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Agente42 on 31 August 2020
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Endymion said:

Just to show how silly is the idea that a game can drive a console adoption rate only for a couple of months.
NSMB generated revenue for about $9.5M in its launch month in US which means that it sold around 270K.
The game would end up selling >11M.

What sell a console? Is it hardware or software?
That's a "chicken and egg" question.
It's the whole proposition that sell a console: hardware, software (from big sellers to more niche games), marketing, good word of mouth, network effect (people tend to want to own what their friends or neighbours have), core unique ideas that create value in the consumers eyes (like Switch's versatility and adaptability to anyone lifestyle or DS/Wii's inclusiveness for the less expert players).

are things that help sales and things drive sales.

Marketing, hardware revision, public image, macroeconomics, social context Help/ hurt sales.

Games drive/sabotage sales. 

Mega Drive goes toe a toe with Nintendo because have great sports games and Sonic, the marketing, and public image helps that, it's not a determinate factor here.

Switch have a good marketing focus in young adults and good public image, but have the best Zelda in fifteen years on launch time. Splatoon and Mario Kart also helped.