Comparing Wii U and 3DS to Nintendo Switch is not completely fair, of course. The product is very different to both devices, there will have been a significant cross-over between the Wii U and 3DS audience, and 3DS' price point was (and is) significantly lower. In addition, Nintendo's investment in smartphone games may effectively replace its legacy handheld business over time.
Nevertheless, if Nintendo wants to have a bigger generation this time around, then it needs to beat 85 million. The 100 million Switch sales figure that Nintendo has casually suggested in its financial calls now look more like a genuine sales target. It's been a decent first year, but we are a long way away from reaching those figures.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
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Yes, for the most part.
Switch is doing very well, but gaming as a whole has become significantly more popular, so gamers are buying consoles much sooner than traditionally which is why the Wii U, PS4, XBO, and Switch all had some of the best launches of all time.
That being said the Switch also benefited from a full global launch Day 1, which is rare for most devices. It's also why the hardware supply issues hit hard globally, because the others can focus on a region(s) with less supply issue.
Overall the Switch is tracking above the XBO and below the PS4 and if it aligned with the launch of both consoles, it would be somewhere around 55m - 60m if it's sales stayed steady. So yes the Switch is doing very good.
Is it the huge mega seller people are acting like it is. No, but it's definitely tracking to on par to hit global sales matching the combined sales of 3DS and Wii U, which is a great turn around for Nintendo's console and handheld business, although they'd want it to sell more.
Yes. It's doing well here in UK I've noticed
Well it hit 10 Mil around a similar timeframe as PS4 so i would say so .
Yes, the question is can it keep it up? I see no signs of it slowing down, especially when that pokemon game comes out.