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superchunk on 19 September 2017
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Bristow9091 said:
Green098 said:

Well, I'd say Zelda Botw on Switch is doing that to some degree, of course not as extreme as others have and that Pokémon on Switch has a big chance to really up swing Switch sales even more than they are already.

 

superchunk said:
I think ZeldaBOTW proves the answer is yes.

See, I acknowledge that Breath of the Wild is a great selling point for the Switch, but personally I wouldn't call it a killer app, simply because I could just as easily buy it for my WiiU too. If it were exclusive to Switch then it'd be a whole different story, but I wouldn't define it as the killer app for anyone that owns/owned a WiiU simply because they already had a place to play it.

What I consider the killer app for the Switch is Super Mario Odyssey, that's the game I bought my Switch for, I actually wasn't planning on getting one until it released, but I was mega lucky and got it cheap as fuck, so y'know, lol :P 

Except it sold more copies on Switch than Switch consoles sold. It has been 6 months since launch and the game continues to have a near 1:1 ratio of sales on Switch.

There is no way you can deny, with data, that ZeldaBOTW is a killer game that is a major selling point for the Switch.

Your argument that it can be bought on WiiU is silly. WiiU is a known and fully accepted dead console before the game even launched. You can't even buy the console. Unless someone just has no funds or was completely anti-Nintendo, they would buy Switch and the game to play it. Again, sales data proves this.

Super Mario Odyssey will also be a system selling game. Which is why Switch is going to remain sold out through this year. Zelda to kick it off, MK8/Splatoon2 to keep it going, and SMO to crush holidays.