(Update: 100 million mark reached!)Prediction:Switch will go on to sell 100+ million units

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fatslob-:O said:

Wyrdness said:

So you removed one instance to try and push your point?

Are you sure you really want to argue that the GB and the GBC belonged to the same platform ? 

peachbuggy said:

That would be purely your opinion. Also, why would you separate GB and GBC sales? Nintendo hasn't "used up all their biggest franchises" at all.  Not in pure selling terms, anyway. Nintendo are in the enviable position of having several 10m+ selling franchises at their disposal, along with several that either sell over 5m or that have the potential to do so. Any franchise that sells over 5m is a potential system seller, at least somewhat imo.

@Bold Because their actually different systems ? 

And I never said that Nintendo used up all of their biggest franchises so that's a strawman on your part and Nintendo only has about 5 franchises (2D/3D Mario, Mario Kart, Animal Crossing, Pokemon) that can reliably reach 10M+ units ... 

According to Nintendo, yes, the Gameboy and Gameboy Color belong to the same platform. 

As for the Gameboy Advance, it might not have sold over a 100 million units, but it was a sales beast. It was replaced after a mere 3 years on the market. This little machine outsold even the PS2 during the years where it was fully supported. 

The 3DS is imo Nintendo's worst handheld. It lacked a compelling "gimmick", which ended up being barely used and just added to the cost of the console. It was also very underpowered. It's very similar to the PSP in terms of power (a handheld from 2004!) yet it was crazy expensive for its launch (250 dollars). That means you were paying $250 in 2011 for a handheld that was about as powerful as a PSP. The first two years of the 3DS also saw very few compelling games. I took a look at Metacritic and yikes... only 18 games managed to score over 80% in its first two years. In 2017 alone the Switch has a whooping 46 games that scored over 80% on metacritic. 

Nintendo has "only" 5 franchises that can reliably sell over 10M units? Only? You do realize that's a lot, right? You also forgot about Super Smash Bros. 

And Nintendo always comes up with a new IP each gen that sells a crazy amount of software. 

N64: Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Animal Crossing (sort of)

GC: popularized Animal Crossing, Luigi's Mansion

Wii: the "Wii" brand of games

DS: Nintendogs, Brain Training

SNES: Donkey Kong Country, Yoshi's Island, Star Fox

Gameboy: Pokémon, Tetris, Kirby

3DS: Tomodachi Life