Global Hardware 18 May 2019

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Jumpin said:

Ganoncrotch said:
Wonder if some people are waiting on things like the Switch revision possibly being revealed at E3 before jumping in now to buy one... but I dunno is your average Switch buyer that clued into upcoming gaming news with stuff like that to put them off buying a system... they might be just outside playing sports in the sun because it's summer time I guess!

X1 pretty much dead in the water now in the EU, being outsold 5:1 and 7:1 by the Switch and PS4 respectively, then again I'll always say it, the Wii-U was doing numbers way worse than this and now Nintendo have the number 1 system so it's very possible with a good system and good marketing to get back into gamers good graces quite easily, people won't hold a "grudge" if they create a machine that gamers want.

I doubt the average consumer cares about E3, it wouldn’t shock me if most do not even know what E3 is.

Although you are right about generation over generation could be a whole new ballgame. Which is why I think Nintendo should get out of that and go with a shorter incremental gen approach rather than a “start from scratch” approach... which has led them to declines in sales on all but 5 of their hardware releases (NES, GB, DS, Wii, and Switch). 

Why do you think so?

PS sends newsletters about E3 as well as open discount season during E3 and market it on PS store, internet ads, and other places. Do you it doesn't hit the average consumer?