Is the hype real?

[ps4tw]

KLAMarine said:

ps4tw said:

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:

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?

The difference is the Switch is less powerful than the competition, yet more expensive, so it's in the worst position possible with regards to pricing, even if it does have price cuts. Bundles are also only as good as the games. 

Those titles, while popular with Nintendo fans, fail to bring in new customers as shown by the Wii U. 

The Wii had the one-hit success of casual gamers, which is unlikely to be replicated. Whether people care enough about portability to buy the Switch in droves has yet to be seen. It would be odd for a company to realise a product that risks cannabilising one of their other products (3DS).

Yep - the site had a database issue that led to it being down for a little bit, something to do with the connection to the MySQL database (alarmingly informative error message, they really need to setup a "Temporary issue" page...)