tak13 said:
I knew it! You're partially right, howbeit you have to take into consideration ome parameters. There must be some Japanese that aren't interested in home gaming on tv, even though they should, switch it's both home and handheld console only for 299$. Hence, there will be a solution in the future by Nintendo for these people. As for game line up, in the current hardware sales comparison switch only advantage over 3ds is splatoon, 3ds had a 3d zmario and Mario kart too, unless you mean that the superiority of these games on switch at least in graphics due to switch way more powerful hardware over 3ds is enough to convince them expending 60$ for the games and 299$, but again how many japanese 3ds owners care for that? Lastly, better marketing makes no difference, it's Japan and switch is supposed to be 3ds successor too... All these are huge advantages over 3ds in the west, notably in NA, ( thus switch outpaces 3ds there and matches its sales EU ) but in Japan maybe not so much. |
The option to play on TV even if they don't utilize it that much and local multiplayer on the go are surely a lot more valuable than 3D, so I still think the concept is a significant advantage.
Splatoon alone is a huge advantage, but I will admit I don't actually know the 3DS' full line-up in Japan. It was surely different than the West i.e. Fire Emblem Awakening releasing a year earlier, so it may not have had droughts.
I don't see how it being Japan and Switch being 3DS' successor means the quality of marketing is irrelevant. However I will again admit that I don't know what the 3DS advertisements were like in Japan and if they focused heavily on kids or not. This one may not really be an advantage at all.
But overall yeah, I was clearly wrong to think these advantages could have an effect as great as the 3DS' huge price cut.
