Nintendo President: Switch Lite isn’t cannibalizing the Switch

Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa same in an exceedingly informing for analysts that the Nintendo Switch lite isn’t cannibalizing sales of its older relative Nintendo Switch.

The a lot of compact and light-weight Switch lite may be a dedicated hand-held that can't be accustomed show games on a tv, because the Switch will be. It launched worldwide in Sep, and sales square measure sturdy.

Furukawa showed a chart that showed the Switch Lite’s weekly sales compared to the sales of the Switch, that continues to sell well.

“Looking at the state of this primary response, i might say Nintendo Switch low-cal generating its own demand, while not negatively impacting sales trends for Nintendo Switch,” Furukawa same. “In fact, sales of Nintendo Switch (shown in gray) grew perceptibly within the week following the launch of Nintendo Switch lite. That was a similar week because the unleash of Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of associate degree Elusive Age – Definitive Edition and therefore the launch of a special Dragon Quest-edition Nintendo Switch within the Japanese market.”

And Furukawa same that a better proportion of feminine users square measure shopping for the Nintendo Switch low-cal.
“Furthermore, the pool of shoppers getting Nintendo Switch low-cal throughout the initial launch amount includes not solely users getting it as their 1st system, however conjointly an honest variety of shoppers getting it as their second system from the Nintendo Switch family,” he said.

“Among these shoppers shopping for Nintendo Switch lite as a second system, some do so to supplement one Nintendo Switch  console shared among the family, whereas others are opting to shop for Nintendo Switch lite as a compact, light-weight system to require on the go,” Furukawa same.

And so Nintendo is currently launching a specially designed Nintendo Switch lite for the japanese market, previous the discharge of PokĂ©mon arm and PokĂ©mon defend. Before the discharge of last year’s PokĂ©mon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and PokĂ©mon: Let’s Go, Eevee!, most PokĂ©mon series titles were discharged for hand-held game systems.

“We assume this can build the hand-held Nintendo Switch lite a well-known and attractive proposal to PokĂ©mon fans,” Furukawa same.