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Soundwave on 13 April 2017
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RolStoppable said:
Soundwave said:

So if Zelda sells the Switch, then why should Nintendo go grovelling to an audience that hasn't been buying anything from them for like 7 years now? Shouldn't the lesson be (I dunno) like to make MORE games like Zelda, and to market MORE in that same manner? 

Seems to me like Switch is doing just fine without needing such gimmicks. Dual analog Zelda, one of the most hardcore Nintendo games ever, marketed almost exclusively to adults, just had great sales for the system. 

And it didn't even need the holiday, why because 20-30 year olds have jobs and can buy what they want, when they want. You just have to give them something they want to buy. And lo and behold, Nintendo was able to do that. 

What would the sales be like if 1,2 Switch was the lead launch title? Or even Wii Sports 3? Not. Even. Close. 

I'll answer your questions of the first paragraph after you've admitted that you were totally wrong about Switch being a soft launch.

"Soft launch" means they didn't go balls to the wall with a full launch, which is more or less true. I'd say PS4 was also a soft launch, but it also sold like a milion units. Dispute my last point there, but you can't because deep down you know it's true.