Nintendo Switch shipped 55.77m by March 31st. Lifetime sales expectations?

[Pyro as Bill]

curl-6 said:

Pyro as Bill said:

I'm not sure that's as true anymore. What if we've all been upgrading 3-5 years earlier than necessary just because devs/console makers chase the self fulfilling hardware sales curve?

As a Switch owner, 6 years is a long enough lifespan for me to feel like I've got my money's worth. 

And as Nintendo fan, I really, really don't wanna risk them failing as a hardware manufacturer. Gaming would lose so much of its appeal with only Xbox and Playstation consoles, for me anyway.

Did you miss the bit where I said Sony and MS could have had BoTW ~15years earlier? When they can drop that gap to 10 or even 5 years then Nintendo might need to worry. Isn't MS making a BoTW ripoff for XSX? That's exactly what they should do. Nintendo should give them a sneak peek at their new revolutionary game so they can use their hardware power to try and compete and then Nintendo can blow them out of the water when they match them in hardware (see Sonic v Mario). This is exactly the sort of healthy competition Nintendo needs.

From what I've seen over the last few years, the 'big' boys on the hardcore consoles could run on a smartphone (GTA, Fortnite, Minecraft, Roblox, PUBG) meanwhile Splatoon is selling more than Halo now. Nintendo just keeps creating the biggest selling (1st party) arcade games-racer, fighter, shooter, platformer, gimmick- while revoutionising games that would be more at home on PC/hardcore console, BoTW, 3D Mario, probably 3D Metroid too.

It's showbusiness, kid. Nintendo isn't going anywhere.