Is the hype real?

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ps4tw said:

GhaudePhaede010 said:

Switch is seeing a lot of mixed criticizm lately. Some of it is justified in my opinion while other bits are minor quibbles. However, I just watched this video and at 9:16... wow. That is Wii level right there. Is the hype more real than I expected?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAxG48Fvnp4

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.

I'm assuming this is hyperbole.

ps4tw said:

What matters is whether the Switch can draw in new customers to the Nintendo userbase.

My cousin's getting one: he has neither a WiiU or 3DS. Very much anecdotal but if you wanted a new customer in the Nintendo userbase, there's one.

ps4tw said:

Due to it's high price

Something that can go down as time goes by. I'm expecting price drops and/or bundles come the holidays.

ps4tw said:

lack of appealing Western games

As if Japanese-made games have never had appeal in the West.

ps4tw said:

and absolute lack of power, my answer is "lol no chance".

Lack of power didn't stop PS1, PS2, Wii, DS and 3DS from doing as well as they did despite their more powerful competitors. Nintendo's handhelds have always been weaker than their console contemporaries, naturally, and yet they did very well.