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Barkley on 06 March 2017
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Miyamotoo said:
Barkley said:

Is it? Is it really?

A device that encompasses the entirety of Nintendo's video game business going forward, home console & handheld... selling much less than the 3ds which also launched in March... and that's good?

Yes it is, look at numbers of past launch of Nintendo hardware in UK:

Nah, I think it's a lot more relevant to look at devices launched in the past decade, the industry has changed a lot. Switch is Nintendo's only dedicated hardware device for the generation, and it sold substantially less then the 3ds that was only a part of it's business back then.

PS4 - 250k

XBO - 150k

3DS - 113k

Switch - 80k

WiiU - 40k

Sure it's way better then the WiiU, but "better than the WiiU" is not the target Nintendo is aiming for. Let's also not forget that 3ds's first year was pretty awful too, it wasn't till it's price cut that it started taking off. Now comparing it to PS4/XBO isn't entirely fair considering EU is Nintendo's weakest market, but comparing it to 3ds alone is enough.

This in no way means the Switch isn't going to be a huge success, launches aren't everything. But there's no denying it is not a "Good Launch" for this device and what it is meant to be.