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Will it sell less than the Wii U?

Yes. This thing is looking to be a flop 133 17.85%
 
No, but it'll still sell like shit 229 30.74%
 
No, it'll sell very well... 323 43.36%
 
It'll outsell the PS4 an... 60 8.05%
 
Total:745
Pinkie_pie on 13 January 2017

Between 30 to 40 mil is my guess



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Jpcc86 on 13 January 2017
barneystinson69 said:
Jpcc86 said:
Nonesense. A new Zelda and portability alone are a bigger hook than anything the WiiU had when it launched. Not to mention the portable library is now gonna come out for the Switch so If you want a new Pokemon or Fire Emblem or Monster Hunter youre gonna have to own a Switch. Tho I do not think the Switch is gonna be a huge commercial success, specially because of the price, but I def. don't think its gonna be as much of a failure as the WiiU was.

So wait, this is replacing the 3DS as well?

Eventually, yes. 



barneystinson69 on 13 January 2017
Jpcc86 said:
barneystinson69 said:

So wait, this is replacing the 3DS as well?

Eventually, yes. 

You've got to be kidding me...



Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).

palou on 13 January 2017

Lol, I'd bet it will end up selling WiiU Global level sales (10-15mil) in Japan only.



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Nautilus on 13 January 2017

Good lord, people are going into a tantrum just because the online is now paid and the acessories are expensive.Yes those things sucks, big time, but it wont hold the console down, especially since the competition has been doing that for a decade now(cant be certain about the acessories part).

The Switch is weaker, but it will offset that by having more functionalities and be more versatile.The 300 dollars price point is good.Just because is 50 dollars more expensive than most people thought(blame the "leakers"), its not going to fail because of that.300 is still a good price.Not to mention that the holidays is 9 months away and its enough time to do a price cut or/and an attractive bundle.

The launch lineup may be smaller in quantity(at the very least there is 12 games confirmed for launch, even though a decent number of those are only confirmed for launch at Japan.we dont know about rest of the world yet), but the quality is superior.I mean, personally Zelda alone is much better than the launch games of PS4 and XOne combined, so thats says alot.And the first year is also much better in terms of quality(again, personal opinion).

So dont worry.I mean, it is very likely that Japan alone will sell more than Wii U lifetime, thanks to Zelda Mario and Splatoon 2 first year.

Edit:We need only to see if the marketing is good enough to highlight the good things about the Switch(which are many) to try to offset the small negative things(like paid online and acessories price).But since the marketing so far has been really good, Im not worried about that.



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Platina on 13 January 2017

Just being portable will mean this will sell more than the Wii U



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KrspaceT on 13 January 2017

Yeah no....I am not expecting to beat the Wii U in a single year, but with Zelda and Mario it will sell well, probably more than Wii U's first year, possibly the 3DS's as well



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barneystinson69 on 13 January 2017
Nautilus said:
Good lord, people are going into a tantrum just because the online is now paid and the acessories are expensive.Yes those things sucks, big time, but it wont hold the console down, especially since the competition has been doing that for a decade now(cant be certain about the acessories part).

The Switch is weaker, but it will offset that by having more functionalities and be more versatile.The 300 dollars price point is good.Just because is 50 dollars more expensive than most people thought(blame the "leakers"), its not going to fail because of that.300 is still a good price.Not to mention that the holidays is 9 months away and its enough time to do a price cut or/and an attractive bundle.

The launch lineup may be smaller in quantity(at the very least there is 12 games confirmed for launch, even though a decent number of those are only confirmed for launch at Japan.we dont know about rest of the world yet), but the quality is superior.I mean, personally Zelda alone is much better than the launch games of PS4 and XOne combined, so thats says alot.And the first year is also much better in terms of quality(again, personal opinion).

So dont worry.I mean, it is very likely that Japan alone will sell more than Wii U lifetime, thanks to Zelda Mario and Splatoon 2 first year.

Wgat about the Wii U? It had lots of new features, and the hype surrounding it was insane.



Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).

Mr.GameCrazy on 13 January 2017
barneystinson69 said:
Jpcc86 said:

Eventually, yes. 

You've got to be kidding me...

Well, Nintendo's handheld and home console software teams have merged sometime ago, so I don't see why the Switch wouldn't replace the 3DS as well as the Wii U.



barneystinson69 on 13 January 2017
Mr.GameCrazy said:
barneystinson69 said:

You've got to be kidding me...

Well, Nintendo's handheld and home console software teams have merged sometime ago, so I don't see why the Switch wouldn't replace the 3DS as well as the Wii U.

Because its launching at $299...



Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).