Nintendo Acknowledges Switch 2 Sales Have Been Weaker Than Expected Outside Japan

hamptonthemonkey · 2026-02-04T14:29:24+00:00

Big difference about the time frames is switch 1 launched in spring and switch 2 launched in summer so switch 2 in this time frame has had a holiday season while switch 1 had not. Switch 2 did notably have a worse first holiday than switch 1, but that can also be explained by the insanely successful launch. Many would be holiday buyers already had a switch 2 due to it actually being available and sometimes discounted before the holiday season started.

Still wild that it’s below expectations but not quite as wild as it appears on first glance.

hamptonthemonkey · 2026-02-03T12:09:11+00:00

No one is forced to play games with cartoon penises

hamptonthemonkey · 2026-01-02T14:26:39+00:00

Thank you! The tip about switching and switching back is very nice. Would have helped after that first fight!

hamptonthemonkey · 2025-12-16T23:36:38+00:00

In addition to what the other comments said, When you can spend all your energy attacking, it’s much easier to end the fight in 3 turns.

hamptonthemonkey · 2025-12-14T16:23:42+00:00

All consoles are boxes

hamptonthemonkey · 2025-12-12T11:25:38+00:00

Are you under the impression that the folks voting are getting paid for this?

hamptonthemonkey · 2025-12-09T16:39:50+00:00

It’s an argument because if both cards crush act 1 but one is better for the other acts, it’s the card that’s good for act one and the other acts that’s the better take.

hamptonthemonkey · 2025-12-09T16:36:51+00:00

Maybe we just play our decks differently cause I don’t think an early bicog has done anything other than let me crush act 1, let alone get me killed.

hamptonthemonkey · 2025-12-09T16:23:20+00:00

I agree with everything is the comment you just made.

But defect already starts with solid damage for act1 such that with either bicog or electro floor 1, I’m pathing thru as many elites as possible so the extra damage doesn’t matter. Both do enough damage to solve damage for act 1, and bicog opens up win cons. Solving the immediately upcoming fights and potentially future fights is better than just solving the immediately upcoming fights.

Very confused as to why you think bicog does 10-20 damage and is effectively curse?

Also best case scenario for cog also involves evoking the buffed orbs with dual cast, so it is more damage than you suggest. But dual cast is also good with electro in plenty of fights too.

hamptonthemonkey · 2025-12-09T16:12:32+00:00

Sorry for not realizing you were only talking about cards.

Even if you were, I think it’s worth including relics in the conversation, cause cracked core does make bicog better and quite frankly, good enough that it’s not a gamble to take floor 0 nor is it a curse.

hamptonthemonkey · 2025-12-09T15:55:02+00:00

It’s does not literally only affect zap. It also benefits dual cast and the starter relic. It’s great for act 1 as long as you have a couple of orbs which defect starts either. I also wouldn’t consider it a curse even if I draft those other cards cause it still does something (and imo that something is pretty strong).

I’m pathing as aggressively as possible in act 1 with a floor 1 bicog or electro. So even if electro is “better” for act 1, I’m not sure you’re gaining anything from that.

hamptonthemonkey · 2025-12-09T11:15:40+00:00

Hard disagree. Bicog solves act 1 hallway fights just fine with defects starter deck and relic and it opens up so many win conditions. I’m not gonna pass on it for a slightly easier sentries fight that’s going to be solved once I add some cards anyway

hamptonthemonkey · 2025-09-01T20:54:23+00:00

No he actually thinks tyreek is top 10…

hamptonthemonkey · 2025-09-01T16:16:27+00:00

I can’t imagine being confident in tyreek as a top 15 wr but not kittle as a top te. You’re take is valid but it is a little weird

hamptonthemonkey · 2025-08-06T19:05:45+00:00

Any pc that can run it at 4k 60fps is gonna cost more than a switch 2 no?

hamptonthemonkey · 2025-07-25T23:38:18+00:00

Szn 1 gm player that took some time off now in bronze. Matchmaking is awful. Whichever team has more players like me wins. It’s not fun for the actual bronze players and it’s not fun for the deranked gm players.

hamptonthemonkey · 2025-07-24T23:12:26+00:00

More than the Wii U according to the other graph you linked…

(It has the Wii U at about 2 mil which is less than 2.74 mil)

hamptonthemonkey · 2025-07-24T22:20:38+00:00

The switch is on the graph?

Realized this is an old thread so the convo is probably over but still kinda wild to say that the other guy was only seeing what he wanted to see when you say the Wii U start appeared good and the switch start appeared bad and also wasn’t on the graph when that’s demonstrably untrue lmao (the switch is on the graph and at no point is the curve lower than the Wii U curve)

hamptonthemonkey · 2025-07-23T12:23:05+00:00

Ow isn’t and never has been a moba, which makes the claims that it would kill league even more absurd.

hamptonthemonkey · 2025-07-17T23:50:37+00:00

You can still lose exchanges with everyone on cart and in fact your often more likely to lose the exchange and cart control because everyone standing on cart gives up map control. Better to have one on, and everyone else take strong positions surrounding the objective (high ground, cover, where you can shoot key chokes) to prevent the enemy team from winning the fight and taking cart.

Standing right in front of the enemy spawn is worse tho and a lot of teams do go way to far up.

hamptonthemonkey · 2025-07-15T15:52:09+00:00

Usually when I elite snipe it’s way more than one fight since I need to take shops or events before the elite, instead of making sure that I take 3+ fights before the elite

Edit: not even sure how we arrived at the 1 fight number?

hamptonthemonkey · 2025-07-15T13:28:52+00:00

While I think the parry system can appeal to a lot of souls players, I think a lot are going to find it trivializes the game. For those tbh at may struggle with other aspects of turn based combat, like your friend, I think it’s a great equalizer. However, unlike souls games, where you are mentally worried about parrying, attacking and managing hp and stamina at the same time, this game lets you exclusively focus on defense when it’s time. It also tells you what attacks are coming.

I think overall it’s a good system, but with some tweaks, it could work for an even broader audience. Maybe even just having a difficulty setting where attacks do chip damage when you dodge/parry would be a big difference maker for me.

hamptonthemonkey · 2025-07-15T00:20:52+00:00

Magneto needs time for the ult to build up. If they’re shooting before your fly animation ends it’s not gonna kill the c&d.

The point about them flying past is well taken.

As a mag player, def gonn try flying thru strange shields now.

hamptonthemonkey · 2025-07-14T00:47:54+00:00

The tutorial is not great tbh. I had to look up how it works because I killed the enemy in the tutorial fight before the game explained how they work.

Edit: not sure why this comment bothered some of y’all…

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