Is the hype real?

[KLAMarine]

ps4tw said:

KLAMarine said:

I'm assuming this is hyperbole.

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.

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

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

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.

1) Of course it's a hyperbole
2) Most certainly anecdotal. I know people with 3DS who are wholly uninterested in the Switch
3) And so can the competitors, meaning the Switch will constantly be playing catch-up

No different in any other industry where competitors are always playing catch-up with one another. This is good: Nintendo needs incentive to cut prices and put out bundles.

ps4tw said:

4) Missing the point. The Wii U relied almost entirely on Japanese games and was a staggering failure. Unless Nintendo focus on getting the top selling Western games on its console or at least create an IP or two that are appealing to the Western gamer, the Switch will sell horribly.

Mario, Zelda, Smash, Mario Kart, Pokemon, Animal Crossing, Metroid, Mario Party, Xenoblade, Splatoon. I think these have considerable appeal in the West and Arms seems to be a good start as far as new IP is concerned.

And I also think the Switch's portability will lead to large Japanese adoption thus enticing Japanese development.

ps4tw said:

5) Those consoles weren't almost a generation behind their competition. The Switch most likely will be. The Wii U was just as underpowered, and look how well that did.

The Wii was and it wasn't even a handheld. The Switch is a handheld so it can at least excuse what it lacks in power for what it has in terms of portability.

Norris2k said:

KLAMarine said:

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

No joke ? Made me feel very old lol

My apologies.

 

*internal error of some sort screwed up my reply and wiped it out! urgh! anyone else?