Japan sales (Week 15): Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - April 9 - 15, 2018

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fatslob-:O said:

RolStoppable said:

I'll sum up our positions:

You say that Nintendo has exited the home console market.

I say that Switch functions as both a home console and a handheld console, therefore Nintendo has not exited the home console market.

Therefore almost the entirety of your post is irrelevant because you argue with a straw man. The link you provided backs up my side of the argument because 70% of Switch owners are shown to use the console in its home console mode to a significant degree; 70% is the majority of people. If you point out that 80% of Switch owners use the handheld mode to a significant degree, then that doesn't contradict my position because Switch being a hybrid system is what I've been saying all along. You are the one who claims that Switch is solely a handheld; that's the prerequisite you need to conclude that Nintendo has exited the home console market.

The only reason why I bother with your faulty arguments is that Nintendo's fiscal report is coming next week. It's fun to see someone make claims about a concerning sales performance when irrefutable evidence to the contrary is right around the corner. You talk about a "price excuse", but it's undeniable that Switch does not have the price of a typical Nintendo handheld. Still, that doesn't stop you from treating Switch as such. It's pretty amazing that you fall into the same trap again and again. I can say with confidence that Nintendo isn't bothered by Switch sales in Japan trailing behind the 3DS. For one, Switch sales on their own are still very good despite trailing the 3DS, and two, Switch curbstomps the 3DS when it comes to profits.

How it functions matters not, it's all about the design. You say "hybrid" but there can be no such thing when portable and home systems are mutually exclusive by principle. A portable device can act as a home device but the same cannot be said the other way when the latter cannot be ergonomically carried around therefore the Switch is a portable system but you're clearly in denial about this since you refuse to face the simple facts at hand. Home systems DO NOT have integrated displays (touch screen) or can be operated with internal batteries like Switch ... (these aspects just make my argument stronger in favour that Switch should be classified as a portable system and precedent also backs me up in this regard) 

By the principle of mutual exclusion, I have logically proved that Nintendo is NOT offering a home console. Now we can get your confusion out of the way that the Switch is a home console ... 

Very good you say ? In case you didn't know, the Switch is trailing behind the WII launch aligned too. Did you lower your standards, rol ? LOL

Home systems do not have a touchscreen? So the Wii u was a portable or handheld then? You're finding some neat ways to deconstruct your own psychology!