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[–] termaxima@slrpnk.net -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

It makes some sense, because basically no one has a Switch 2 anyway 🤷🏻‍♀️

Edit : turns out my friends are just weird. No one around ME owns a switch 2, but I guess the overall market is different.

[–] simple@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's the fastest selling nintendo console but sure

the real reason is they cant optimize the game enough for it to run on sw2

[–] termaxima@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It is !? I have just checked and it is ! Wtf ? I used to always be able to tell how well a console was selling by just checking my friend circles (even then Nintendo was over-represented) so I am VERY confused that the console is selling well while I simultaneously don't know anyone who owns it 🤷🏻‍♀️

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Apparently it's doing really well in Japan and less well elsewhere, but its success in Japan was enough to more than make up for it and exceed their forecast.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

and given nintendo's history, the RoW market is a fun side project for them

[–] dunestorm@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Not sure why people think the Switch 2 sales have underperformed, I have one, my boss has one, my colleague and her brother just bought one. Yeah, it's not as popular as the first, but it's still pretty damn popular...