Your false assumptions will get you nowhere

[zorg1000]

Neodegenerate said:

zorg1000 said:

This is such a weird misconception, this is a sales website where the data is easily accessible yet people constantly throw out innacurate statements about sales.

3DS has sold over 40 million units outside of Japan (roughly 4x the amount Wii U has), Japan makes up slightly over 1/3 of 3DS worldwide sales yet people constantly claim Japan is the only region that cares about handhelds.

Its just such a backwards statement to say Switch will sell like Wii U outside of Japan because handhelds arent a selling point yet Nintendo's current handheld has sold far better than Wii U in each and every region.

How is the 3DS compared to the consoles in those markets?  That is what I am speaking about.  I am not saying those markets aren't buying handhelds.  I am saying that they prefer the console.  Japan is the only of the "big three" markets that favors a handheld (NA, Europe, Japan).  That puts the Switch at a disadvantage for people who want a "pure" console experience and also puts the handheld market there off with such a poor battery life.

Edit: Also lets take a look at how the 3DS got to where it is.  It was dead on arrival in the US to the point where they dropped the price dramatically and gave away 10 VC games to those who bought at full price.  They have put out no less than 5 different iterations (standard, XL, 2DS, New 3DS, New 3DS XL).  Now you are asking people who wouldn't pay 269 for a 3DS to pay 299 for a new handheld that they can put on their TV.  Or a console they can carry around for a couple hours.  All while there are two established consoles that cost the same (and in some cases less) to bleed away the console crowd.

That is completely different from what you said originally,

"looking at how the Wii U did, we are able to project how we feel the Switch will do; especially in markets outside of Japan where the handheld piece isn't a major selling point"

3DS has sold 4x as much as Wii U outside of Japan which completely disproves your original statement.

Price was certainly an issue initally but it had alot of other things going against it, most notably a terrible post-launch software lineup, something that Switch does not have. As for multiple iterations, thats true for all handhelds and many consoles so that point is irrelevant.