Following the poor performance of the Wii U, Nintendo had another chance to redeem its image as one of the leading video game companies with the Nintendo Switch.
继家用游戏主机Wii U销量表现不佳之后,任天堂再一次凭借游戏机Switch重塑其作为领先视频游戏公司之一的形象。
Released in 2017 the Switch is now one of the most popular consoles in the World.
Switch于2017年发布,如今是世界上最受欢迎的游戏机之一。
Just after four years on store shelves, the Nintendo Switch has sold more than 89 million units!
发售四年,Switch已售出超过8900万台!
Compared to the Wii U, the Switch performed six times better.
Switch的销量是Wii U的6倍。
So that begs the question, how did a company that was struggling to sell 13 million units over its lifetime manage to sell more than 89 million units in just 4 years?
所以这就引出了一个问题:一家过去费力售出1300万台游戏机的公司是如何在短短 4 年内销售超过 8900 万台的?
There are many reasons for the Nintendo Switch's success.
任天堂的Switch的成功有很多原因。
First of all Nintendo is known for its outside-the-box innovations, and has released many suprising and completely different consoles over the years.
首先,任天堂以其创新著称,多年来已经发布了许多惊人还完全不同的游戏机。
The Switch is no different, and is regarded as the world's first major hybrid console.
Switch也不例外,它是世界上第一款混合游戏机。
Meaning it can be used as a handheld and as a home console.
这意味着它既可以当掌上游戏机也可以当家用主机。
Whether you're on a plane, in bed, or maybe on the toilet seat, Nintendo Switch is a console you can enjoy at all times.
无论用户是在飞机上、床上还是在马桶上,都可以用Switch随时享受游戏。
This also means it targets a wide audience with both handheld and home console gamers.
这也意味着它面向的受众广泛,囊括了掌机和家用主机游戏玩家。
When players are at home they can enjoy their favorite games on a large TV screen, and when they go out it allows them to continue playing.
玩家在家可以在大电视屏幕上享受他们最喜欢的游戏,外出时也可以继续玩游戏。
Of course other consoles have tried to do the same.
当然,其他游戏机也尝试过混合设计。
For example the PlayStation has PS Remote Play, where players can continue their games on multiple devices, but it comes nowhere close to the simplicity of the Nintendo Switch.
例如,PlayStation具有远程投放功能(PS Remote Play),玩家可以在多个设备上继续游戏,但它远不及任天堂Switch简便。
Of course, like any other console the games are also incredibly important.
当然,和游戏机一样,游戏本身也非常重要。
While Xbox and PlayStation sell many of the same games, which are often targeted to more hardcore gamers.
虽然Xbox和PlayStation销售许多相同的游戏,但这些游戏通常针对较硬核的游戏玩家。
Nintendo has its own library of exclusive games, which are more focused on fun and playing games together either physically or in multiplayer mode, like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Party and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This means the target audience is much larger than just the hardcore gamers.
任天堂有自己的独家游戏库,这些游戏更注重趣味性和多人游戏,如《马里奥赛车8:豪华超级马里奥派对》、《超级马里奥派对》和《任天堂明星大乱斗特别版》。这意味着任天堂的目标用户远不止硬核玩家。
From young kids to grandma, anyone from can enjoy the Nintendo games.
任天堂的游戏老少皆宜。
Nintendo also has some of the best franchises that are loved by countless fans around the world, including the incredible Zelda games like The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening and of course The Legend of Zelda:Breath of the Wild, which was released on the same day as the Switch and has since been cited as one of the greatest games of all time.
任天堂还拥有一些优秀的IP,受到世界各地无数粉丝的喜爱,包括《塞尔达传说:梦见岛》等塞尔达系列,其中《塞尔达传说:荒野之息》这款游戏与Switch同日发售,被认为是有史以来最棒的游戏之一。
Pokémon, with Pokémon Sword and Shield and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu.
宝可梦系列——《宝可梦 剑/盾》和《宝可梦 Let's Go 皮卡丘》。
And there are of course the Mario games, including Super Mario Odyssey and many others.
当然还有马里奥系列,包括《超级马里奥:奥德赛》等。
The Switch now also has more 3rd Party support compared to many previous Nintendo consoles.
与许多以前的任天堂游戏机相比,Switch现在也拥有更多第三方游戏。
You could argue that this may be the best 3rd party console since the SNES, with many great titles like Doom: Eternal, Monster Hunter Rise, The Witcher 3 And Minecraft.
你可以说Switch是自超级任天堂(家用游戏机)以来最棒的第三方游戏机,有许多优秀的游戏,如《毁灭战士:永恒》《怪物猎人:崛起》、《巫师3》和《我的世界》。
The Switch was also cheaper at launch, with a price tag of $300 dollars, compared to the PlayStation 4 that had a launch price of $400 dollars and the Xbox One that was even $500 dollars.
Switch的发售价格也较低,为300美元,而PlayStation 4的发售价格为400美元,Xbox One甚至为500美元。
During the Corona pandemic, the Switch became even more appealing, since people where forced to stay at home.
在新冠疫情期间,Switch变得更具吸引力,因为人们被迫居家。
Animal Crossing: New Horizons was released during the beginning of the pandemic and seemed to be the perfect game to be enjoyed at that time, even for people who had no previous experience with games.
《集合啦!动物森友会》发售于疫情初期,在当时似乎是一款很受欢迎的完美游戏,即使对于以前没有游戏经验的人也是如此。
In the game players can enjoy a somewhat "normal life" that happened to coincide with one of the strangest times in human history due to the pandemic.
在游戏中,玩家可以享受一种比较“正常的生活”,正好赶上人类历史上因疫情导致的居家时期。
Since so many people wanted to have a Switch and since Nintendo was unable to produce more of these consoles, a huge shortage resulted, where buying a Switch became even more difficult than buying toilet paper.
因为很多人都想拥有Switch,但任天堂的产能跟不上,导致了供货严重不足,买一台Switch甚至比买卫生纸还难。
A much cheaper model of the Nintendo Switch was released in 2019 with the handheld-only Nintendo Switch lite.
2019年任天堂发布了一款更便宜的Switch型号,即掌上游戏机Switch lite。
Till the end of 2020 Nintendo had already sold 13.5 million units of the Switch Lite, that is about the same number as Wii U consoles were sold in total.
截至2020年底,任天堂已售出1350万台Switch Lite,与 Wii U 游戏机的总销量大致相同。
And on October 8 of this year, 2021, the OLED model will be released.
2021年10月8日,OLED显示屏版发售。
Now you can enjoy your trips to the toilet with an even wider screen, since this model will have a 7-inch OLED screen.
现在你可以用更大的屏幕享受上厕所的乐趣了,因为这版Switch配备了7英寸OLED显示屏。
This model is expected to increase sales even further and in many places pre-orders are already sold out.
预计该版游戏机将进一步提高销售额,许多地方的预订都已售空。
There are also some highly anticipated Switch games that will also help to boost sales, including Metroid Dread, Pokémon Legends Arceus and of course the sequel to Breath of the Wild.
还有一些备受期待的Switch游戏也将有助于提高销量,包括《密特罗德:生存恐惧》、《宝可梦传说:阿尔宙斯》,当然还有《塞尔达:荒野之息》的续作。
Let's hope this will be just as epic as the original.
让我们期待续作如原版一样优秀。
Oh, and I want to be able to pet the dogs this time.
对了,这次我还想摸摸狗。
While Nintendo already sold 89 million Switch units, I have no doubt they will continue to sell, and probably surpass the 100 million mark very soon.
任天堂已经售出了8900万台Switch,但我毫不怀疑销量会继续增加,并且可能很快就会跨过1亿大关。
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