I don't see this selling as well as the two consoles its replacing. I see it being too weak for the home console crowd, and too expensive for the portable crowd.

I see it selling between the Gamecube and SNES - 20-40 million - which would mean about 35 million less than the Wii U and 3DS combined.

A mario 64 style game.
A zelda game at launch.

Unified library (its one device) -> more games for said device.

Yes this is going to be a success.

I'm optimistic. Everyone I've talked to has been pretty excited.

I don't see the appeal as a tv only gamer. As a successor to the 3DS, sure.
Seems a bit big though.

Still too early to tell.

I think the price needs to be maximum $249, it needs proper third party support (not old ports) and it needs android / iOS support.

I'll say yes it can do well, the preview highlighted a few things that were never clear in the Wii U unveiling, the's a much more clear indication of what it is and the concept and more of a commitment to the approach they've chosen. The name which people are moaning is actually quite marketable as it's simple and conveys the console's concept well, it also stands out much like Wii did so what they need is a good competitive price and marketing. Third party support seems to be already above what the Wii U had with Skyrim Remastered, DQX, DQXI, Sonic and NBA on the way.

In Japan? Surely. Worldwide? I doubt it. Sony and MS have so much more ground on them at this point.

Not sure if it will be really successful, still too many questions :

- For the non-gamer audience : zero interest. It can't attract the Wii crowd.
- For the PS4/One gamers : really limited interest, and even less if they can't get games like RDR2 or COD. If the console isn't powerful enough, it will be really complicated to get the big 3rd party games, especially is you have to create a handheld version of your game. Could be a Wii U 2.0 for this audience.
- For the PC crowd : maybe as a complementary console to play Nintendo games, but it was the same thing with the Wii U and it didn't set the charts on fire.
- For the 3DS crowd : it will depend on price, autonomy, games and practicality. We need to know if they can make a cheap, powerful handheld with a good autonomy. The practicality doesn't seem really good (too big), and it needs to be at least resistant to attract kids and their parents. It doesn't look like something you'll put easily in your kid's bag before leaving the house, so we'll see. Right now, there is no reason to buy a Switch if you or your kid has a 3DS. So the hardest part here is to kill the 3DS and attract the future former 3DS players to the Switch instead of the tablets/mobile. They lost a lot of players in the DS/3DS transition, it won't be an easy thing to do, it will depend on the qualities I've listed earlier.
- The Nintendo hardcore gamers should be on board, but this audience is a lot smaller than the others, as demonstrated by the Wii U.

So, with the information we have now, the Switch shouldn't become the leader of the gen like the Wii, but could have an average success (better than the Wii U) if they succeed in the 3DS/Switch transition. This transition is not assured yet and will depend on the future information we'll get (the real news). Same expectation as yesterday and 3 months ago, the information we got today is exactly what we already knew after all.

Imagine if Nintendo allowed Android games to also be sold through the e-shop?

I've been saying that for over a year, lol.