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[Amnesia]

RolStoppable said:

Amnesia said:

So does this mean that there is only one potential full boost for the Switch, which will be Animal Crossing ? Because then, except an eventual new Pikmin, there is nothing left to attract new players who doesn't have already a Switch.

That's not how console sales works. The 3DS had only Super Smash Bros. for 3DS left after Pokémon X/Y as all other big Nintendo IPs had already been released for the 3DS, but another ~11m in hardware sales got added to the ~13m that had been sold by the time X/Y launched. In other words, there's no need to worry that Switch could sell less than 20m lifetime in Japan, because that's simply not going to happen.

Pikmin doesn't do anything worth mentioning for hardware sales, so it shouldn't even be brought up.

The line of thinking that "nothing is left" doesn't make sense for two big reasons:

1. Sequels to big IPs also push hardware sales.

2. Nintendo can create new IPs that attract new players. See: Ring Fit Adventure.

1 : WHO really, who doesn't have a Switch, and who was not enough interested by Zelda, will suddenly think : "omg the new sequel of Breath of the Wild is awesome, I want a Switch !!

well, I have an answer : me, so far I only have the Wii U that I bought in end of 2017 just for Zelda, but we are marginal in this situation.

2 : You mean like ARMS and Astral Chain ?...