None of the blockbuster 3rd party games coming to switch 2017

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SpokenTruth said:

potato_hamster said:

Agreed. I just think perhaps some Nintendo fans are getting a little ahead of themselves because the past couple months have been good. We actually don't know at this point if the Switch is going to be a long-term success, and there are a lot of cards Nintendo has to play right to sustain it. Remember the Wii U actually sold pretty well for a few months before the bottom dropped out of it.

The feel is different.  It's an intangible but very real factor. Wii U had a solid launch week but that's it and that was during the holidays.  This has been solid for 2 months during late winter/early spring.

 

That said, Switch is doing way better than Wii U.  First months sales have nearly equated Wii U's first entire year and certainly has including April.

Wii U launched in Nov 2012 and sold 2.25 million units through the end of the year.  Switch sold 2.74 million in just March.
Wii U launch to 472k week 1 (Black Friday weekend).  Switch launched to 1.4 million in the first week of March.
Wii U was already down to 45k per week in January.  2 months after launch.  Switch did twice that much just in Japan last week...2 months after launch.

So not only is the feel very different, the numbers are too.  Very different.

Of course, but you're also comparing it to the worst selling Nintendo home console of all time. Let's hope those numbers aren't comparible! However, I'm also of the mind that even a Switch that sells double what the Wii U did can't be called a success. This isn't a sprint, it's a marathon, and the Switch is barely out of the gates. By all means, but there are reasons that continue to persist that should force rational people to be more cautiously optimistic about the Switch going forward.