Only Minecraft and Street Fighter for May? Can Switch sell well this month?

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zorg1000 said:

is there a reason you ignored the other 3 paragraphs?

the claims of today do not contradict their vision from 2014/2015. stating that they are looking into ways to appeal to handheld gamers, that they arent working on a 3DS successor at the moment and that 3DS can coexist with Switch at the moment do not in any way, shape or form disprove that Nintendo has created a single unified platform going forward.

Wii had great marketing, an easy to understand concept that made gaming more accessible & had a steady flow of unique software.

Wii U had terrible marketing, a poor concept revolving around getting ports and had constant droughts.

Switch so far has great marketing, an easy to understand concept and has a steady flow of unique software.

Im not saying Switch will sell like Wii, im just saying in terms of marketing, design & software it shares much more in common with Wii than with Wii U.

I'm very busy these days, I have very little time to answer and I focus on what I believe it's worth arguing. I don't mean to ignore any of your comments.

Battery life can be improved and revisions do appear, but it's not that simple. If it was, PSP would have sold much more than DS. A console must be born with a purpose and stay laser-focused on its niche. X360 for example had a ton of wonderful arcade downloadable games. That was not its focus. Those games could not eat market share from the Wii's casual market. Same thing with PS3's Move (which was even better than Wii Motion). Switch is a home console and will always be seen as that. How many consoles do you know that have been able to change their marketing orientation along the way?

This claim does contradict the vision you talked about: "We are thinking of ways that we will be able to continue bringing portable gaming systems out".

What do you mean by great/terrible marketing? You're referring to what?

In my opinion, the WiiU had a good concept and it was easy to understand. In just a few words: 2-screen gameplay. The droughts came when PS4 and XOne appeared. Switch has a good concept but it's not as easy to understand. I had to see its initial trailer several times to fully comprehend it. And it will have droughts, believe me. When PS5 and Xbox 4 appear, they will make the same shadow to Switch that PS4 and XOne did to WiiU.