Kimishima expects Switch sales to reach Wii levels

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Normchacho said:

Pavolink said:

It does not do any good? How do this hurt them?

Oh, and btw, he didn't say the same about Wii U. In fact, he was very esceptical about it calling it a "tough sell" before release. Talking about research...

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/276502/Nintendo_believed_Wii_U_sales_would_hit_100_million_says_Kimishima.php

 

It hurts them because now when it doesn't do those numbers it's seen as a faliure. It also makes Nintendo look really out of touch.

"In an internal sales representative meeting, someone projected that we would sell close to 100 million Wii U systems worldwide,"

 

Someone. Not him. This is what HE believe:

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2015/09/15/new-president-of-nintendo-thought-the-wii-u-would-fail/#469872961167

 

And no. Expecting Wii sales and not reaching it is not failure if it comes short by a few amount. By a large amount of course. But this is only PR talk to investors. Not to forum dwellers, especially for those that laughed at the Wii, for example.