| TheBlackNaruto said: Oh my apologies let me go see I can clearly remember someone posting in big BOLD letters in this thread how it did it outside of the holidays. "WiiU sold 800,000 at launch during HOLIDAY SEASON, i'd say Switch is very far ahead of the wiiu since Switch launched in March" that was from the same guy he quoted. It being outside of the Holiday season does not put it far ahead was his point is what I got from his post. This was from another guy in the thread "I think the Switch has the potential to be the biggest selling console since the DS or Wii" because it sold well during March and something about TV top consoles were dying or a thing of the past. So with those in my head and his posts regarding the PSP etc I saw it as him putting things into context. Saying other systems have all sold well that launched in March was just being level.Not taking ANYTHING away from the great lauch that the Switch had because it was indeed great. And I hope it continues on well. But to say things had this in favor at this time and this against it etc other can make an opposite point as I did in my earlier post. And again imo seemed to be another view point that was being made. Which was fine and the posts where he called others thoughts non-sense I did not see so I can't comment on those. |
Wii U launched in holiday season when more people have money to burn as opposed to Switch launching in March which tends to be a lot more quiet for platforms, this is a sensible thing to note. Had Switch launched in the holiday season it's sales could have been potentially higher where as Wii U the same may not be said of it missing the holiday period, Switch sold in one week half of the total of what Wii U managed in its first year and still has a holiday season of it's own to come, what he said is a logical comparison as outside of the holiday season is harder to generate momentum for any platform.
The context isn't really there as this is a comparison of launch window performance of two platforms not what platforms launched in March and did well. In context of launch window performance what the post said is right Switch at the moment is significantly ahead having launched better in a harder period than it's predecessor.
