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Miyamotoo on 17 March 2017
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Otter said:
Miyamotoo said:

Retro game is almost certain 2018. game. March is too early for new Switch model, only one year.

Possibly a Vo.2 as oppose to an actual rebranded model. The same way we got the PS4 with less power consumption and slightly modified internals in summer 2015

Nintendo never doing revision of hardware just after one year, maybe end of 2018. or beginning of 2019, but not before that. Even PS4 got revision closer to after 2 years, not to after 1 year.

 

Vor said:
ppl seems to forget that Switch is supposed to replace both the 3ds and the wii u so I think its not that unrealistic. 16m is a bit below both the 3ds and the wii u's peak year (13.95 and 3.6 mil. respectively), CMIIW.

Thats not so simple, even if Switch is aiming at handheld and home console market in same time, you can't really say just WiiU+3DS numbers.

 

Ariakon said:
Miyamotoo said:

Difference is that they decided to double production after Switch launch and after they saw market demand for Switch, while initial plan was to produce 8m Switch in its 1st year. Nintendo itself said they will raise production numbers if demand is strong.

Also production plan and sales forecast are two different things, you better add that ("to produce" not "forecast") in hadline.

True, but they also placed Wii U's forecasts at 9 million well after launch, and it ended up doing about a third of that. As you say, though, production plans and sales forecasts are very different. I'm still very bullish on Switch, I just think that 16m might be a bit high. I could definitely see 12 to 13 million, though. 

Yup, if they have plan to produce in FY 2017 (note that plan could easily change during year), I dont think they planning to sell exactly same number but they could aim at something like 12-14m to sell.