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Soundwave on 14 April 2017
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Miyamotoo said:
d21lewis said:

They kinda do need that casual (or should I say "Mass Market") money Luckily, Nintendo knows this and have the pieces in place to get it.

Sales are amazing but they have to make sure that the initial interest doesn't wane. PS2, Wii and DS didn't dominate by only appealing to hardcore or core gamers. They had something for everybody.

This whole side discussion kicked off because somebody said "They need a Wii Sports". They do. They need a Wii Sports. They need a Call of Duty. They need a Madden. They need an Animal Crossing. They need a Final Fantasy and Forza. They need a diverse library. The difference between being an N64 level success and being a Wii/DS level success will depend on having software that even people playing on other platforms won't want to skip.

The Switch is passing the first test with flying colors. It had a successful launch. Now I hope it has a successful life. I don't want it to be a flash in the pan.

People need to be realistic, Wii Sports is probably one kind of game in history with right hardware, game and hardware that made people playing games even in retirements homes, hardly we will see something like that ever again.

Exactly.

And you know what? Playstation 4 is going to outsell the Wii. Easily. Without a Wii Sports. It's not the be all, end all if Switch never has a game exactly like that. 

They just sold 900k in March with Zelda. Maybe that should tell Nintendo something. 

I would actually say Nintendo is succeeding precisely *because* they made the Switch a relatively core product and marketed it exactly as such. 2017 is very different from 2006, Switch is the right product for today, it's an upmarket product and that's what sells now. 

Whatever term you want to use for the Wii Sports/Fit audience, the fact is they are gone now, once they got a taste of that free smartphone gaming they were never coming back. Every one of those Wii owners has a smartphone ... ask yourself honestly how many of them are purchasing that perfectly accessible, super easy to play, yet quite full featured Super Mario Run for even $10 with zero hardware cost? *crickets*. They ain't touching even that with a 10 foot pole, what chance did 1,2 Switch at $40 have?