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duduspace1 on 31 July 2018
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The_Liquid_Laser said:
Mnementh said:

Yeah. I can't really say why Switch is so successful. I see many groups of gamers the Switch does appeal to, but most of them should've been also into WiiU. And Switch finds another group, as proven by the sales of Indies. Although WiiU was a great system for platformers, as is the Switch, Indies did not by far as well, even the many platforming Indies. So obviously Nintendo tapped into some group of gamers, that aren't shying away from the small downloadable titles. And I'm not sure what this group is. But yes, this all shows, forum dwellers like me don't really understand why the WiiU failed. Yes, I see the higher appeal of the Switch, but I had a WiiU anyway.

The big question is "why does the Switch sell so much better than the Wii U when their libraries are so similar"?  And the main answer is that if you look at the sales curves, the Switch actually sells very similarly to the 3DS.  That means that right now Switch is selling like a handheld, because mostly people in the handheld market are buying it.  (Switch is actually selling a little better than the 3DS for a variety of smallish reasons.)  The one main reason the Switch is selling though is that it is mostly selling to the handheld market.

The Switch is yet to start selling as a handheld although, you are partially right that it is already carving out a portion of the handheld market, being a hybrid.

The sparks of life in the 3DS is confirmation the Switch is yet to go into full blown Handheld mode. When the 3DS finally dies off and when the Switch enters that price range is when you would see the Switch in full Handheld mode and that is why its sales potential is currently very high because if it is selling this well without fulling cornering the Handheld market, one can only wonder what numbers it will be doing when it does.

Years 3 - 5 of the switch might be scary indeed in terms of numbers if none of the console manufacturers follow the Hybrid route.

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