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Forums - Sales Discussion - Is Nintendo Switch really a success?

Exhibit A - Switch is the successor to both the Wii U and 3DS, and it's selling slower than its predecessors

Well, people buying two different platforms instead of one does a lot, not to mention families buying two or more 3DS per family. Doing that with the Switch is harder, though Nintendo is already working on that.

Exhibit B - Nintendo continues to make smartphone games and their new CEO Furukawa wants to grow that business

As much as I don't like to admit it, mobile nowadays makes too much money to simply ignore. It is not outright replacing Nintendo's main business, it is too volatile and unstable.

Exhibit C - Nintendo's stock price has dropped by approximately 25% since March 2018

Investors do weird things constantly, their attitude is not a direct response to the Switch. They just want more sweet mobile money, and are displeased they are not getting it.

Exhibit D - The 3DS was a better portable than Switch is

Well, this is true. For now, until Nintendo makes a revision that solves the problem.

Exhibit E - The Wii U had better third party support than Switch

Nope, and also irrelevant. 3rd parties didn't sell on the WiiU, whereas they do on the Switch, which means they will keep coming for as long as it is profitable to bring it over.

Exhibit G - The best Switch games are Nintendo games

What Nintendo system doesn't have their best games being Nintendo's own catalogue?

Exhibit H - Online multiplayer has been put behind a paywall on Switch.

This is shit and all, but if the rest are doing it, it is unfair to critisize Nintendo as a special case. This is the whole industry's fault.



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Yes, the Nintendo Switch is really a success. It will get the best library on a nintendo console since the N64. And since Nintendo is one of the best companies when it comes to games, of course best Switch games are Nintendo games, the console already had 2 GOTY contenders in its first year with 97/100 on Metacritic, that's huge.



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You know, it's comments like this that make Nintendo fans paranoid and distrustful of other game communities.



The Democratic Nintendo fan....is that a paradox? I'm fond of one of the more conservative companies in the industry, but I vote Liberally and view myself that way 90% of the time?

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Satire? Parody? Impersonation? Joke?



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In my opinion the N64 was not just the best console of the 5th gen but, to this day the best console ever created!

The switch is a huge success. There's no arguing that. Also, no mention of software sells, I wonder why



Switch sales will fall off a cliff next year because Nintendo will have put all their biggest guns on the system by the end of 2018.



twenty. million. copies. in under two years. yes it is a success



Nintendo zealots


Protip: the moment you preemptively refer to anyone likely to disagree with you as a zealot, you've revealed yourself as someone not to be taken seriously. Which was actually nice of you, since it saves me the trouble of bothering with a line by line rebuttal.