r/gaming • u/PlantQuick • 18h ago
Japanese Charts: Switch 2 Surpasses 6 Million Consoles Sold
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/07/japanese-charts-switch-2-surpasses-6-million-consoles-sold22
u/ZelphtheGreatest 15h ago
Tbh switch 2 is just really good value atm, compared to the other consoles
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u/YourMomIsCool96 18h ago
I'm happy about that cause more consoles sold = more games on that thing
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u/WrenReverie 15h ago
Honestly, I think they are waiting on announcing a lot of games at the same time the price increase happens.
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u/mucus-fettuccine 11h ago
Interesting theory. We're still waiting for the 3D Mario and probably the next Smash Bros. It may be strategically timed.
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u/WrenReverie 10h ago
As much as I'd love a new Smash Bros, I don't think Sakurai has another in him.
The guy who leaked OoT Remake and Star Fox says we are getting a Super Metroid Remake and a Metroid Dread remake.
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u/mucus-fettuccine 10h ago
METROID DREAD REMAKE? Surely you mean sequel.
If so that's extremely hype.
A Super Metroid remake with only graphics, movement, and boss fights updated would be incredible. The map is perfection and doesn't need to be changed.
Still, that isn't the most popular franchise right now, sadly.
As much as I'd love a new Smash Bros, I don't think Sakurai has another in him
Don't know where I heard it, but supposedly Air Riders was one personal project he requested and was allowed before moving on to Smash Bros.
Whether or not he has it in him, it will surely come. Even if that means a different director taking the reins. It's way too big.
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u/WrenReverie 9h ago
Yeah I meant sequel, I need to quit posting while nodding off.
As far as the Super Metroid remake, I wouldnt be against them adding some stuff. The game is already perfect even in it's pixel art. A mix up would be nice.
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u/MuDotGen 9h ago
Nah, Sakurai has never stated he intends to work on a new Smash Bros. game, even after Kirby Air Riders. To my knowledge at least. I remember him stating with a lot of finality how he doesn't intend to make another Smash, but someone else could. I just think it would be a good time to try a new game genre that uses all of Nintendo's IPs. A new spin-off series perhaps. That way you can keep the scope manageable as a new type of game but with the appeal of Smash bringing the many IPs together. It can help forge a new identity without Sakurai while not taking many years just to get something out.
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u/Avocado_Kai 5h ago
Mario Kart has been slowly introducing new folks at least. A Mario Party II like crossover game could be neat. In that not only do you get a crossover party game, but everyone gets a different themed outfit per board.
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u/bobvella 4h ago
You don't think they want a bigger install base asap? They make coin off 3rd party too from their store
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u/weinerschnitzelboy 3h ago
That's the idea, but honestly I'm not finding my Switch 2 very compelling. I don't know if it's just the state I'm in currently with work and my personal life, but my Switch 2 has been sitting in it's dock for months now. I haven't played Mario Kart in a while and I didn't feel compelled to finish Donkey Kong Bananza since gameplay is just way too repetitive
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u/Jedzelex 17h ago
Japan is the 3rd most important video game market after the US and China.
Which makes it perplexing why Sony decided not to focus on it as they use to do years ago. To the point that they switched operations to the US.
I wonder if them making a PS6 handheld means they'll try to recapture that market with it?
Could be.
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u/DarkKnightRises360 16h ago
Sony looked at the success of Naughty Dog and Santa Monica, and decided "we want ALL our studios doing this" and now they're in a spot where almost everyone in their arsenal is just making very westernised experiences.
They've completely lost their Japanese flair, where before it was small but noticeable.
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u/axialage 9h ago
They're making very westernised experiences, but also very slowly. The problem with the Cinematic Sony Game genre is that they take forever to make. It feels like Nintendo has bumped more 1st or 2nd party stuff out the door in the first year or so of the Switch 2's life than Sony has over the entire 6 year run of the PS5.
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u/Donnicton 3h ago
They've completely lost their Japanese flair, where before it was small but noticeable.
I personally haven't forgiven them for killing Japan Studio, especially as someone who doesnt really care about Astro Bot.
So much talent and so many fun ideas and properties mismanaged during and after.
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u/FewAdvertising9647 17h ago
Which makes it perplexing why Sony decided not to focus on it as they use to do years ago.
because they wanted to capitalize on destroying the xbox one with the PS4.
that generation is when sony sacrificed its handheld division to become the home console leader, while on the flipside, nintendo sacrificed its home console division, to run nearly uncontested in handhelds.
the decision was not wrong, for either company.
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u/Jedzelex 17h ago
nintendo sacrificed its home console division, to run nearly uncontested in handhelds.
Except that they didn't "sacrifice" a thing. The Switch and Switch 2 are hybrid consoles.
Basically, they offer both a home and a handheld console in one.
the decision was not wrong, for either company.
Sony became the market leader by spending millions on an "arms race" that led them to a point of no return. Where they can't pump out the same amount of AAA games as they did in the previous generations. Because of how expensive it is.
They then tried to find a way to earn revenue by way or developing live service games. But that side hustle mostly failed. Big.
Even MS, with their deep pockets, have had to cut back to stay out of the red.
Now they're trying to go all digital with the PS6 in order to secure 30% to 100% from each game sold digitally. Again, to continue being relevant in a very expensive AAA market.
So you're opinion that they made the right choice... well, that's debatable.
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u/FewAdvertising9647 17h ago edited 17h ago
Except that they didn't "sacrifice" a thing. The Switch and Switch 2 are hybrid consoles.
its more on how Nintendo handled the WiiU vs the 3DS. both flopped at the start, but one recovered. the switch didn't exist when sony made the PS4/Vita decision tree. Vita was effectively long dead by the launch of the switch.
For example, Smash has never been on handheld... till the 3DS. It shows nintendo cared way more making the handhelds better than the reverse, like mainline pokemon hitting the home console.
On the latter part, you're talking about the wrong part of the generation when the decisions happened. What theyre doing NOW is completely different than what they did in 2014, the inflection point on which both companies started to make this decision.
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u/Jedzelex 17h ago
They made it a hybrid console because it was cost efficient to do so.
Unlike Sony with the Vita, Nintendo didn't see the 3DS as a lesser console. Instead they had their A teams working on games for it.
For instance, Mario Kart for the 3DS wasn't a spinoff. But a mainline entry.
But having their teams supporting two consoles just wasn't going to cut it with how game development was becoming too expensive. Especially when the games had higher fidelity than in previous generations.
Nintendo had to drop or "sacrifice" the production of either the handheld or home console divisions. They did neither. They instead supported both but in one single package: the Switch.
They still make home/handheld console games.
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u/FewAdvertising9647 17h ago
your missing the point, the decision to focus more ont he handheld was made before the switch was a thing. like I mentioned, why do you think they even bothered to port smash 4 to handheld. Smash has NEVER been a handheld game since its creation up to that point.
Mario Kart has ALWAYS had a mobile option.
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u/Jedzelex 16h ago
Smash has NEVER been a handheld game since its creation up to that point.
My guy, why did you think that I previously mentioned that Nintendo never saw the 3DS as a lesser system? Of course it got Smash and Mario Kart 7.
And that all happened before the Switch came about. But when the development of the successor of the Wii U and 3DS came along, they decided to come up with a HYBRID console that allowed them to continue making home and handheld games. Developing just one system that would do BOTH things saved them money.
Again, they didn't sacrifice a thing.
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u/tagen 17h ago
sucks cuz i really liked my vita, the games looked amazing for handheld technology at the time and it just felt cooler to use than my gameboy, but their game library was pretty lacking and eventually they just kinda…. gave up on it lol
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u/FewAdvertising9647 16h ago
I think the vita was a really good piece of hardware, and extremely fairly priced for what it was. but Sony's lack of development of it, expensive memory, and IMO, sony losing Monster Hunter handheld games to Nintendo, sealed its fate.
To put in perspective how big handhelds are in japan, the sales of PS Vitas in japan are fairly similar to the sales of PS5 in japan.
that says a lot given I shouldn't need to tell you how "well" both devices sold.
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u/ShinobiOfTheWind 17h ago
Nothing is stopping this train, in JPN.
Part of this success is thanks to the cheaper regional pricing of the JPN-only Console SKU in the region in addition to the international SKU, and it was a genius and pro-customer move by Nintendo, in hindsight.
At this rate, they'll surpass the NSW numbers in JPN, within 2030/2031, and hit that 40M+ mark, before their successor.
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u/internets-a-mistake 16h ago
It was pro consumer if you’re Japanese. If you’re an immigrant living in Japan it’s shit.
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u/Alarming-Chemist-755 15h ago
But if you're learning Japanese as an immigrant in Japan, it's a great financial incentive
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u/EldenBJ 12h ago edited 12h ago
Learning Japanese through a lot of games is really hard because if you're starting at a basic level, EVERY WORD becomes a slog of looking things up, then trying to piece together the content of the sentence within the context of the scenario AND THEN remembering what was going on while you were slogging through looking things up. Just one line of dialogue could take a person 10 minutes to piece together. Not a very good incentive. Add to the fact that most games use terms and expressions not used in daily conversation.
Playing FE to learn Japanese is like reading Shakespeare to learn English. If you start talking like that IRL people are just gonna look at you funny like "pfft. Weeb, Watch less anime and learn to speak like a normal person".
You definitely have to curate what you play if you actually want to learn Japanese in any practical way.
That said, if you ALREADY have a solid foundation in Japanese, then I will agree. I have N1, for reference, and am finally at the point where I can play games with relative comfort (I still prefer English of course), so if your goal is to chill and play, then I really don't recommend the full-immersion method for gaming, especially because cutscenes don't wait for you to finish reading subtitles/comprehend what's being said. Books are far better for this because you can take every sentence at your own pace.
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u/internets-a-mistake 13h ago
It’s locked to a Japanese account. So any games or save data you have won’t work on it. It’s anti consumer. Try playing a game like fire emblem in Japanese with a base Japanese knowledge. That’s not gonna help you improve your language ability.
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u/Great-BottleGGG 15h ago
Launch lineup was thin but the hardware's solid. Once Pokemon and a proper 3D Mario hit it'll fly off shelves everywhere
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u/MuDotGen 9h ago
I think it's genuinely impressive how well it's sold until now despite not having a heavy hitter like a main Pokemon game or even an announced 3D Mario or Legend of Zelda game yet. Pokopia surprised many for how genuinely good it is, so the console has a lot going for it despite the economy.
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u/DarkKnightRises360 16h ago
This was unthinkable to me once, but I'm seriously considering switching from Playstation to Nintendo for my main console. I suspect a lot of players will be doing the same.
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u/Iokua_CDN 16h ago
PC and a switch and you got most games covered
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u/deedee2148 15h ago
Yep. It's the best combo.
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u/petetakespictures 4h ago
Yeah, it's what I do. PC is my Cities Skylines, American Truck Simulator and The Long Dark machine with a bunch of niche strategy titles. Switch 2 for everything else. Oddly, I prefer Cyberpunk on the Switch 2 to on my 4060-card PC, I just love the gyro and portability and it runs smooth enough, and the DLSS oddly gives it a slightly grittier feel which I kind of like! Anyway, power-couple combo, PC and Switch.
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u/horrorscoop 15h ago
PC and Nintendo are the way, sold my series x and months ago and I am not missing it at all. Debating on selling the PS5 since it just sits there, but it will for sure be my last PS console
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u/John_Delasconey 15h ago
I’ve always been a Nintendo and then later Nintendo/PC guy, I think the weirdest thing to me about the switch two is the first time in a very long time that Nintendo actually has a console that can be a primary gaming device without solely limiting you to first party games. It’s way for me to say that I am almost certain that I have more hours spent on third-party on the switch to the first parties
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u/horrorscoop 13h ago
Yeah I have some 3rd party ones that I know would perform better on the PS/PC, but having games in handheld mode has become more important to me with my current lifestyle. The Switch 2 is crawling up on overall sales so I’m sure it’ll start attracting more 3rd party and I’m here for it
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u/MuDotGen 9h ago
The region-locked version had a price increase as of May here though. I did get the multi-lingual version when it came out, but it took 5 tries in a lottery. lol Region locked version was 50000 yen -> now 60000 yen, and the multi-lingual version is always been 70000 yen. People have to understand it was never "cheap" because the original Switch was 30000 yen until recently, which was reasonable. Buying power can't be seen from JPY -> USD alone. 50000 yen is still a freaking lot, more equivalent in buying power to $500 in the U.S. here, so I feel people still downplay the fact that it was still (and is currently still selling despite the price increase) costing people above average prices for the average consumer, and still continues to sell just because of how genuinely popular it is, despite being x2 the price of its original predecessor.
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u/Ttm-o 18h ago
I love my Switch 2.
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u/GetReady4Action 9h ago
I also love mine. Was waiting for a “killer app” in the vain of Mario or Zelda to get one, but the pricehikes forced my hand and I bought one last month. It’s just such a solid piece of hardware that it makes the original Switch look like a toy. My only complaint with it is the lack of OLED.
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u/OnePossibility5868 17h ago
Nintendo are winning. They made a less powerful console than can perform when devs put the effort in while managing to keep prices reasonable in tough times. They dominate the portable market by being th cheapest compared to even 5 year old PC handhelds often with longer battery life too.
It helps them that Xbox is pretty much on life support going into major surgery and Sony are literally shooting themselves in the foot right now too though.
Hopefully this means more games come to it in physical form. It will be so strange if, after Helix and PS6 come out, that the Switch 2 is the only console you can buy a physical copy of your game!
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u/OhMyTummyHurts 17h ago
Smart move by Nintendo to stay in their own lane and keep making good games.
I will never understand how Xbox made the fatal assumption that having a lot of good exclusive games didn’t matter. Why buy an Xbox when the PS5 can play Xbox games AND PS5 exclusives?
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u/John_Delasconey 15h ago
I would actually argue that I many respects to switch to was actually them leaving their lane in a way that staying in their lane. The DLSS on the switch essentially allows it to pretend to be a console much more powerful than it is, and as I understand, it basically means that it can run functionally almost any GPU dominated game of the current generation as long as actual effort is put into the port. This actually allows it to be a functional third-party machine again in a way that Nintendo consoles haven’t in terms of power since the GameCube and haven’t functionally been since the SNES. Like the switch to is them actually more directly competing with PlayStation in a way that doesn’t make them leave the lane they’re currently in
Like so far, it’s been noted that third parties have done a better job making use of the hardware than Nintendo, which is unheard of for a Nintendo console. I’m aware that part of the third-party return. It’s also because of the tremendous success of the switch, but they also did everything in their power to make it compatible with these third parties on the design end.
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u/cyberspaceman777 17h ago
This.
I love my switch 2 more than the swirch 1, and with this new announcement, I'll not buy a ps6
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u/WrenReverie 15h ago
I bought a PS5 and played two final fantasy games on it that didnt come to PC. Didn't buy a single other game.
Never again. I will wait on PC releases.
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u/defiancy 18h ago
I bought a switch 2 to beat the price increase but haven't played it much yet
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u/PlantQuick 16h ago
How come?
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u/defiancy 16h ago
Don't have any switch 2 games yet, just all my switch one stuff
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u/PlantQuick 16h ago
Any switch 2 you're interested?
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u/defiancy 16h ago
Just Mario Kart and Metroid so far. I still haven't played the second Zelda game from switch one so that one too
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u/CerberusZX 17h ago
Same here, but Splatoon is probably my favorite Nintendo franchise, so I anticipate getting a ton of use out of it later this month.
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u/Iggy_DB 17h ago
I will probably get one in the future for Xenoblade
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u/petetakespictures 4h ago
Good choice. Got my Switch in 2020 after being a PC user all my long life, had never even played a JRPG before, and was astonished at just how great Xenoblade 1 & 3 were. Just started 2, which I'm loving despite its obtuse mechanics and slightly embarrassing cleavage - I'm thankful it's an outlier in that respect. So I'm very excited for the next one. I'd say its my favourite RPG series ever, maybe even my favourite game series.
Also tremendously excited for Fire Emblem.
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u/EpicKri5 16h ago
I love my Switch 2. I also have an XBOX Series X and a PS5, but the Switch 2 is my main and I could not be happier with it.
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u/ExistentialRafa 17h ago
Nintendo being not that evil after all. Reasonable hardware price and good games.
Good luck Playstation and Xbox with their comming 1000$+ consoles.
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u/yungsteezyyy_ 17h ago edited 17h ago
so… genuine question! did sony leave japan or purposefully abandon japan? like these low numbers aren’t making sense to me lol. what happened?
or are the japanese just over sony?
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u/OhMyTummyHurts 17h ago
I’m honestly not sure either, because it’s not like Xbox has ever had a foothold in the JP market. I think it comes down to:
- The PS5 being nearly 7 years old now
- The domestic model of the Switch 2 being cheaper
- Sony essentially leaving Japan like you mentioned
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u/MuDotGen 8h ago
- This depends on which PS5 model, but still, even comparing a 7 year old console it's pretty obvious how f***ed Sony is. Even at this moment, the Switch 2 region-locked version has gone up to 60000 yen (again, buying power, it's closer in feeling to buying a $550-$600 console, above average, but possibly manageable for average consumers), while its region-free version remains at 70000 yen. PS5's cheapest option is 55000 yen for the region-locked digital edition, but its standard disc version rose from 55000 yen at launch to 97,980 yen.
Which means, if you are a Japanese speaker, your cheapest options for typical latest-gen consoles are 55000 yen for a 7 year old PS5 region locked digital only or 60000 yen for a 1 year old Switch 2 region locked version (with physical media still supported more or less). Then you hear about the PS6 launching and delay your decision, only to realize if a 7 year old console is this expensive, you're going to be looking at at least a whopping 100,000 yen (we're talking like the feeling of $1000+ USD) just to play the dang thing. If you're a consumer, and you're finding out Switch 2, which you can play on the train and long commutes, at home with you family, or long solo plays on the TV with exclusives and high third-party support for your favorite series outside of Nintendo and the entire massive Switch library, it's just... looking like a no brainer at this point.
I mean, just look at it. You will be able to play Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy all on a Switch 2. Final Fantasy Remake, the high graphics, originally Playstation exclusive. That should show you just how far Sony is falling when their exclusives are really hard to maintain as exclusive. It's like when Sonic just started getting put on Nintendo consoles after Sega's hardware died out. I don't mean to glaze Nintendo, but you have to admit they've been pretty smart to really just run their own race over the last few decades, playing the long-game, while their competition shoots itself in the foot.
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u/Keaten88 13h ago
Well, the incredible success of the Switch 1 combined with the incredibly high price of the PS5 in Japan ultimately led to Nintendo dominating the region, and they continued to do so with the Switch 2, which regularly would have that insanely high price that the PS5 had, but doing that region locked ~¥50,000 sku helped Nintendo effectively secure the Japanese region. That’s probably why Sony came in behind them and did that as well.
Sony also just stopped focusing on what the Japanese gamer seems to care about, from canning handhelds following the Vita and ultimately having most of their heavy hitters, if not all of their heavy hitters, come from Western studios, probably alienated their local fan base.
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u/Iggy_Slayer 17h ago
Japan wants different experiences from the rest of the world and more portable experiences. So sony chose to focus on the rest of the world instead of a smaller region where sales have been declining over time anyway.
Like the weekly famitsu charts these days it's not uncommon for the #2 game to sell like 12k copies. For the yearly charts the amount of games that reach 100k+ have plummeted versus 15 years ago. And japan is not nearly into digital as the rest of the world, so the digital excuse doesn't save the numbers.
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u/FewAdvertising9647 16h ago edited 16h ago
Japans fine with digital, its just theyre far more prone if given the option, to pick the physical option if available.
Keep in mind, Japan and the rest of the worlds stance on Game Preservation are different, to the point that Japan and the rest of the world has at times, actively bidded against each other on some lost japanese game dev content that was found and auctioned off(Japanese have more of a, this belongs in someones private collection and should not be made public, vs the rest of the world, who thinks old content should be made public like a museum). They like collecting, and physicals offer them that opportunity. but it doesnt stop them from supporting methods that have no physical return (e.g Arcades)
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u/DeLurkerDeluxe 11h ago edited 10h ago
So sony chose to focus on the rest of the world instead of a smaller region where sales have been declining over time anyway.
Japan bought 38 million Switch consoles to to the 46 in the US and the 40 in Europe, despite having like 1/3 of the population. And if you know anything regarding the japanese market is that they have no issue throwing money at games (with the shit ton of gacha games in Japan outprofiting the rest of the world combined minus China). PS Vita lasted 8 years solely on the back of the Japanese market.
Sony just made the choice of focusing on the western market, and that was a stupid choice to make because despite of what you think, the japanese market is still huge.
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u/Iggy_Slayer 9h ago
The rest of the world still far eclipses japan though, and the markets are not very compatible with each other. They made the right choice because they've been the highest grossing gaming company for like 10+ years now.
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u/DeLurkerDeluxe 8m ago
The rest of the world still far eclipses japan though
So you decided to ignore the numbers that say otherwise. Got it.
hey made the right choice because they've been the highest grossing gaming company for like 10+ years now.
Profit, on the other hand....
But hey, it's your fantasy world.
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u/FewAdvertising9647 17h ago
japan is mobile forward, so unless sony produces a mobile product, japan isn't as interested in it.
Japanese aren't entirely over sony, its just theres no sucessor to the vita yet. Only a small fraction of japanese go out of their way to buy home consoles.
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u/Dawakat 12h ago
I bought a Switch 2 a month ago and I’m really liking it a lot. I got my Switch 1 on release day and played it a lot when I got it but I soon switched to my ps4 until about a year and a half ago when I started playing my switch again like crazy. And I waited a year for the switch 2 then the price hike was announced so I figured it’s time to finally upgrade. Pokopia is such a cozy game and been loving the Zelda upgrades too. Looking forward to more Switch 2 exclusives in the future as well
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u/pr0newbie 10h ago
Gullible gen x parents and their grown up alpha - gen z kids who maybe haven't had enough gaming exposure. Nintendo have been very poor for at least the last 5 years charging insane prices for reskins or even the same games from 2 generations ago.
To me this shows the market's desire for a competent all-in-one console gaming handheld. Especially when the steam and windows ones have sold decently despite their issues.
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u/Ecstatic_Dinner_992 17h ago
I feel like if you truly want to understand the performance of the SW2, you should drill down to include metrics such as actual play time and how are many games purchased/installed.
I know a family that had 4 switch 1s. They played maybe 1-2 games on each and then abandoned them when they ran out of games to be interested. The switches then collected dust for years and were eventually given to other younger family members. One of them sits in a drawer in my house because I don't have any reason to get it out.
They didn't buy any SW2s. Which shocked me because they are very much a "Mario Kart/Mario Party/Animal Crossing/BoTw" family
How common is that outcome among the total number of consoles sold? Probably more than Nintendo wants people to know about.
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u/Admirable-War-7594 17h ago
That's common for a LOT of consoles. My cousin and 2 of my friends have ps5, my cousin played with it for a month and now he only plays fortnite on it, hasn't made a single purchase for the last 2 years. Both of my friends only played some games like god of war and spiderman 1 in like 2022, one of them switch to pc and the other plays mostly on his xbox.
This is definitely not a switch thing, this is common for every console. You nust see more examples for switch considering twice as many people have a switch than a ps5
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u/Ecstatic_Dinner_992 17h ago
right that's why I don't think sales numbers of the consoles actually mean anything other than brand loyalty among consumers being high. yet people act like console sales numbers means that their favorite is 'winning' at something.
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u/Alonsey 17h ago
Never had a switch one, entire family had one and they still play theirs occasionally. Got the switch 2 for my girlfriend’s Christmas gift, figured I’d jump into the deep end of Nintendo and see what they can offer.
The fact that I can buy and play cyberpunk on the switch 2 gives me hope for other triple A titles to make their way, turning switch 2 from a “friendly Nintendo console” to a true competitor to my computer. My PC will always have more grunt, but man. You can’t beat the experience of gaming in bed when you’ve got yourself perfectly comfy. Or travelling, or need another controller that’s built directly into the device.1
u/MuDotGen 8h ago
Honestly, I've been curious about the experience of those who jumped into Switch 2 having never had a Switch 1. At that point, you've got a huge library at your finger tips already (heck, the Switch 1 games may be even cheaper, especially 2nd hand), and already in the span of 1 year, the Switch 2 already has a pretty good set of games, 3rd party ones and exclusives, with some heavy hitters coming like Ocarina of Time remake and the new Pokemon games, Dusk Bloods, or whatever you're interested in.
Plus, the new hardware just makes the Switch 1 games run better in general, lots of QoL options like the stand being infinitely better, so the table top built-in two player experience is even simpler (and the charger on both top or bottom, so very easy to just take on a trip and keep it charged while playing together). Little things you might take for granted if you didn't have a Switch 1.
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u/jeffdickbutt 17h ago
I got a Series S as a gift and literally never touch it whereas I have a Switch 2 and at least one person in my household uses it everyday. I know it’s anecdotal, but it kind of happens to every piece of tech to some degree.
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u/Number1OchoaHater 18h ago
I don’t remember the others but I think it’s kinda low compared to the ps4/5 and original switch right?
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u/BuddyRedSkull 18h ago
The original switch sold 3.8 million units in japan during its first year and the ps4 sole 1.1 million units in japan during its first year.
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u/geodetrain 18h ago
I think the ps4 has sold about 9.6 million in japan and the ps5 about 7.5. Switch 2 might outsell ps5 in japan by early next year if not the end of this year.
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u/BuddyRedSkull 18h ago
It'll probably surpass that after Splatoon Raiders comes out, Japan loves those games.
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u/sopheroo 18h ago
Raiders will probably be the biggest release of the year in Japan
Yes, above Pokopia and OoT remake :)
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u/CaptPants 18h ago
Those are numbers just for Japan. In comparison, Switch 2 has already outsold the base model PS5 for the country, and just over a million to go to have outsold all versions of PS5
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u/DragonRoompa 18h ago
Couldn’t have happened to a less deserving console. This thing is weaker than the pS4 for god’s sake. No premium graphics. No achievements. 🤢
Need a PS6 handheld yesterday to out ourselves out of this misery.
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u/awkward_triforce 18h ago
Because graphics and achievements are the most important quality of a gaming
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u/_sharpmars 18h ago
Seems to outperform PS4 in pretty much every game while also receiving current-gen games.
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u/sopheroo 18h ago
Your PS6 handheld will be around double the price of the Switch 2, will not support physical and will probably have less than a dozen exclusive in its lifen
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u/locke_5 18h ago
You don’t wanna spend $1200 to play The Last of Us: Revisited on the toilet?
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u/Lavaissoup7 17h ago
"Introducing...The Last of Us: Remastered Remake Refurbished Restored Kiwami, all it does is add an extra door in some random building, now pay us 200 dollars"
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u/Hi-Finn-ate-Ed 18h ago
Switch 2 games look good. Having these lower powered devices leading in sales helps everyone. The bar for graphical fidelity stays manageable and if any games developed for the switch 2 are cross platform with PC you can be certain to be able to play it on a gaming pc from the last 8 years.
When graphics cards and ram are so expensive why cry for a more powerful handheld to be the standard?
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u/Caerum 18h ago
I played RE Requiem on PS5 and tried it on Switch 2 and I was pleasantly surprised by how well it ran and looked!
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u/John_Delasconey 15h ago
Yeah, the whole thing about the switch 2. While it was specs or more in the PS4 category, it has all the bells and whistles like the dLSS and ray tracing to make it much more compatible with current gen games. Like they all aren’t going to be technically as graphically impressive as the PS5, but he can still functionally play these games without developers, having to spend years gouging their eyes out trying to make the game run
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u/SPACEXDG 18h ago
Lmao keep coping its way more powerful then ps4 had double the cpu performance and double the gpu performance + more docked and has dlss a ps4 and ps4 pro wishes it could run requiem or pragmata and look anywhere near damn as good so I say cope and cope with the fact a ps handheld would cost x2+ the switch 2 and get nowhere near it
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u/-FT_ 18h ago
Having less powerful consoles like Switch 2 and Series S is very good. It forces the developers to optimize their games and not totally rely on dlss/fsr
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u/Devatator_ PC 16h ago
The Switch 2 does have DLSS. Two versions of it in fact, tho idk what all the differences are. I know one is lighter
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u/John_Delasconey 15h ago
Yeah, which two is actually the strongest argument in favor of dlss as he does essentially allow them to make the console behave like it’s one generation more powerful than it is graphically
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u/locke_5 18h ago
“No achievements” is such a millennial-coded complaint, nobody has given a shit about achievements in 10+ years
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u/Enchelion 18h ago
As a millennial I have never understood the love for achievements. I turn them off any chance I get.
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u/MuDotGen 8h ago
Same. If anyone wants achievements, why not just join the speedrunning community? The hardcore achievement seekers. For the average person, I just don't feel like they matter that much. I feel like if you have to artificially inflate your core game experience with a bunch of side achievements that are not really in the game itself (with no real reward), then you're probably not making a worthwhile game.
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u/WonderSuperior 15h ago
That's crazy sales numbers. Now imagine how many it could sell if it had any games.
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u/EpicKri5 14h ago
The Switch 2 has plenty of games and has had an impressive first year. In fact, their first year could almost rival all of PS5's exclusives.
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u/Due_Teaching_6974 18h ago edited 18h ago
Mark my words 10th generation of consoles will be dominated by Nintendo again just like how they dominated 9th gen consoles