Switch preorders go live in Japan - and are gone in minutes

[Aerys]

Nautilus said:

Aerys said:

You shoudlnt expect too much from DQ XI on Switch, its on 2 other différent platforms far more popular, itll have a week impact but not à Big long term impact 

 

After launch, some ports will help but not that much , port doesnt have thé same impact than à new game, same for Splatoon which wont have thé same impact than thé first One, thé only  Big One After launch to really change things is Mario , this game will bé the most important, thé One that will décide Switch fate. ( Éven though i highly doubt itll do really much more than WiiU in 3 years of life)

I need to remind you that the Switch is also portable, a type of product that resonates much better with the market, not to mention that the latest Dragon quests has been on Nintendo consoles(for the past 4 or 5 years), so the audience on the Nintendo system should be way higher.

Dragon Quest impact should be much bigger on Switch than you think.

It haq nothing to do about audiences dedicated to à console, such things doesnt existe, Monster hunter is the proof of that. Audience moves to thé console with thé game they want, and on this case they all have a 3DS to play thé handheld version, and à lot of thèm already took thé PS4 since DQ H games arrived There first, + DQ XI being developped for PS4, theyll have to choose between à home console version with next gen visuals or Switch version to take it outside, except they already have 3DS version for that.

Youll bé surprised if you think thé impact will give legs to thé console , at best itll last 2-3 weeks if it Comes out this summer, à little more if at Christmas of course 

 

Except it doesnt resonate that well with japaneses, far to resonate as much as réal handheld size devices liké 3DS/Vita ( à lot of critics about thé size on forums in Japan ), also it has paid online ( again à thing Japanese dislike on consoles , so Switch being thé first handheld to dare to have paid online ... Itll have an impact on thé sales potential of all online multiplayer games )3DS is still too much alive and will cannibalize à lot of sales of thé Switch ( its own Fire Emblem + Fire Emblem Warriors and many other games, actually more exclusives than Switch) and almost no third party support in term of big exclusives whereas thats what matters, so no this year is not looking goood for Switch in Japan, well see for next year if they have Big anouncements like an exclusive Monster hunter/Pokémon ( but I doubt it knowing how both studios Want to bé sûre thé console is popular before making an exclusive )