Switch overtakes total PS4 sales in Japan, in less than half the time

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Since the Wii U lineup is coming up, let's actually look at Wii U's first party line up.

This is what you could get on the first year of the Wii U

• Nintendo Land
• New Super Mario Bros U
• Game and Wario
• Wii Fit U
• Wii Party U
• Wonderful 101
• Pikmin 3
• Wind Waker HD

Here is the Switch

• Breath of the Wild
• 1-2-Switch
• ARMS
• Splatoon 2
• Super Mario Odyssey
• Kirby Star Allies
• Xenoblade Chronicles 2
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
• Pokken Tournament DX

Mario 3D World actually took a year to come out on the system. Galaxy came within the first year as well. Now, the Wii U did have New Super Mario Bros and Wii Fit, but by this time the good will for the New games was running out as none of them offered anything new to the other games. Wii Fit is one of the best selling games of all time, but Nintendo never game customers a reason to pick up a Wii U for that game, and the rest of the line up wasn't wowing them. The one Zelda game was an HD version of one of the worst selling Zelda games. Now look at Switch. Mario and Zelda in year 1. New IP. Mario Kart. Follow up to one of the few Wii U successes. A massive RPG. Switch was successful because it's software line up was far richer. You had both great single player offerings (Odyssey, Zelda, Xenoblade) and multiplayer offerings (ARMS, Mario Kart, 1-2-Switch, Splatoon). The variety on the Switch was far better without being polarizing. Nintendo also followed up on stronger series. Splatoon, even on the Wii U, was a strong title than Pikmin. The Wii U line-up is only "strong" if you look at it like a corporate executive. "They LOVED Wii Fit so they'll buy our system. They LOVED New Super Mario Bros Wii so they'll buy U." When you put them side-by-side, it's night and day.