quickrick said:
zorg1000 said:
A couple things you arent taking into account.
3DS had a massive price cut 5 months after launch, this caused sales to skyrocket in late summer and through the holidays. The price cut didnt really increase the appeal of the system, rather it just made people get one sooner than they had intended.
Wii U really didnt peak in the first year, it was massively overshipped in the launch window which really skews things and caused Nintendo to basically ship next to nothing during the next few quarters in order to get rid of unsold stock.
These scenarios are clearly not the same situation Switch is in so they really cant be compared. Switch didnt need a masive price cut to get people buying one and has suffered supply constraints rather than being massively overshipped.
Switch is selling well simply by being an appealing device with great marketing and a kickass software library.
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your not taking into account that this is nintendo next console and handheld, with there best first year launch line up ever. of course its gonna start strong. by next next year if it keeps beating ps4 in npd, then ill be convinced, hell i wanna see how it does for this for the holidays first. i just believe it too early to tell, especially with out strong the mobile market is.
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It’s also too early to tell if the Switch is front loaded. Just because some of their main franchises had recent releases doesn’t mean they don’t have much left out of their arsenal. Let’s see how games like Pokémon, Metroid, and Animal Crossing fare, not to mention Smash Bros. Anything can happen. Zelda could get another game on the Switch, same with Mario. Who knows what new IPs will follow.
