GameNTrain author Peter Thomas writes: When the 3DS first launched, fans rejoiced while those not in support of Nintendo claimed that the glasses-free 3D feature was ‘gimmicky at best.’ While I tried my best to fend off the masses, there was no denying it: I barely used my 3D feature on my games. Out of the 10 games that I own, I probably played four with it on, and two I could have probably played without. Even when I had it on, I usually only had it at half strength since having it too high would make my eyes cross. I get it: it was a neat, revolutionary feature that wasn’t big, but Nintendo wanted to make it big. That’s what they do. They revolutionize. They don’t create gaming consoles; they create eras.
Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)
Switch – 43,747 (37,855)
PlayStation 4 Pro – 8,847 (10,975)
PlayStation 4 – 8,693 (9,664)
New 2DS LL – 4,226 (3,733)
PlayStation Vita – 1,945 (2,115)
New 3DS LL – 1,775 (1,669)
2DS – 273 (247)
Xbox One X – 129 (127)
Xbox One – 61 (71)
Black Ops still holding off Red Dead, interesting. Crazy to think that Mario Party almost sold as much as Red Dead did.
Nintendo hardware up.. Playstation hardware down..
Software numbers definitely seem low this week overall.
Red Dead didn't do that great in Japan and the Switch went up in sales. Probably from people getting excited over Pokemon Let's Go. Dragon Ball Fighterz is still hanging in there. Good for it.
Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)
Switch – 54,647 (50,143)
PlayStation 4 – 20,911 (16,982)
New 2DS LL – 7,872 (7,628)
PlayStation 4 Pro – 4,932 (5,044)
New 3DS LL – 3,316 (2,784)
PlayStation Vita – 3,083 (3,507)
2DS – 708 (498)
Xbox One – 51 1(31)
Xbox One X – 45 (43)
Damn. The Switch is killing it in Japan. Good to see the 3DS still doing nicely.
Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)
Switch – 50,143 (50,799)
PlayStation 4 – 16,982 (13,113)
New 2DS LL – 7,628 (9,015)
PlayStation 4 Pro – 5,044 (5,889)
PlayStation Vita – 3,507 (3,339)
New 3DS LL – 2,784 (3,010)
2DS – 498 (561)
Xbox One X – 43 (53)
Xbox One – 31 (21)
13/20 are Switch titles, 16/20 are on Nintendo hardware. Japan really loves the Switch right now.
one things for sure, its a great present for kids and it doesnt even cost much.
After reflecting on it this is a good move for Nintendo as it will recoup the losses made when they had to cut the 3ds price by 30% and it is fairly low cost on the consumer side. My issue with this is the name. It is a very odd name/way about naming it