Pavolink said:
The same Wii U owners that are willing to buy a Switch, especially at launch. But as long as they keep pissing fans with idiotic decisions the userbase is going to keep shrinking. In the end, 0 is the limit. |
So Nintendo could end up with a user base of 0? Let's not get ahead of ourselves either way.
There's more to a user base than just hardcore fans. Nintendo still has its other parts of its plans falling into place. The theme parks, movies, tv shows, merchandise, mobile, etc. are part of the promtion of their IPs that can help expand these brands to greater audiences.
Then we also have to consider that there were multiple reasons why the Wii U failed. This includes marketing. Some have mentioned that people STILL don't know what a Wii U is. Doesn't help when the Nintendo section is stuck in the corner of a GameStop. So the user base technically is declining partly due to lack of marketing and awareness so Nintendo is trying to find ways fix that, at least the latter for now.
As for the lineup, I can see potential. Splatoon is a hot commodity in Japan so dismissing it would be foolish, considering most of this forum probably ate some good crow thinking this game wouldn't go anywhere when it basically saved the Wii U after Smash and Mario Kart failed to build greater momentum than they did. This would be a great launch year if there is more that we don't know as of yet. The launch date isn't the end, all be all. Some of the best selling consoles of all time didn't exactly go off to the best start.
