Facts on Switch and Nintendo:
Nintendo was very smart selling a hanheld console with TV conectivity as a home console.
Power envelope and graphics are of a mobile device, even the new iphone or Galaxy have faster processors.
Some 3rd party games run on it, but they are specially made and really downgraded graphically compared to the other consoles.
They sell it at 300 with 60 USS games because they are GREEDY and Nintendo fans pay anyway, like iphone fans buy 1500 USS iphone XS.
They have high quality exclusives games with great creativity.
PS4 sold more when switch launched, and the year after. Its an indirect competitor. Didn´t hurt PS4 sales, its on another segment, like Intrinsic said with cars.
If you add the people who bought 3DS and Wii U, then you see who is buying Switch. Mobile fans. Also you can see that with Japan exploding. Take all Japan sales to see how many Switchs are selling elsewere. That doesn´t mean that some others are, but are not the core buyers.
For the nature of Nintendo games and mobility, Switch is best suitted as a christmas gift for kids and thats why sales explode in the holidays.
Nintendo doesn´t hurt Sony, It helps Sony.
Nintendo is usually the starting point for a gamer.
I go to Mc Donalds and I can´t find toys with The Last of Us, But I frequently find Nintendo toys.
Kids love them, then they want the console. And their parents played nintendo as kids, so many buy it.
Of course some kids also play PS4 or XBOX games, but Nintendo is more kid oriented, and their games for kids are usually better with all Nintendo caracters.
When this kids are adults, some will still play nintendo, but many will look for more mature games, and buy the others consoles and games.
If Nintendo weren´t there, the seed woudn´t be planted and kids would be doing something else unless some other company take nintendo place.
But for now, Nintendo helps to keep the industry and future Sony and Microsoft sales.
Edit: I forgot. for those that say that the switch is everything because you have a home and mobile device,
The Switch is like a duck, it can run, fly and swim. But it flies like a duck. And PS4 and XBOX are eagles. Don´t compare ducs and eagles ,the flying experience is different ;)
that doesn´t make the ps4 swim..... choises.
Last edited by CrazyGPU - on 08 January 2019
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