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Soundwave on 20 August 2017
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Miyamotoo said:
Ali_16x said:

lmao, now that's just delusion, even more so than what the OP is talking about (Not calling the OP delusional, just people that think the Switch will fail, though it depends on what you think is a failure, it will 100% sell more than the Wii U but I'm not sure it'll outsell the 3DS)

There is no way in hell that the Swtich will outsell the PS4, I doubt it'll outsell the PS3.

To be fair we still dont know true potential of Switch because it's still heavily supply constrained and continue to selling great despite that. I dont say it outsell PS4, it will be very hard because PS4 will be second best selling gaming hardware ever after PS2 and DS, but chance always exist. I dont think anybody would be surprised if Switch at end outsold PS3.

 

friendlyfamine said:

Switch outselling PS4 is a delusion. 3DS sales have demonstrated that Pokemon clearly isn't enough when the competition has the likes of GTA, FIFA and COD which counter it. Also, I digress that conceptually, the Switch being a handheld ultimately grants success as it is in the bloodline of those. A lot of the success of the Game Boy, DS and eventually the 3DS came from their affordability. The Switch isn't benefiting from that factor, so we'll have to see how it holds on its own.

-Switch is currently selling better than 3DS in same time period despite fact that costs $300 and that games are $60.

-Switch in same time is aiming home console owners not just handheld owners like GB, DS and 3DS.

-Switch has Splatoon, new 3D Zelda and it will have other home console games, games that  GB, DS and 3DS didnt had, while in same time Switch will have handheld IPs (Pokemon, Animal Crossing...).

-Wii didn't had GTA, but it did had Fifa and CoD, Fifa is coming on Switch, and eventually CoD will also come same like some other 3rd party games buy time.

-Switch will have multiple revisions, buy time it will have much more affordable price point, especially when most likely Nintendo release Switch Mini/Pocket just for handheld play.

 

I dont say that Switch will outsell PS4 but with Switch people need to stay open mined, we still dont know true potential of Switch because it's still heavily supply constrained and continue to selling great despite that, so there is some chance that maybe could outsell even PS4 at end even that would be very hard beacuse PS4 is on path to be second 3. best selling gaming hardware ever after PS2 and DS.

I'd honestly rather have a Switch that sells 80 million units but has a wider variety of software sold more akin to the days of the SNES than 100 million but a very narrow type of software being the only sellers (mostly Nintendo mascot IPs + some third party crap like LEGO and Just Dance). 

To me that's the bigger challenge for Switch ... can it break out of the stigma of being just a "Nintendo system" and actually have a vibrant overall ecosystem of a wide variety of genres and game types that sell. Nintendo hasn't had that in a long time.