Switch: How Big Will Its 9th Gen Lead Be?

[Eagle367]

Intrinsic said:

Eagle367 said:
I have to add that the idea of only selling as many consoles as possible has clouded gamers judgement. Sure Wii u sold too little but it was still overall profitable for Nintendo. Sure the profit was less but still. Think of it this way. Nintendo can literally keep selling consoles as much as Wii u for generations to come and if they keep making profits then they will still be going strong

Errrr.... no.

Yes a company can make a profit of selling only 15M consoles over a period of 4/5yrs. But thats not a sustainable market strategy. And if it were nintendo wouldn't have bothered with teh switch so early or even be saying they want to do wii like numbers..

In addition, having sold as many consoles as possible kinda ensures you get a lot of third party support. Which typically translates to more console sales and you guessed it, more profit.

But hey, if you think it workd for nintndo to sell 15M consoles per generation (a number even less than what they accomplished with the NES back in the 80s) then yh.... good luck to them I guess.

Think of it this way, Nintendo as a company is too big to be sustained from whatever revenue it would get from 15M console per generation.

Basically forget about third party releases on Nintendo hardware. Even if the switch sold more then ps4+xboxone  combined it ain't getting the third party support like those two get. I hvae to say that Nintendo fans please forget about proper third party support. I hope I'm wrong I really do but Nintendo+indies is the only real combination. The day when Indies become the major third parties is when Nintendo will once again have that support. Until then forget about proper support from rockstar bethesta Ubisoft Activision and the like