The Beautiful, Yet So BOLD Prediction! The Nintendo Switch... 200Mil!

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DitchPlaya said:

The Switch selling well is great and all but are we forgetting the Wii? For four years straight it trounced the competition but what did it have to show for itself? If you think I am simply talking about the failure of the Wii U or the fact that it's sales fell of a cliff in the fifth year then you'd be wrong. Off course there is still the chance that it may happen, nobody ever saw it so with the Wii because it was supposed to change gaming.

Instead I am talking about the fact that a Nintendo platform selling is only good for Nintendo. Third-party sales are still nowhere to be seen. Yes there are some token titles thrown at the system, usually beyond compromise, and yes the fanbase will eat them up. But ultimate third-party has little presence on the system and that means that the told number of units sold will remain meaningless. If we go by that logic, we can not only add up Sony + MS sales, but also the base console sales too! The base PS4 is still leaps and bounds more powerful than the Switch and the ports that the Sony system will get at least are competitive (I mean that both literally too, check out Apex Legends if you don't believe me).

Wii did change gaming, there is a reason it is still in high demand. If Nintendo would have released an HD version of the Wii it likely would have been the best selling hardware of all time.

And "... a Nintendo platform selling is only good for Nintendo." is about the dumbest comment I've ever seen. They push the boundaries for a reason and it moves the gaming industry forward. 3rd party games are highly successful on the Switch. I don't understand your point of adding Sony + Microsoft sales and the base console sales as well... are you saying that Sony and Microsoft should add their console sales together because they rely on companies like EA to carry them so they're basically the same console? It's Nintendo vs SonySoft now just to try and keep Nintendo from claiming a title?