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friendlyfamine on 16 July 2017
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StarDoor said:
friendlyfamine said:

"Typical numbers" for a successful console. The Switch hasn't proven to be successful yet- so this is indeed far-fetched for a console only 4 MONTHS old with only 3 months of NPD data. If we get 16 million units sold by March 2018 and the Switch maintains 330k sold weekly, this would be slightly believable. But right now as it stands, Nintendo consoles have not reached those type of numbers. Only their handhelds have- and the Switch is not priced as a handheld console. You've also implied Splatoon will sell near Odyssey, I mean that's just wrong no matter how you look at it.

People are treating this like it's the next DS. Consistent double digit sellers have only occurred on the DS and Wii. And let me remind you most of that is filled with the DS and Wii branded crap.

No Zelda game has sold above 10 million also.

The 3DS has seven 10 million sellers, and the Switch is easily outpacing it.

You guys don't seem to understand what I'm instigating, here. The Switch is indefinitely a better device than the 3DS, but are you considering what made the 3DS successful? The 3DS was carried by affordability, and this is obvious by the fact that in the first few months, the 3DS wasn't selling too hot. It's not until it's huge price cut that it started selling well. 

How can we certain that the Switch will outsell the 3DS? The 3DS maintained high sales, and we can't be sure the Switch will do the same. Especially with all these stock issues that have gone uninvestigated, the Switch is losing to the PS4. All these sales lists I'm seeing are all wishful thinking by Nintendo fans, expecting the Switch to sell 100 million. Keep it feasible. Realistically, Mario Odyssey, Pokemon and probably a new Mario Kart could hit 10 million. The rest will cap at either 7 or less. Unless the Switch ends up being a groundbreaking success that outsells the PS4, nun of this is happening.