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MasonADC on 15 December 2018
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Intrinsic said:
MasonADC said:

Price cut/revision and major games all throughout the year instead of just the last two months. That's 20 million right there. Japan will blow up next year imo if Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing are in the first half of the year. A true Pokemon game will also help in Europe 

I am sorry I just don't see it.

I think the problem here is how those in the nintendo camp see the NS and how those like me outside it see it.

You guys see it like a DS and wii successor. So you guys are expecting sales of 100M to 150M. Projections made of an age thats long past and simply not the world we live in anymore. I could talk a lot abut this but I digress.

I see it more like a 3DS and WiiU successor. And expect sales of like 15M to 75M. A projection based on the market we are in today and wat nintendo has brought to the table.

Pokemon does not have the same effect today in a world where mothers are more likely to buy their kids $50 android tablets as it did in the time of the DS. And the 3DS was the first indication of this fact. If you can't see that then I don't know what to say.

Pls note..... I am not saying pokemon is not a system seller even now and that nintendo won't do well in japan. 

I am not expecting the Switch to keep up with the DS/Wii in sales, that's just unrealistic. But expecting 20 million or even 18/19 for what is looking like an amazing software/hardware year isn't out of the realm of possibilities. Pokemon honestly didn't have that much more of a bigger impact on the 3ds then it did on the ds. DS had more reasons for it to reach 150 million. Not to mention that all Nintendo successors has had lower sales than the original. Animal crossing brings in a new demographic of gamers as well. PS, there is no way the Switch is selling less than the 3ds, so that 75M max definitely needs to be upped