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Louie on 29 April 2018
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zorg1000 said:
Louie said: 


Right now though, I think they've had some missteps again. Labo was supposed to be their big casual hit but once again, Nintendo proved that they don't understand the mass market. Also, the release schedule is heavy on modern 3D Nintendo titles (Yoshi, Fire Emblem, Smash) but I don't see much classic Nintendo this year. I predict this will impact sales in the long run. If they want to match DS sales they will have to deliver for the classic Nintendo fans and the expanded market as well. Otherwise the Switch won't be growing the market but simply gobble Nintendo's already existing handheld and home console markets - stable, but not exciting.

What exactly is this based on?

They have put a big marketing campaign behind Labo and demoed it at various events but the market didn't react well to it. They treated it like one of the big guns (the only big new title besides Kirby in the first half of the year - they wouldn't do this if they thought it was just a niche thing) but the mass market wants different kinds of games. It's been like that for a decade now, Nintendo didn't understand the success they had with the Wii and DS, which is why we went from the Wiimote to the Gamepad and from the Wii to the Wii U.