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thismeintiel on 13 January 2017
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barneystinson69 said:
Nautilus said:
Good lord, people are going into a tantrum just because the online is now paid and the acessories are expensive.Yes those things sucks, big time, but it wont hold the console down, especially since the competition has been doing that for a decade now(cant be certain about the acessories part).

The Switch is weaker, but it will offset that by having more functionalities and be more versatile.The 300 dollars price point is good.Just because is 50 dollars more expensive than most people thought(blame the "leakers"), its not going to fail because of that.300 is still a good price.Not to mention that the holidays is 9 months away and its enough time to do a price cut or/and an attractive bundle.

The launch lineup may be smaller in quantity(at the very least there is 12 games confirmed for launch, even though a decent number of those are only confirmed for launch at Japan.we dont know about rest of the world yet), but the quality is superior.I mean, personally Zelda alone is much better than the launch games of PS4 and XOne combined, so thats says alot.And the first year is also much better in terms of quality(again, personal opinion).

So dont worry.I mean, it is very likely that Japan alone will sell more than Wii U lifetime, thanks to Zelda Mario and Splatoon 2 first year.

Wgat about the Wii U? It had lots of new features, and the hype surrounding it was insane.

Yea, I don't think Nintendo fans remember how much hype was put into the Wii U pre-launch.  Even suggesting it would flop would bring BIG laughs and the fallback argument of "this is the successor of the successful Wii, but also appeals to tablet gamers, and has 3rd party support."  Hell, even those who thought the Wii U would perform poorly overestimated it.  I think I predicted somwhere between 40 and 60 million for the thing.  Of course, even those numbers were scoffed at.  Turns out it was MUCH worse.  And before the PS4/XBO launched, they were saying console gaming was dead because "if this is how the Wii successor performs, the PS4/XBO don't have a prayer. "

Now, they are using similar style of arguments.  "It's protable."  "It has a new Zelda."  First of all, Zelda has never been a huge franchise.  It sells well, but nowhere near Mario well.  Nor does it push a lot of HW.  And 2nd, portability didn't save the 3DS, which launched at $50 less than the Switch is.  Nintendo had to do a $80 price cut to save it.  Basically the real argument truly is "because its Nintendo."

Having said that, I don't expect it to sell less than the Wii U.  It should at least double it.  Of course, if that's all it does, it's still a VERY bad result for Nintendo, considering this is getting their full attention.  At that point, they might as well start thinking about going either 3rd party or mobile.