Official Nintendo E3 2018 Thread

[Lonely_Dolphin]

Cobretti2 said:

Lonely_Dolphin said:
If the Switch is set to sell 100 million as apparently that's how many Nintendo fans there are based on your silly Wii comment (Wii brought in a lot of non-gamers/casuals through motion controls and the Wii series), why do they even need to sell to non Nintendo fans? Course the Wii stopped seling not because games weren't announced years in advance, but because there were no more games as Nintendo had to prepare for 3DS n Wii U. Believing the Switch or any Nintendo system only sells to Nintendo fans because the known future extends to a year rather than 2+ is beyond silly. I could just as easily say the PS4 is only selling to Sony fans who're willing to wait years for games, but again even if that were true who cares when the console sells like hotcakes.

When did I say there is a 100 million Nintendo fans? All i did was use Wii as an example how the console suddenly stalled in sales because the actual games stop coming. Casual helped get it to 100 million but Nintendo should have focused more on the actual gamers during the 3rd and 4th year of the consoles life instead of continuing with the Blue Ocean strategy.

The same will happen to Switch, once the small hardcore Nintendo base is exhausted if there is nothing enticing to a general gamer.

Also no the PS4 sold to gamers in general not just fans. Why do you think Xbox sales are down this gen? There is a portion of gamer who will flip sides if there is something they want, they have no loyalty to the console. Sony promised a lot at launch Xbox fucked it up, closed a few studios shortly after. Why do you think Microsoft are now expanding again. They realised they fucked up and you already got gamers being pleased that Microsoft are starting to take gaming somewhat seriously again.

Just like the GSW owner said when they won the NBA finals, you gotta dream big to achieve big. No need to play everything safe. Safe is the Nintendo hardcore fan, give them their generational releases and they will be happy. Add on top o that to capturea a few generation of kids and ensure they stay there before they grow up and PlayStation or Xbox start looking more enticing to own.

You said Nintendo can only sell to non-fans by announcing games 2+ years in advance. They didn't do that with the Wii, so according to your logic everyone who bought it is a Nintendo fan, hence my comment.

So what is the exact size of the small hardcore fanbase and by extension, what do you expect the Switch to sell before it falls off a cliff? How much does it need to sell before you stop pretending to know the preferences and gaming habits of millions of people you've never met?

I can just say Microsoft fans became Sony fans then.