By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
LethalP on 18 May 2018
Edit Thread
Miyamotoo said:
LethalP said:
The Switch isn't going to be the Wii or DS. Rather more like the 3DS or GBA it will rely on the core gaming audience which respond directly to big game releases. This is unlike the Wii/DS which sold 400-500k a week on a regular basis with the motive being mostly to play Wii Sports. The Switch doesn't have that high baseline because it's a core machine.

The big downside here is that only really Nintendo release big games on the Switch, as opposed to Sony where third parties have their back as well. Not to mention Europe and the rest of the world market which Sony always has and always will dominate. Expecting Switch to do PS4 numbers in a year, let alone Wii or DS, is silly.

Biggest difference between Wii and Switch will be that Switch will have longer life span with multiply revisons and it will have typical IPs that were on handheld only before, for instance Pokemon, so yeah Wii had stronger sales in same time period but Switch will probably have longer sales and it will be longer on market with more revisions.

Wii and DS also didn't had strong part support that could be compared with PS3 support.

 

That's probable, but my point is, assuming the Switch is replaced in 7 years with more support during those latter years than what the Wii got, what's going to keep driving interest? Will there be a long lasting novelty? Will Nintendo have enough momentum in between Pokemon releases? Is there a large enough stream of significant releases for the Switch to pace out a year?