Amazon U.S. January bestsellers and general Amazon-based discussion

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nemo37 said:

peachbuggy said:
I think Animal crossing and LABO should be enough to do the trick. Especially if there are plenty of good, smaller support titles.

Isn't that way too ambitious? I still think 20 million at this price is going to be somewhat difficult. Perhaps I am looking at the glass half-empty, but I do genuinely feel that there might even be a chance that the system might lose momentum at this price. Maybe I am catastrophizing, but I think we ought to be more cautious with out predictions. We do not know as of yet what the impact of Labo will be and we do not know some of the system selling franchises that Nintendo might bring this year. In addition, the PS4 has a very strong line up this year (in the West; but Monster Hunter has huge potential to move many units in Japan, maybe even at the expense of Switch considering certain users frustrated with the supply constraints might decide to purchase a PS4 and Monster Hunter instead for this year) and is bound to get more deals like the $200 PS4 (and potentially even a permanent price cut). I just feel there are too many uncertainties and obstacles that Switch has to cross not only to reach 20 million but even maintain its current momentum.

There's a lot of positive reaction around Labo, and it's preselling very well. With Yoshi, Kirby and Fire Emblem we already know of 3 other titles for this year; especially Fire Emblem should be pretty big. At E3 there will surely be announced some more games, possibly something new or unexpected old franchise making a comeback - you never know with Nintendo.