The Switch is not another Wii U!

[zorg1000]

Trunkin said:

zorg1000 said:

Selling 2x as much wouldn't have been worth it because 1) double Wii U numbers are still very bad and 2) they would have lost billions.

lol, I thought about that, but as a bare minimum it seems a pretty safe bet. The Wii U's problem was that without the gamepad it's still just an Xbox 360 with Nintendo games. Once PS4/XB1 rolled around and third parties started moving on in 2014-2015, Nintendo would still be left supporting the system on their own.

Aerys said:

Switch will sell between WiiU and Gamecube without à Price cut thé first year.

And between GameCube and N64 with à Price cut.

À little more liké +30M with an exclusive Pokemon Made for thé Switch using thé Switch powers enough( so no port for 3DS liké Pokémon Star would be )

 

 

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I think the Switch can reach 60M+ if Nintendo plays their cards right. The question is how they're going to transition 3DS users over to the Switch in the coming years. The added brand awareness from their movie deals, apps and parks should provide a good boost as well.

And lets not forget those "mid-core console skeptics!" I know they're out there somewhere.

Yep, and at the same time they couldnt divert significantly more development resources to Wii U without hurting 3DS so the only thing they could really do was ride it out and try to minimize the damage.

3DS still has a solid year of life, a handful of small-medium Nintendo IP are releasing this year (Yoshi, Mario Sports, Fire Emblem, etc) alongside a few big 3rd party titles (Monster Hunter, Dragon Quest).

The best thing for Nintendo to do is let 3DS & Switch coexist for the next 1-1.5 years much like GBA & DS did and as the Switch library increases, the price decreases and a smaller, portable only revision releases, 3DS owners will begin to transition over more and more.