The_Liquid_Laser said:
Lonely_Dolphin said:
I think you are either massively overestimating how much impact BotW alone has, or severely underestimating the effect of the Switch's library as a whole. I fully believe BotW by itself would have done no better than what NSMBU did for the Wii U. It's the combination of Zelda/Mario Kart/Splatoon/etc. within close proximity with more games always on the pipeline, aswell it's great hardware concept and great marketing causing it's sell out status I'd say. I also have no doubt Switch will sell more in 2018 than 2017. Zelda and Co. wont suddenly lose relevance next year, especially Odyssey n Xenoblade as they released late, and the continual stream of games will surely continue with the big highlight being Animal Crossing. Plus stock will be better, especially if that 25-30 million shipment number is true.
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I agree that the hardware concept and marketing are helping the Switch become more successful than the Wii U. However let's talk about the games. Mario Kart, Splatoon, and 3D Mario were all present on the Wii U. These games did not cause people to buy Wii U's. If you are going to argue for the Switch's success, then you can't use an argument that would also apply to the Wii U.
On the other hand Breath of the Wild actually did cause people to buy Wii U's. Most people would prefer to just buy a Switch, but because of short supply quite a few bought a Wii U instead just for Zelda.
http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/782811/Zelda-Breath-of-the-Wild-Wii-U-Nintendo-Switch-stock
This Zelda game is actually a killer app. None of the other games that have been released so far are killer apps for the Switch. I know this, because they were not killer apps for the Wii U.
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Software pacing is very important. Here is when those franchises released on Wii U
3D Mario-Nov 2013
Mario Kart-May 2014
Splatoon-May 2015
Zelda-Mar 2017
VS Switch
Zelda-Mar 2017
Mario Kart-Apr 2017
Splatoon-July 2017
3D Mario-Oct 2017
Those games released like a year apart on Wii U while all 4 released within 8 months of each other on Switch.
