pokoko said:
I don't really understand what you mean. What it's about, in business, is the bottom line. Revenue, profit, and growth. Nintendo, and every other corporation, will be judged by the numbers they produce and against the numbers they've produced in the past. "One successful system is better than one succesful and one failure" is an irrelevant statement unless it translates to greater overall success. The Switch project needs to be within shouting distance of the 3DS/Wii U era in those primary criteria. Total units sold is somewhat less of a focus, as many Nintendo fans owned both a 3DS and Wii U, but it's still important that they demonstrate good market performance for the brand. Of much more importance is that the Switch moves a ton of software and has a much higher attach rate than the 3DS/Wii U. That would show that the margins make up for the drop in volume and turn each Switch sold into a high profit per device performer. This is the strategy Nintendo is banking on. |
Hmm my post was supposed to state It's just not about the raw number, not sure how I missed that one word.. with that said
Wii U might add 13 million to the total sales number but in the end it was a massive loss affair for Nintendo and while the 3DS was a success, but was it successful enough to offset the Wii U?
If Switch is the sole console going forward and it's a success it doesnt have to carry another console like the 3DS had to do.
