Bloomberg: Nintendo’s Profit Decline and Switch 2 Sales Slump Feed Concerns

[voke]

@heroeskillrats

I think you're forgetting that this is a remake. It's not some brand new game. It's going to do numbers 100% but 20+ million means it would need to keep with with TOTK, which sold 10 million at launch weekend.

I don't see this having the legs of BOTW. 15 million is the ceiling.

 

[Banana]

I don’t see what the concern is. Switch 2 is outselling the competition.

 

[Zzero]

Read the line about diversification. Gaming is down, Nintendo is being hit for being a gamings-only company.

 

[heroeskillrats]

I think you're forgetting that this is a remake. It's not some brand new game. It's going to do numbers 100% but 20+ million means it would need to keep with with TOTK, which sold 10 million at launch weekend.

I know it's a remake but it's also the highest rated game ever made and a beloved classic and new Zelda fans aren't gonna care if the original was old. They care about if the gameplay is great, the price etc. Like what held NS2 back was the pricing, especially in Europe. Nintendo using their Japanese pricing strategy on a global basis should help a lot over time.

 

[Bryank75]

Almost the exact opposite to what I expected from both companies. It seems like from a financial perspective, Sony really have things under control...

Now that doesn't excuse the issues with PlayStation studios and the way they have been communicating but at least they haven't ruined the business.

I expect Nintendo to recover quite well though

 

[Eleczoro]

GTA is just that game. Even Japan loves GTA.

 

[voke]

I know it's a remake but it's also the highest rated game ever made and a beloved classic and new Zelda fans aren't gonna care if the original was old. They care about if the gameplay is great, the price etc. Like what held NS2 back was the pricing, especially in Europe. Nintendo using their Japanese pricing strategy on a global basis should help a lot over time.

It doesn’t matter how highly rated it is. It’s not going to sell TOTK/BOTW numbers. I’m not even downplaying its inevitable success. You’re just really reaching for the stars here.

 

[heroeskillrats]

It doesn’t matter how highly rated it is. It’s not going to sell TOTK/BOTW numbers. I’m not even downplaying its inevitable success. You’re just really reaching for the stars here.

I'll tag you when Nintendo brags about sales 1 week from now. You'll see I was right.

 

[voke]

I'll tag you when Nintendo brags about sales 1 week from now. You'll see I was right.

It’s going to sell well but not as high as TOTK/BOTW.

It’s also an exclusive for a new console, which lowers the sales capacity.

It’s not even like I’m lowballing the game, it’s going to sell a ton. But you sound like the penultimate glazer if you think this is going to perform comparably to the new games. It’s the second remake of this title, not this show stopping new game in the franchise.

And it’s not the highest rated game ever. That goes to GTAIV, BOTW, Mario Odyssey, GTAV and RDR2. OoT is highly rated but had only 22 reviews.

 

[heroeskillrats]

It’s also an exclusive for a new console, which lowers the sales capacity.

As if that matters at all when we're talking about lifetime sales. If anything I'm lowballing it because long-term this can sell basically forever.

It’s the second remake of this title, not this show stopping new game in the franchise.

Ain't nobody care about the 3DS remake in 2026 nor will it sell like a typical remake. Nintendo's remakes probably aren't gonna function like other remakes because normally it's simply used as a cynical way to push sales. This a long-term anniversary project with massive nostalgia behind it.

And it’s not the highest rated game ever.

It is. It's the only game ever that could have been 100 on metacritic and there was only 1 retarded critic that gave it a 9/10 for no reason.
Back then critics were way harsher and they weren't as compromised like modern critics, some who clearly don't play video games anymore and they're just using chatgpt to write their "review."

 

[Say1nMan]

Almost the exact opposite to what I expected from both companies. It seems like from a financial perspective, Sony really have things under control...

Now that doesn't excuse the issues with PlayStation studios and the way they have been communicating but at least they haven't ruined the business.

I expect Nintendo to recover quite well though

Nintendo is still financially healthy. Their revenue and earnings for Q2 missed expectations. Next year should be better based on our expectation that the first party lineup should be stronger in large part due to next mainline Mario and mainline Pokemon and whatever surprises they have up their sleeves. I do think the price hike on the hardware has played a role in the slowdown of the hardware sales.

 

[SuperPotato]

@heroeskillrats