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Switch hardware sales should pass the PS4 and Game Boy this quarter.

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As part of Nintendo's latest financial report detailing performance for Q2 of fiscal year ending March 2023, the company has confirmed that the Nintendo Switch has now sold a gargantuan 114.33 million units.

Once again, however, Nintendo states that sales have declined year-on-year thanks to the ongoing semiconductor shortage. This time, sales have decreased by 19.2%, totalling 6.68 million units, however the company reassures that demand for the console remains stable, with big hitting games like Splatoon 3 providing a healthy boost.

Here's a breakdown of sales according to specific console SKUs:

  • Total Standard Switch sales this period: 2.23 million
  • Total Switch OLED sales this period: 3.53 million
  • Total Switch Lite sales this period: 0.92 million

Looking ahead, Nintendo has decreased its expected sales forecast for the Nintendo Switch by 2 million, moving from 21 million down to 19 million by the end of March 2023. Nintendo cites the ongoing semiconductor shortage as the reason, but states that "there is a gradual improvement in semiconductor and other component supplies and a recovery trend in hardware manufacturing", so that's good.

Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games (as of September 30, 2022):

  1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 48.41 million (up from 46.82 million)
  2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 40.17 million (up from 39.38 million)
  3. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 29.53 million (up from 28.82 million)
  4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 27.79 million (up from 27.14 million)
  5. Pokémon Sword and Shield - 25.37 million (up from 24.50 million)
  6. Super Mario Odyssey - 24.40 million (up from 23.93 million)
  7. Super Mario Party - 18.35 million (up from 18.06 million)
  8. Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - 14.92 million (up from 14.79 million)
  9. Ring Fit Adventure - 14.87 million (up from 14.54 million
  10. Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee! - 14.81 million (up from 14.66 million)

The numbers above are worldwide sales and include retail, digital, and copies bundled with hardware all combined.

Also confirmation of release windows for their major upcoming games:

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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet - November 18th, 2022
Fire Emblem Engage - January 20th, 2023
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe - February 24th, 2023
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - May 12th, 2023
Pikmin 4 - 2023
Metroid Prime 4 - TBA
Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp: TBA

From nintendolife.com

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1 hour ago, Ashley said:

Although with the Switch hardware COD will be more like a guppy 🥁

Presumably this is really for Switch 2, rather than the current model…

… unless Nintendo really ARE gonna wait until 2033 to release a successor (don’t give them any ideas!!)

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Has anybody's pro-controller (or joy-cons I guess) ever remapped the buttons on its own all of a sudden? It just happened to me, I'm playing SIGNALIS so at first I thought it might be intentional, but when I finally managed to figure out how to get to the home menu the problem persisted. Thankfully updating the controllers firmware seems to have fixed the issue, and it's back to normal for the time being, but I do wonder if it's a sign that my launch pro controller might be on its last legs - served me well for 5 years at least.

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Totally understandable, the guy has been working himself into the ground for ages so he deserves a break. 

I hope it is only a break though and he does have a couple of games left in him - let someone else take the reigns on Smash but give Sakurai the chance to flex his creative muscles with something brand new

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If anyone wants to potentially fix their Joy-Con sticks a company is offering replacement sticks using hall effect sensors. 

https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/22/23566353/switch-joy-con-drift-solution-nintendo-gulikit

Speaking of, used the console in handheld mode for the first time in years and the left just wouldn't click. Hoping some compressed air in there will fix it up. 

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