New Nintendo Switch Experience (Learn More on September 12)

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JWeinCom said:

curl-6 said:

I feel like Nintendo still has this need to try to recapture the glory days of the Wii and DS, but in today's market where a practically limitless supply of "blue ocean" apps are available for free or for a very low price through the smartphone everyone already owns, I'm not sure it's even possible to catch that lightning in a bottle again, unless it's something on mobile like Pokemon Go.

I think people nowadays are actually much more aware of the difference between something like this and "free" games.  Unlike a few years ago when everyone was insisting that mobile gaming would eventually eat up the whole industry, people now seem to understand the different value propositions.  If there's a good and novel experience, people will be willing to pay for it.  

If it's of comparable quality to Wii Fit, I think people will buy it.  Especially seeing as they may already have a Switch in their home for a kid/boyfriend/girlfriend or what have you.  I'm not predicting it's going to be as big as Wii Fit, but considering the costs it would probably require, it could be a very profitable endeavor even in the 500K to 1 million range.

A million or so sounds reasonable; don't get me wrong, I'm not saying there is no longer a market for this kind of thing, just that I can't see it ever again being the killer app type deal it was in the Wii/DS era.