Wasn’t the GameCube an infamously low seller for Nintendo?
chocotripchip on
The power of a special exclusive discounted SKU.
Remote-Combination28 on
Crazy. It out sold a pretty infamous underselling console.
I really don’t understand these articles. Last one I saw was saying it outsold the Wii u in the uk… like that’s a metric that means anything.
I bet it outsold the Dreamcast and apple pippin too
Yacobo93 on
I knew the gamecube didnt do great but less than 4 million total in Japan is wild.
twili-midna on
In just over seven months, the Switch 2 is already well on its way to outselling the PS5 in Japan. Incredible.
trmetroidmaniac on
I had no idea the Gamecube did so poorly in Japan.
DrealAgent47 on
And still, it is hard to buy multi-language switch 2 in japan
acewing905 on
No surprise it’s doing so well in Japan. They alone get a special low priced unit that’s well below the price any other country gets, which also in turn makes it a very tempting option over a PS5 over there
GallitoGaming on
Isn’t the switch 2 absurdly less expensive in Japan exclusively? Almost at the level of a switch 1 in the western world?
They made a calculated decision to treat Japan differently from the rest of the world. Yet I’m seeing people trying to make claims for the entire console world wide just based on Japan numbers.
We all know demand for this thing would be through the roof if it was priced at switch 1 levels (and didn’t have game keycards).
DNY88 on
We have to take into consideration that most players in Japan like to game on the go. Handhelds have always been very strong in Japan, much stronger than home consoles.
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Cool, now make some great games for it
Wasn’t the GameCube an infamously low seller for Nintendo?
The power of a special exclusive discounted SKU.
Crazy. It out sold a pretty infamous underselling console.
I really don’t understand these articles. Last one I saw was saying it outsold the Wii u in the uk… like that’s a metric that means anything.
I bet it outsold the Dreamcast and apple pippin too
I knew the gamecube didnt do great but less than 4 million total in Japan is wild.
In just over seven months, the Switch 2 is already well on its way to outselling the PS5 in Japan. Incredible.
I had no idea the Gamecube did so poorly in Japan.
And still, it is hard to buy multi-language switch 2 in japan
No surprise it’s doing so well in Japan. They alone get a special low priced unit that’s well below the price any other country gets, which also in turn makes it a very tempting option over a PS5 over there
Isn’t the switch 2 absurdly less expensive in Japan exclusively? Almost at the level of a switch 1 in the western world?
They made a calculated decision to treat Japan differently from the rest of the world. Yet I’m seeing people trying to make claims for the entire console world wide just based on Japan numbers.
We all know demand for this thing would be through the roof if it was priced at switch 1 levels (and didn’t have game keycards).
We have to take into consideration that most players in Japan like to game on the go. Handhelds have always been very strong in Japan, much stronger than home consoles.