This thread is fanboy troll bate for sure.

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What do we mean by major handhelds? There is also the Atari Lynx, the N-Gage, the WonderSwan, the Neo Geo Pocket and the Microvision.

Sorry I really just meant one's I heard of more as well as a combination of just wanting to mention each one. I'd include the Neo Geo Pocket but when the Atari Lynx came out Atari were out of the popularity they once were and WonderSwan same with Microvision I just didn't know. Really I'd say major handhelds would be any handheld post Gameboy era since it was what really boomed and started/popularised the handheld market and from the major video game companies Nintendo, Sony or Sega at the time they were a popular hardware company.

I put my hands on the switch for the first time. Played the new Zelda and Mario at Walmart. I absolutely loved both games. Before playing it I honestly didn't understand why it was selling so well. Now I get it. This game has some great software. I think that's pushed sales a lot this year. I do think sales will slow down, and I don't think it will do wii numbers in the long run, but it won't do Wii U Numbers either. It's hard to put a number on how successful it will be but I'd say 55-85 million units.

Im currently an Xbox one x owner. never anticipated buying one before trying Mario/Zelda. I plan to buy one for me and my step son to share. He is 7 and struggling with reading really bad. Once he gets it down I'm going to get it for him either his birthday in summer or for next Christmas. I also want a PS4 either at next Black Friday or the following year.

Well, the console already started off to a great year, so unless the console suddenly stops with quality game releases I don't think the system is going to simply dwindle and fade off into obscurity. There is this to remember, the system is just reaching the end of its 1st year, so it's likely some 3rd parties weren't ready yet and are working towards releasing games on it in the coming years. We've already seen some other nice titles release on the platform and there are more announced titles on the way, so it's definitely too soon to write off the system.

That is definitely wishful thinking, Nintendo paid online is just a $20 per year, thats one third of price of one AAA game, its not like its $50-100 so sales will not slow down beacuse $20 per year paid online and they will defiantly not have price cut beacuse paid online.

Its too early to talk about price drop, but currently best chances for price drop are for holiday season 2019.

Wii U was launched in US on November 18, in Europe on November 30, and in Japan on December 8, I will not even mentione "sales momentum", Wii U start selling catastrophic right after launch and holiday season in January. And now you have Switch that still has great sales and still has stock problems on some markets (Japan for instance) 9-10 months after launch.

Just for the record, Switch will end up this year around 13m (that's 10 months of Switch on market) and will end up it first full year on market around 15m. Wii U LT numbers are 13.5m and GC LT numbers are 23m.

Also there is no reason to think that Switch sales will drop like brick after holiday beacuse Switch was selling great even before holiday season.

Animal Crossing and Pokemon are coming.

man  get out here with that nonsense  i'd think it was a stealth troll if someone said  it about any other console. don't mistake me for one of them idiot fanboys just because i find topics like this thread stupid.  I'd say more but would likely be banned

Idk man, all signs point to a huge drop in January.