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Nintendo Switch Is Now Japan's Top-Selling Game System Ever (www.animenewsnetwork.com)
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[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

Biggest problem is that despite having such a large library of exclusive games that people want is the hardware. Westerners like myself could never imagine that being the most popular console here in America when we can get a pre-built gaming computer, admittedly for a lot more price wise and emulate those games with better performance and still be able to play more games than just those exclusives.

[-] PrincessEli@reddthat.com 3 points 7 months ago

Believe it or not, the majority of people don't just default to "but I could just pirate this instead", especially when a decent computer will easily be more than twice as expensive as a switch.

Beyond that, you lose out on the multi-player aspect of things. The switch is also far better in terms of portability than the alternatives in pc space, both in terms of size and battery life.

[-] Scrof@sopuli.xyz -5 points 7 months ago

That's just sad.

[-] superbirra@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

lol, no

[-] Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world -5 points 7 months ago

How

[-] Nima@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

the article lists a source. Game Watch. Translated from Japanese to English.

"Cumulative domestic sales of Nintendo's game console "Nintendo Switch" series exceeded 33.34 million units. It exceeded the record for the Nintendo DS series of 32.99 million units, making it the best-selling game console in history in Japan."

This is much easier if you read the article and check the sources yourself.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 8 points 7 months ago

I didn't realize the DS was so popular, it sold ~2x compared to the GBA, which was my personal GOAT.

[-] Nima@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

mine as well. I had a gba sp that I used until the plastic showed under the paint from wear and the hinge no longer clicked.

loved that console.

[-] Wodge@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

Relatively cheap, loads of amazing games and appeals to a lot of different people.

It's not rocket science.

[-] Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

The games are incredibly expensive. As nobody but Nintendo sell them. There are far fewer games to choose and they are lower quality.

Don't get it at all. But that's why I'm not running the companies

[-] PrincessEli@reddthat.com 2 points 7 months ago

There are far fewer games to choose and they are lower quality.

Lmao what?

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

How wasn't it earlier?

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