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ArnoldRimmer on 14 December 2017
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DonFerrari said:
ArnoldRimmer said:
Switch surely had a great start, but I expect Switch sales to considerably go down once the holiday season is over.
Because Nintendo decided to publish almost all the typical first-party-system-sellers (Mario, Mario Kart, Zelda) during the same year that the Switch released.

That surely led to great Switch sales in 2017 - but what about 2018 etc.? I don't see another superhit like Super Mario or Zelda come out anytime soon. All games that make me really really want to own a Switch (=Super Mario and Zelda) are already released, and there's currently not a single other first-party Switch game that I'm really looking forward to.

The sales will go down after the Holiday season because no other month sells as good as holiday anyway.

Well, yes, obviously. But that's not what I meant - I believe that Switch sales will not only go down because the holiday season is over, but also because the typical first-party-system-sellers have already been released in 2017. There won't be a new Super Mario, Mario Kart or Zelda in 2018.

DonFerrari said:

So all games that make you want to own a Switch were released, so have you bought them all? No love for Pokemon, SSB, MK and other big games?

I played BotW on the WiiU, no reason to play it on the Switch again. The new Super Mario is currently the only Switch game I'm very very interested in, but I just don't want to buy a console for one game. And unfortunately I'm really not interested in Pokemon, SSB, MK etc., and with no other must-have-titles being announced that I am aware of, I don't see myself buying a Switch anytime soon.