
Sep 22nd : 1.9m
 
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SwitchedOff said:
I find it kind of ironic that the original Switch was designed for maximum flexibility, docking, removable Joy-cons, 'party play' and all that, while the Switch Lite has now done away with such features.
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Depending who you ask, It might possibly be seen as ironic IF it replaced hybrid Switch, but it doesn't. Switch Lite addresses what is basically a different target audience, case in point Japan sales where hybrid Switch sales increased the week Lite came out, even though Switch Lite had very good launch numbers.
 
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Unrelated to UK, but this is 3DS vs. Switch launch-aligned so far:

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Switch is currently almost at 37 million as of the last official numbers (ie; end of June). 3DS is just over 75 million.
 

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Zedark said:
Yeah, which is very curious, considering Japan and US were seeing double digits increases. I wonder how that happened.
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This is just a guess but maybe Brexit had an effect on sales in the UK in general?

I wish we would get some sales numbers from Germany because I am curious how it's doing here.
 
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This is just a guess but maybe Brexit had an effect on sales in the UK in general?

I wish we would get some sales numbers from Germany because I am curious how it's doing here.
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germany, france, and spain is where the switch is biggest compared to the competition. and if you want to include pal territories, australia too.

ps4 had a bit of a resurgence in the uk this year. i think it may have in germany too? but in australia and spain, ps4 is showing its age. this allows switch to fill the gaps a bit. and france is just a big market in general with a bigger draw towards japanese-made things than other european countries, so they gravitate towards nintendo stuff by default.
 

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Zedark said:
Yeah, which is very curious, considering Japan and US were seeing double digits increases. I wonder how that happened.
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Part of the success of the Switch in the US is a massive nostalgic fan base of people who grew up with NES and SNES after they saved the US game market. You don't have that in the UK as much. There's no history with Nintendo. The Switch is doing really well considering and it's 100% to do with the quality of the product.

The other massive factor is FIFA.
 
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Kingpin Rogers said:
The fact the UK generally aren't bigger Nintendo fans is so disappointing.
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As a kid, I argued with someone about which was better, Nintendo or Sega. To prove to him that Nintendo was better, I went around the playground asking all the other kids.

Only one said Nintendo lol
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Imo, comes down to Nintendo treating the market like an afterthought for so long. Forgot who was handling their distribution in EU for NES but they did a horrible job.
Even now, the market isn't exactly treated as a priority with some of the pricing and how they're not fixing joycons for free
 
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Imo, comes down to Nintendo treating the market like an afterthought for so long. Forgot who was handling their distribution in EU for NES but they did a horrible job.
Even now, the market isn't exactly treated as a priority with some of the pricing and how they're not fixing joycons for free
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UK always gets shafted tbf, but yeah, Nintendo do have a history of it
 

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huh, so this is now two reports alleging soft switch lite demand. i expected it to sell out initially here in usa, and was kinda surprised when even target had them easily in stock after launch.

maybe nintendo underestimated that people want this form factor at this price. or maybe like the article says, wait for holidays.
 
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