| LGBTDBZBBQ said: Switch timeline from the doom of the console to the possibility of surpassing PS4 1. U̶n̶d̶e̶r̶p̶o̶w̶e̶r̶e̶d̶ ̶h̶a̶r̶d̶w̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶p̶a̶r̶i̶s̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶P̶S̶4̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶X̶B̶O̶ 2. T̶o̶o̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶e̶n̶s̶i̶v̶e̶ ̶ 3. N̶o̶ ̶3̶r̶d̶ ̶p̶a̶r̶t̶y̶ ̶s̶u̶p̶p̶o̶r̶t̶s̶ 4. W̶i̶i̶U̶ ̶p̶o̶r̶t̶s̶(̶M̶K̶8̶D̶,̶ ̶N̶S̶M̶B̶U̶D̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶e̶t̶c̶)̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶g̶o̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶h̶e̶l̶p̶ 5. A̶f̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶W̶i̶i̶U̶ ̶o̶w̶n̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶b̶o̶u̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶y̶s̶t̶e̶m̶ ̶N̶i̶n̶t̶e̶n̶d̶o̶ ̶S̶w̶i̶t̶c̶h̶ ̶s̶a̶l̶e̶s̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶s̶l̶o̶w̶ ̶d̶o̶w̶n̶ 6. T̶h̶e̶y̶ ̶b̶l̶e̶w̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶b̶i̶g̶ ̶g̶a̶m̶e̶s̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶i̶r̶s̶t̶ ̶y̶e̶a̶r̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶y̶s̶t̶e̶m̶(̶B̶O̶T̶W̶,̶ ̶M̶K̶8̶D̶,̶ ̶S̶p̶l̶a̶t̶o̶o̶n̶ ̶2̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶S̶M̶O̶)̶ ̶r̶i̶p̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶8̶ 7. N̶i̶n̶t̶e̶n̶d̶o̶ ̶h̶a̶s̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶9̶ ̶a̶f̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶r̶e̶l̶e̶a̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶h̶e̶a̶v̶y̶ ̶h̶i̶t̶t̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶S̶m̶a̶s̶h̶ ̶B̶r̶o̶s̶ ̶U̶l̶t̶i̶m̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶P̶o̶k̶e̶m̶o̶n̶ ̶L̶e̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶G̶o̶ ̶P̶/̶E̶ 8. N̶i̶n̶t̶e̶n̶d̶o̶ ̶h̶a̶s̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶2̶0̶2̶0̶ ̶a̶f̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶r̶e̶l̶e̶a̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶l̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶h̶e̶a̶v̶y̶ ̶h̶i̶t̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶y̶s̶t̶e̶m̶ ̶"̶P̶o̶k̶e̶m̶o̶n̶ ̶S̶w̶S̶h̶"̶ 9. N̶i̶n̶t̶e̶n̶d̶o̶ ̶a̶l̶r̶e̶a̶d̶y̶ ̶r̶e̶l̶e̶a̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶l̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶h̶e̶a̶v̶y̶ ̶h̶i̶t̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶A̶n̶i̶m̶a̶l̶ ̶C̶r̶o̶s̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶a̶l̶e̶s̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶i̶m̶p̶a̶c̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶g̶r̶e̶a̶t̶l̶y̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶N̶e̶x̶t̶ ̶G̶e̶n̶ ̶C̶o̶n̶s̶o̶l̶e̶s̶ Nintendo has a lot of cards to play this time in order to maintain the sales momentum 1. Price Drop 2. New SKU 3. Aggressive holidays promotions 4. Upcoming 1st party 10 million and above sellers(BOTW2, 3d Mario, 2d Mario, Tomogachi, Next Remake and Mainline Pokemon, and etc) 5. Animal Crossing monstrous leg and RFA stock 6. Evergreen monsters like BOTW, MK8D, SMO, and SSBU still selling wonderfully 7. Price reduction of old first party games |
Yeah this is on point. Nintendo has yet to do anything to increase Switch sales other than launch the Lite.
Like this guy says, between a couple future price drops, a premium model probably coming out in a year, actually having holiday promotions/discounts which they pretty much haven't even done yet, huge mega selling games still to come, AC (and in Japan RFA) continuing to push sales aggressively, an amazing lineup of existing evergreens, and at some point a Nintendo Selects group of $30 first party games, plus let's not mention that 3rd party releases on the Switch are increasing each year, Nintendo has plenty of levers to pull to keep sales high for years to come.
In terms of system selling (10+ million) first party games, yeah there is BotW2, possibly another 3D Mario, a first brand new 2D Mario at some point, one or two more Pokemon games, as quoted above. But then there is also the rumored Mario Collection that would certainly be a 10+ million selling game. I would say a 3D World port but if there's two new 3D Mario games, a 3D Mario Collection, Mario Maker 2, 2D Mario port, and a brand new 2D Mario game, I'm not sure a 3D World port would find enough room to hit 10 million sales, but its possible. Also it could be possible Nintendo does a Zelda Collection for Zelda's 35th anniversary next year which could very likely also hit 10 million sales. Then there's the fact that MK8, AC, and Smash will all sell another 10 million from here on out, and BotW might even as well so you could even sorta count those as future 10+ million sellers just from future sales. It's also possible something like a new MH game is released on the Switch that could sell 10 million. Also possible Nintendo comes out with a couple other games that reach 10 million that we aren't even thinking about, including something like a Switch Sports or a second kart-style racing game the way N64 had both DKR and MK. And of course there's the possibility (and hopefully reality) of a couple more Ring Fit games, which perhaps individually might not do 10 million but all together a Ring Fit series could easily blow past another 10 million in sales, beyond what RFA has already done.
So lots and lots of possible future mega selling games to continue to drive adoption of the Switch, plus all those other things.
