As a wii u owner I'm happy with the content provided but disappointed that so much of it is re-appearing on the Switch purely on the basis that it reduces my interest in Switch. At the moment for me there is nothing I want on Switch to play and the performance level of Switch again is a very low level hardly moving much from wii u and prices are very high so the whole package for me personally is very unappealing especially as I'm not a huge portable game player.
As for Switch hardware sales we are predicting huge success on the basis of a supply restricted product. It's pretty clear its a stronger product than wii u but there will be a drop off in demand and European sales are far below the USA.
There is also a false expectation of the performance level that you see in many threads, people claiming it's close to xbox one etc. It's nowhere near that and not even close to Tegra Shield box as the clocks are much reduced. As more games come out especially comparable games people will develop a better understanding of what it is capable of. It just feels we are in wii and wii u territory again with Nintendo fans making completely false claims about its performance level. There really does seem to be a gap between the perceived performance level of the Switch and what it's known spec is and how games are performing. You wonder if part of the launch success of Switch is down to such unrealistic expectations.
The thing is with the wii u we saw day 1 practically that it was delivering versions of games that were inferior to ps3 and xbox 360. Most of the multi-format games were inferior on so many levels, inferior controls, inferior frame rates, lower detail, slower loading, sometimes lower resolution (sonic all-star racing), poor online functionality. We aren't seeing that on Switch because it simply doesn't have such third party games, it's pretty much Nintendo's own games plus indie games, retro games and nothing that requires a high performance level. No easy way of making a direct performance comparison so a false perception of the performance level is likely to last much longer because that perception will go unchallenged for longer. However saying that the wii succeeded despite its performance level but that pulled in many casual players but the market seems different now.
As ever the Nintendo story will be interesting to watch with the Switch and hopefully I'll get my own Switch when there is 3-4 great original exclusive games on the format that will justify the purchase for me.
