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Miyamotoo on 16 August 2017
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Kerotan said:
Miyamotoo said:

This puts some things in perspective.

Yeah despite being a succesor to the 3DS and Wii U sales aligned the Switch is just keeping up with the 3DS. Sales are excellent but this puts them into perspective. 

Yes it puts them in perspective, especially with fact that Switch is still heavily supply constrained and demand is still much bigger than offer, and that we still don't know for what exactly heights Switch is capable.

http://nintendoeverything.com/japanese-news-reporter-visits-48-stores-to-try-and-find-a-switch-walks-away-unsuccessful/

Kerotan said:
FloatingWaffles said:

What an attempt to spin this, lol. 

Switch sale are fantastic, especially considering that it is still heavily supply constrained and that Nintendo is basically selling everything they can produce. 

But here for you to try to downplay it is "but it's gonna replace both consoles so these sales aren't actually that good!1!". 

There are people comparing Switch to consoles they shouldn't.  The only thing Switch should be compared to is 3DS + Wii U.  I've always maintained that. Comparing a hybrid to just a handheld or just a home console is infact moving the posts. 

Despite fact that Switch is hybrid, its still one console that actually has price point of home console, so no Switch doesn't need to be compared to 3DS + Wii U, or does need to have same sales like 3DS + Wii U.

 

 

Alkibiádēs said:
Kerotan said:

That's good and all but it's a pity it can't succeed the sales of the consoles it's actually succeeding. It will struggle to surpass just the 3DS and that's only 1 of the consoles.  

 

As I said sales are healthy but this puts it into perspective. 

You do realize that Wii U had a relatively strong start in Japan, but started faltering soon after? As time goes on the gap will become bigger and bigger. 

3DS sold over 20 million units in Japan alone. Wii U sold just over 3 milllion. In other words: irrelevant numbers. 

And Switch is still supply constrained and won't need a huge early price cut like the 3DS did.

That definitely puts things into perspective, doesn't it?
FloatingWaffles said:
Kerotan said:

That's good and all but it's a pity it can't succeed the sales of the consoles it's actually succeeding. It will struggle to surpass just the 3DS and that's only 1 of the consoles.  

 

As I said sales are healthy but this puts it into perspective. 

What an attempt to spin this, lol. 

Switch sale are fantastic, especially considering that it is still heavily supply constrained and that Nintendo is basically selling everything they can produce at the moment. 

But because you had to desperately look for a reason to make them seem not as good (in your eyes at least) you went with "but it's gonna replace both consoles so these sales aren't actually that good!1!". 

Agree with both posts above.