| mountaindewslave said: absurd logic. The only thing your theory, if accurate, would prove is that former Nintendo releases (console wise) could have been bigger than they were. It wouldn't change the amount of Switches Nintendo is selling now. And obviously there's demand. People are paying like $400 online for the thing, if anyone is willing to pay over the MSRP store ask price then that says something. Absurd conspiracy theories. The reality is that forgetting casuals and other fanbases, a lot of Nintendo fans (like myself) didn't really like the Wii U and kind of skipped out last generation. I think one thing you're seeing is a lot of us being excited about the Switch and returning. I'm discussing regarding the launch and why they did sell out immediately of a decent launch number of systems. I do know that there were like 70 people at my Best Buy in line on launch night and most people appeared to be pretty pumped to get the system. Again, the concept that there is some sort of ploy by Nintendo by providing MORE systems at launch is just stupid. They undership dramatically and you say they're trying to build hype, and then they ship more at this launch than they have previous launches and you say they're now bragging about sales numbers because of deliberately small previous ones. Its just ridiculous, whatever they do you guys say stuff. All I know is I dig the Switch and skipped out for the Wii U (for the most part) so there's definitely a fraction of gamers who way more identify with the Switch than they did with the Wii U. its a mega powered handheld system (for the gaming world), what's not to like |
I don't remember saying that Nintendo purposely held back previous launches.
I do think the Nintendo would have normally launched their system in November of 2016. But, the decided to avoid the holiday crush which would have sold all of the systems anyway, and waited for march to accomplish just what they did. They can sell 1 more unit than the Wiis launch and claim that it was the "best Launch Ever for Nintendo". To do so, the presells and consumer demad built up even more to ensure they could sell it out on launch week. With the internet world the way it is now, companies products HAVE to have a successful perceived launch in order to make it.
Does there have to be demand to accomplish this? Of course, but it is obvious that the worlds population is alomst a billion more than when the Wii launched. Like you said, Nintendo fixed many of the problems from the WiiU and launched the system with a Zelda game(also held back for the launch) to ensure that it would maximize the exposure.
It is near the end of the end....
