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A post claiming the Switch 2 “hasn’t become a mainstream boom” appeared on 5ch’s hardware/industry (Geha) board and sparked a heated debate. Hard numbers piled up fast — 6.7 million units shipped domestically, comparisons of worldwide sales against the PS5 — as the thread split over just what actually counts as a “boom.”
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Same goes for elementary schoolers.
Nobody's getting hooked on a Switch 2 game when it costs ¥70,000, makes you learn a bunch of fiddly controls, and isn't even fun.
Wait, you haven't played Splatoon, Donkey Kong, or Pokémon? ("Nishi-kun" = a derisive nickname for Nintendo fanboys)
Go actually play some games.
Then why haven't you bought a PS5 yourself, if you're so busy hyping it up as cheaper and more powerful than the Switch 2?
I mean they've put out third- and fourth-string titles too (going by expected sales tiers).
https://gamebiz.jp/news/431823
Hey Saturday-san (a recurring in-joke nickname on the board), did you watch Chiikawa?
Isn't it kind of alarming that kids are stuck scrolling nonstop just to keep the dopamine flowing?
It's only $35 million behind #5 Titanic, so passing it is just a matter of time.
Hey Saturday-san, who's your favorite Chiikawa character?
Apparently that's more "efficient."
Then why don't you buy the PS5 — it's cheaper and more powerful than the Switch 2? Go buy one.
Well, the Switch 2 is "dead last worldwide in both numbers and specs,"
so if you want to talk big, do it after you've passed the PS5's roughly 96 million units — the actual world number one. 🤗
If the PS5 is selling that well, why do its games sell basically nothing in Japan?
If it were really trending, you'd expect it to show up somewhere outside gaming circles too — so why does it never come up at all?
Ghost of Tsushima, for instance, got a whole feature on Sekai Fushigi Hakken (a Japanese TV show).
Nothing like that ever happens for the PS5. Is it really the world's #1?
But don't worry, piggy ("buta" = a derogatory nickname for Nintendo fans).
Give it ten years and the world will forget about Nintendo, and then it'll sell well again.
Guess you'll just have to grin and bear it.
And it's not just Roblox; more apps and services aimed at kids keep catching on.
Unlocking YouTube on the Switch 2 would probably help with kid demand — wonder why they haven't done it.
https://teitengame.com/hard.html
What exactly counts as "the public" in some middle-aged guy's head?
https://cm-marketinglab.mynavi.jp/column/2026kamihankitrend/
[First Half of 2026] Trend Ranking Chosen by Teenage Girls Announced!
#5 trending thing: "Poko a Pokémon"
Do you not have a brain?
That's why games aimed at that crowd barely sell.
How long are you gonna keep riding that "fastest-selling" high?
It's already down to weekly sales of 20,000, maybe 30,000 tops.
If you won't accept anything short of "fastest = best,"
does that mean the DS — which shipped fewer units domestically than the Switch — was never a boom either?
Nintendo Domestic Hardware Shipments (as of end of June 2026)
38.55M — Switch
32.99M — DS
32.47M — Game Boy
25.26M — 3DS
19.15M — Famicom
17.17M — Super Famicom
16.96M — Game Boy Advance
12.75M — Wii
6.70M — Switch 2
5.54M — N64
4.04M — GameCube
3.34M — Wii U
It's rough when a remake is your headline title.
Longer game dev cycles are just unavoidable at this point.
Right now's the time to grit your teeth and wait.
I say this every time, but why does everyone act like the sequel to Switch Sports — which sold over 3 million domestically and tens of millions worldwide — doesn't even exist? lol
In the end Nintendo's basically turned into a Western-style game publisher.
Bet it'd be different if Iwata ("Iwacchi," an affectionate nickname for former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata) were still around.
Oh, they did that on the Switch too?
Didn't know, wasn't interested.
Well, hopefully that helps Switch 2 sales bounce back then.
Personally I don't think that alone will cut it though.
The PS doesn't even sell without lineups like this.
Even at rock-bottom prices, moving barely four-digit numbers over and over is just embarrassing.
Comparing to PS sales in Japan is lame.
What's the point of flexing on something that's already washed up ("owakon" = dead/finished content)?
Oh, so you're admitting it's washed-up garbage now?
Then you should understand why games like this need to keep coming out.
Lol, you actually said "washed up" out loud.
Guess that's the console war officially over then.
It looks like, beyond the Switch, nothing but Nintendo's established evergreen titles is going to sell.
And even Nintendo itself seems to be struggling to create new evergreen hits.
The whole concept of an "evergreen" game title barely exists outside Nintendo anymore.
Switch 2 hardware sales, cumulative at week 11:
Year 1: 1,856,764 units
Year 2: 332,980 units
That's what you call fizzling out?
Background and Key Points
The Switch 2 launched in Japan in June 2025 and, per the thread’s own Famitsu-sourced figures, had shipped roughly 6.7 million units domestically by the end of June 2026, against a Switch 1 lifetime total of 38.55 million and a PS5 global lifetime figure the posters put near 96–100 million. Japanese hardware “shipment” (shukka) numbers, which Famitsu and outlets like teitengame.com track, count units sent to retailers, not units actually sold to consumers — a distinction foreign readers used to Western sell-through data (NPD, etc.) often miss, and one nobody in the thread flags.
The actual fault line in the thread isn’t whether the Switch 2 is selling — nobody disputes the shipment totals — it’s whether strong sales equal a “boom” (shakai genshou, a genuine mainstream cultural moment). Critics argue a real boom shows up outside gaming circles entirely, pointing to how Ghost of Tsushima got picked up by a mainstream TV variety show while nothing comparable has happened for Switch 2; defenders counter with raw unit counts and point out the console is closing in on PS5’s cumulative shipments despite launching decades later into the cycle.
What the thread never addresses is the asymmetry in those comparisons: PS5’s ~96–100 million is a worldwide, multi-year lifetime figure, while Switch 2’s 6.7 million is domestic-only after about a year on sale — not remotely an apples-to-apples “who’s really winning” comparison, even though posters on both sides use it that way. The thread’s title slur, “Nintendo buta,” is standard antagonistic 5ch console-war shorthand, not a reflection of genuine hostility toward Nintendo as a company.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Geha)) thread “Do Nintendo fanboys (lit. “Nintendo pigs,” a derogatory slang term) even understand why the Switch 2 isn’t a mainstream boom right now?“
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