Shuntaro Furukawa, president of Nintendo, assumes that the life equator of the successful machine is approaching. It is at its best in sales.
Nintendo Switch is about half of its life in the market, said Shuntaro Furukawa, president of Nintendo, in the question and answer document derived from the company's last financial meeting (FY3 / 2020).
According to the manager, Nintendo Switch – which arrived in stores on March 3, 2020 – is approaching the equator of its useful life; a reasoning consistent with the trajectory of the previous domestic machines of the great N, which used to have a journey of between five and seven years, except in exceptional cases.
"The most important thing for us is that we can maintain the great moment of Nintendo Switch." Until last December 31, Nintendo Switch has added more than 52 million units sold, a performance ahead in speed than Wii had, so far the most successful desktop system of the Kyoto company in its history.
Shuntaro Furukawa, Nintendo's preisdente, during the financial meeting held on January 31 in Tokyo | Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP
"Regarding software, in addition to continuing to introduce new games, we believe it will be very important to continue placing our efforts in selling games that we have already launched," something that is in line with the unusual performance of games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe ( 22.96 million units), Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (17.68 million units) and Super Mario Odyssey (16.59 million units), which continue to sell strongly. Both the fighting title of Masahiro Sakurai and Pokémon Sword and Shield, (more than 16.06 million units sold in a month and a half) have been seen and will be expanded with DLC content, which will guarantee their long-term viability in the market.
There will be no new hardware in 2020, according to Furukawa
Nintendo Switch received a new model in September 2019 with Nintendo Switch Lite, the only portable option in the family. Furukawa also reflected days ago about new hardware, where different media such as The Wall Street Journal and analysts like Serkan Todo point to an eventual Nintendo Switch ‘Pro’ to cut distances with the new generation. However, Furukawa simply said they will not release new hardware in 2020.
Source | Nintendo Q&A (via VGC)
