DélioPT said:
RolStoppable said:
Switch is sold as hybrid, perceived as such and getting games as if it is a portable. If you haven't paid attention, Switch is inheriting all the support the 3DS and Vita got without a problem. You answered your own question wrong. But most importantly, Switch is already tracking ahead of the 3DS and will grow the gap significantly in the next few months.
Are you insinuating that PS4 and XB1 aren't real competition? They are cheaper than Switch and have bigger game libraries to fall back on. Do you really believe that more expensive consoles with smaller game libraries will make Switch unattractive all of a sudden?
Your whole line of thinking is very similar to the concerns that were raised during the Wii era. Nintendo ended up listening and made the Wii U, and the market sent a crystal clear message that AAA third party games aren't a selling point for a Nintendo console. None of those third party games managed to sell more than one million copies. Wii U wasn't the only console where Nintendo placed importance on AAA third party content though; there was also the GameCube. A decade before the Wii U Nintendo had already received the same message from the market. Nintendo's worst selling consoles are the ones that pursued the games you argue they should pursue.
Do you have any sales data that supports any of the points you are making?
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I looked at the 2019 release calendar for Switch and all i have seen were home console games - at least the ones that mattered.
The only meaningful handheld titles were Pokémon and Yokai watch.
I also look at the best sellers (top 30) for Switch and i mainly see home console type games.
If it's getting support (games that only existed or came from handhelds) from japanese developers it's not really making big difference. But home console games are.
PS4 and XB1 are competition, but nowhere near the competition presented by new platforms.
When you release your console to a market where more than 80 million systems, combined, have been sold, havin spent more than 3 years on the market and you are directly aiming at those consumers, it's hard not to do well - also considering how Nintendo entered the market.
That's why i said the real test will come when Sony and MS consumers will have to choose between Switch and the new consoles.
No i don't believe Switch will become unnatractive all of a sudden. But i can't overlook the fact that Switch isn't really stealing consumers from the competition or hurting their sales.
"Nintendo's worst selling consoles are the ones that pursued the games you argue they should pursue."
Aren't you ignonring why they failed?
It wasn't just GC that failed. XB failed aswell.
A year after the mighty PS2 came out, with the best 3rd party games and Nintendo presents a purple console that is being sold on the games that aren't a priority to the mass market. Couple that with Nintendo's poor image on the market for late teens and adults and the fact that there attempt of reaching that audience was a copy of Sony's strategy without the actual games.
And you are surprised that Nintendo failed?
Wii U was already dead on arrival. The lack of support and appeal was already evident.
Remember that first commercial? They said they were going after the core gamers, but their message and strategy went the other way.
When you ask for sales data, to what are you referring, exactly?
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