Is the hype real?

[ps4tw]

RolStoppable said:

ps4tw said:

Means very little. There are plenty of die-hard Nintendo fans who'd by a frozen turd if it had the Nintendo logo on it. What matters is whether the Switch can draw in new customers to the Nintendo userbase. Due to it's high price, lack of appealing Western games, and absolute lack of power, my answer is "lol no chance".

About a year ago you committed a major blunder when you thought preorders for Vive meant a lot. The VR headset is now dead in the water.

I'd say you should be more cautious with your conclusions.

http://www.roadtovr.com/htc-vive-sold-at-profit-sales-figures-data-units-more-than-140000/

The Vive is selling exactly how HTC expected it to sell, and they're making a profit on it. 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/paullamkin/2016/10/21/htc-vive-vr-headset-sales-revealed/#608f5a867d9a

Ignoring the false 140k number, the main takeaway from the above article is that analysts know VR is a new and growing market. To expect huge sales from day one would be ridiculous. Also there are rumours a second is already being developed:

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/184794/20161104/new-htc-vive-headset-under-development-is-this-the-htc-vive-2-code-named-oasis.htm

So just where are you getting the idea from that Vive is "dead in the water"??