Nintendo Switch Lite Selling Very Well Despite Joy-Con Defects

[Tsing]

Nintendo was reckless enough to let the Switch's Joy-Con drift issue seep into the Lite, but that oversight didn't stop Mario and Zelda fans from waiting for the portable's inevitable revision. The company's latest quarterly report revealed that 1.95M were sold in just 11 days, fueling sales of titles such as Link's Awakening (3.13M copies) and Super Mario Maker 2 (3.93M). Overall Switch sales are now closing in on 42M worldwide.

Nintendo Switch sold just shy of 7m units total for the six months ended September 30th (up 36 per cent year-on-year), and 58.49m Switch games (up 38 per cent year-on-year). Digital game sales are up considerably, Nintendo noted, with downloadable software revenue spiking 83 per cent year-on-year.

 

[Brian_B]

I had a 3DS and there were a few exclusives on there that I loved and made the handheld worth the cost.

I'm on the fence about the switch - I really thought about it for Octopath Traveller, but held off and now it's on PC (although I still haven't played it on either). Another Bravely Default and I would probably buckle and do it.

 

[Uvilla]

I had a 3DS and there were a few exclusives on there that I loved and made the handheld worth the cost.

I'm on the fence about the switch - I really thought about it for Octopath Traveller, but held off and now it's on PC (although I still haven't played it on either). Another Bravely Default and I would probably buckle and do it.

I enjoy the switch a lot, the library has grown huge, yes it is huge with ports of older games from other consoles, less so original or exclusive content... But games you haven't played you can get them in switch and take them with you.
That said, I wouldn't go for the mini you lose too much functionality.
Its sad Nintendo is letting the DS die, its a great handheld, and I don't find them mutually exclusive, when a game is made for the DS thinking about the DSness of the hardware, its just different... But I guess supporting 2 hardware and hoping game publishers will support 2 plataforms is just ridiculous... Or too hard.

 

[Brian_B]

DS is also a pretty old architecture - the original was, what, '04? Even the 3DS refresh was '11. It's biggest draw was portability, and the Switch does that.

DS was a great system. I got a good bit of use out of mine despite only having it for maybe 4 or 5 titles.

My son has the original Switch - he has moved more to the PC lately, but hasn't been willing to give up the Switch entirely.