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TBH, I still can't believe that the Switch is currently outpacing the Wii and going neck and neck with the DS. After the Wii U gen I never thought another Nintendo system and let alone the Switch would sell not only over 100 Million units, but potentially even come close to the PS2 and DS in sales.

The reason why I never thought a Nintendo console or the Switch would see 100 Million is because I thought most of the casuals Nintendo appealed to with the Wii and DS completely moved on to smartphone games and I didn't think there would be a gimmick as impressive as the Wii and DS to bring them back. And Nintendo never really showed the willingness to compete with PlayStation and Xbox to get the 3rd party support to bring the console gamers back.

And looking at the Switch, while the hybrid concept is impressive and one of the things I love about the Switch. I didn't think the gimmick was anywhere near as impressive as let's say the Wii or DS where motion controls and touch screen gaming was pretty new and novel technology unlike a lot of what people haven't seen before. While the hybrid concept is cool, it isn't anything that the consumer likely hasn't seen before where we've seen the Nvidia shield tablet able to connect to the TV while playing portably or other portable devices able to connect to a TV.

Also, who do you think is mostly buying the Switch. The more dedicated console gamers from PS and Xbox or casuals who maybe only played the Wii coming back to Nintendo or going to Nintendo for the first time?