One Year Later, Metroid Samus Returns Still Not Sold Over 500k

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curl-6 said:

Snoorlax said:

This applies to quite literally all past Nintendo games that were released on handheld systems along side their console counterpart. for every Gameboy there was a Nintendo Entertainment system which could have gotten all the handheld games Nintendo made for GB.

By your logic the 3DS games should have failed because there was the WiiU and now Switch yet most first party games sold better on 3DS than on console.

No, because in the past it was a choice between home console power and the ability to play outside the house. With the arrival of the Switch, there is no need to choose as we get both. Hence, in a world where the Switch is available, any game released on 3DS is gimped because it could've been far superior on Switch.

And first party software is selling better on Switch than on 3DS. 

Would you be willing to say that about games like WarioWare Gold?

And here's an example of the opposite of what you are saying, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse. 

Not everything will apply to home console or handheld. There just happens to be certain games from their respective systems that just work because they are on that respective system. Part of what made the DS successful is because it had games that really utilized the second (touch) screen such as Professor Layton, Ace Attorney, JRPGs, Nintendogs, etc.