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curl-6 said:

Yeah no offense but I feel like the majority of posts and votes here are made with hindsight, rather than how people honestly felt at the time.

Back in 2016/pre-launch 2017, the majority of forum-going gamers thought it would fail and the few who dared to suggest it would pull the kind of numbers in the most popular poll answers here were seen as delusional.

Just look at the prediction threads we had here, (does anyone have a link?) most people voted under 40 million if I recall correctly.

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/221574/early-nintendo-switch-sales-predictions/1/

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/227213/nintendo-switch-selling-life-time-poll/1/

and for an idea of what some people thought the direction Nintendo should go instead.....

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/224602/can-we-agree-nintendo-should-go-third-party-now/1/



Nov 2016 - NES outsells PS1 (JP)

Don't Play Stationary 4 ever. Switch!