We're not suggesting Nintendo's decision to launch in March had to do with some bragging rights, are we? Because whatever buzz they gain from breaking a few records is nothing compared to the buzz they would have gotten from having a hot item during the holiday period.
"They were smarter than most people give them credit for, they held back the launch to gain mindshare through social media and internet news cycles."
That idea doesn't make sense.
You are implicitly saying that the delays automatically equal more buyers. And the answer to that is simply no.
Wii U was first revealed in 2011 and released a year later and even though it had a 3 million shipment, Switch, which was revealed in October and released in March (less than 6 months between both periods) outperformed it, even though it had a 2 million shipment.
You speak of demand, but you don't give it enough credit.
Demand for Wii U and for Switch made all the difference.
Nintendo could have delayed Wii U to March aswell and things wouldn't have looked better. Because let's not forget, Wii U was released during Christmas and Switch wasn't!
It's not the delay that helped Switch break records - imagine if they had delayed it 3 more months! -, it was the concept and the games (Zelda, to be specific) that make it so attractive.
And you can believe that had they shipped 3 million, like they did with Wii U, and things would have been even better for Switch!
Should have released the Switch in 2020 to sell 20 million day one.
Illerminati + Reptilianos everywhere (OP sounds very conspiranoia =D ).
So basically, Nintendo can sell as many consoles as they want to make the competition look bad.
| gatito said: So basically, Nintendo can sell as many consoles as they want to make the competition look bad. |
You didn't reply to me and here you are once again making something up to make the OP and everyone else supporting him look bad. Nice. Very nice.
No, basically that's not what the OP said. That's what you keep saying instead of arguing properly.
naruball said:
You didn't reply to me and here you are once again making something up to make the OP and everyone else supporting him look bad. Nice. Very nice. No, basically that's not what the OP said. That's what you keep saying instead of arguing properly. |
Well someone here has to understand what OP said
| Landguy said: No need to quote some random website. Just use some common sense here. Nintendo knows how many systems they have sold at any launch previous to the Switch. The easy way to ensure your new system sells more than any other launch is to manufacture way more than the other launches and tell tales of sold out pre sells. People will assue that this will be the same as all other launches of game systems and the new system will be hard to get. They will line up to get whatever you manufacture. So, exceeding any previous launch is almost completely up to Nintendo to decide on. Why launch in March? Because they did the math and they wouldn't have enough systems made to even keep them instock for Nov 2016, let alone March this year. So, delay the launch from Nov 2016 to March 2017 and you can break all the nintendo sales records you want. No software was probably another problem, but obviously not a big enough one to stop launching now versus 3-6 months from now. So, the sales numbers are literally manufactured to beat all previous launches... Nintendo can't afford to not have "the best launch ever" after the wiiU. Give them credit for using some common sense. |
Okay: Logic. Do you know what it is and how it works at a basic level? Can you give it a try?
Smear-Gel said:
Well someone here has to understand what OP said |
If by "understand" you mean change it into something he didn't say, then yes, thankfully some didn't.
naruball said:
If by "understand" you mean change it into something he didn't say, then yes, thankfully some didn't. |
Like how you're changing people's intentions into malicious ones rather than them not understanding the post or disagreeing?
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