Faelco said:
It wouldn't mean that it's a failure. But Nintendo merged its handheld with its home console, so it could be disappointing for them if the result was lower than the handheld alone. |
Quite different things, 3DS needed huge price cut only 6 months after launch in order to sell better and Nintendo was making loss with every sold unit in that time period, Switch still has launch price point and Nintendo is making profit with every sold units from launch, and in same time software sales are stronger. So despite 3DS was selling better than Switch in same time period, Nintendo is making more revenue and profit with Switch in any case.
Kerotan said:
Likewise I'm sure the goal with the ps4 was to outsell the ps3 in Japan. Likewise I'm sure Nintendo would like the Switch to outsell the 3ds since it's replacing it and the Wii U. |
Keep on mind that 3DS had incredibly strong sales in Japan, its 3rd best selling gaming device ever in Japan (only DS and GB/GBC sold more), so selling more than 3DS alone not to mentione 3DS + Wii U in Japan is very hard in any case, but also that doesn't matter too much because Nintendo making more profit with Switch in any case and thats more important for company than selling more units.
Kerotan said:
Yeah I knew it was up on the last gen. It will be interesting to see if they beat the gen before and become their most profitable gen ever. |
Probably no one will ever beat heights of Wii/DS, remember, Nintendo sold more than 255m units of hardware (both were selling with profit from start) and close to 2b units of software, with tons of console Wii addons like Wii remotes and similar..
