How much does the switch have to sell to be a success?

[tak13]

Barkley said:

tak13 said:

 

Switch is a portable home console...

It's destined to  those people who want to  keep play what they  were playing on their tvs lying on the sofa, outside or in any other room inside their houses without a tv,  like toilet when natures calls them . Also, something that I have never  noted before , it's also made with regard to Japan and the not so great home console business state there. ;)

Nintendo cites that's it's home gaming system first and foremost.  So they want you to play it on home, on your tv  but provide you the ability to carry it anywhere and still play.

Look what Nintendo has killed... 3DS or wii u? hmmmm... Also,  It could be said that switch is portable robust  but cheaper version of wii u!

If switch can't be sold for 199 and less standalone ( albeit nintnedo could make a more affordable and protable redesign with lower specs ) , don't expect it to be aimed to 3DS audience...  Handheld console gamers weren't buying 3DS at 250$, they won't buy switch at this price too, even if it' two products into one, unless that appart from gaming on the go, they're interested in gaming  in home on tv  too...

So, i can't understand your surprise, believing that is for sure replacing 3DS is kinda arbitary since nothing corrobates this 100%... You can't just found it on the fact that  the hybrid seems more like a handheld console...

We have to wait a bit for any safe conclusions.

 

 

Which is blatantly not true, it's a phenomenal piece of handheld hardware, but if they prioritized the home console side of things then it wouldn't be so weak. Because they wanted it to be a hybrid it's weaker then consoles released 40 months before it. It's a hybrid first and foremost, but it shares more similarities with a handheld device.

Anyway, getting back to what you were discussing about this potential not being a successor to the 3ds, if they released a seperate dedicated handheld the entire point of the switch would be null, it'd be the dumbest decision they could make. Switch would end up even worse than the WiiU.

It's what Nintendo calls it and it's what for which audience is meant for. This might not be the 3ds audience. So ( portable ) home console first and foremost.

Hence, It's a more right decision for you to sell a 250$ hybrid to handheld conoles gamers that are disregard home gaming, eh barkley? Those who weren't buying 3ds at 250$ in its first months... Don't forget that the strong point of Nintendo are their handheld consoles.

The handheld device could be just a decoy and by extend, a way to reinvigorate Nintendo's home consoles business and have a commercially succesful home console in Japan.

 

Nothing can end up like the wii u. Wii u life was cut prematurily, didn't sell at its maximum potential and many people skipped it because of being overpriced/expensive!  Switch is what wii u should be,  in an afforable price and  with a more powerful hardware.

If  switch is ony for home console gamers, surpassing  gamecube in sales ( hitting N64 numbers for example ) is more than enough, especially after the disaster of wii u.

The fact that is also  a handheld console makes that very possible.

A porportion of 3ds owners who like gaming in their houses on their tv too, would buy it and  some home console  gamers who have the desire to continue playing what they are usually playing on their sofa in their tv, outside or anywhere and anyhow inside their home, would  purchase it too.

However, what about those 3ds owners who don't care for home consoles? Will they pay 250$ for the ''3ds'' sucessor? They didn't do it for 3ds itself when it was launched.  Therefore, don't deem a separate successor redundant due to switch having a handheld part or a detriment for switch,  because of depriving of it possible sales to handheld console gamers. Those 3ds owners who like home consoles will acquire it, but many of them may not be interested stationary consoles...

 

 For me , switch will be a 3ds successor if it can be sold at 199$ and less, standalone or if there will be a switch redesign,  being cheaper, weaker and more portable...

 

You have forced me to reiterate myself!

 

P.s

A seperate successor could still take the same games, if the shared library is your ache.