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Soundwave on 02 May 2017
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TallSilhouette said:
VideoGameAccountant said:
Just want to add that 2 of Nintendo's 4 handhelds have broken 100 million units sold- The original Gameboy and the DS. The worst selling handheld was the 3DS which is still over 60 million. 100 million sales for a Nintendo handheld is not unrealistic.

It's less realistic for a relatively expensive, not very portable handheld competing in a post smart device age. However novel and appealing the hybrid aspect proves to be, it's not going to be the same craze that propelled previous consoles past that mark.

I think Switch has crossover appeal to the Playstation/XBox audience though that past Nintendo portables did not. If Nintendo can keep the hardware relatively high end throughout it's lifecycle IMO they have found (for them) the perfect way to co-exist.

A lot of XBox/PS fans I've shown the machine to are very enthusiastic about it, much moreso than they were to3DS or Vita.

Switch in a lot of ways is Nintendo's answer for how to co-exist in the game industry with Sony/MS I think, but they had to go through the painful process of watching their discreet home console and portable lines have to be forced to merge and to have the Wii brand collapse entirely.