Nintendo quarterly sales update (To September 30th 2021) Switch 92.87m

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Kakadu18 said:

Dulfite said:

Explain that to year 1 of Switch. Botw was cross gen, Splatoon 2 was basically Splatoon 1 with a bit more (until they came out with the expansion a while later). Mariokart was a port. Lego City undercover. I'm fairly certain had Wii U sold well then Arms as well as Mario rabbits have been Wii U games from them switch games. There is plenty more that works than 2017 that was probably been tested you guys it's meant to know probably wasn't counting on there flagship council only selling for four and a half years. Tons of Cross gens / ports. And yet switch took off like crazy.

In 2016 Nintendo only released very few games, their Switch launch year lineup was in active development. Super Mario Odyssey, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Arms, Fire Emblem Warriors, Splatoon 2 (this game has more differences than you give it credit). Only BotW was crossgen and MK8DX got alot of new content. Unless you expect three or more crossgen releases and an actual ton of ports, not just two.

You're listing some games here that came out 7+ months after launch though. It just seems silly that because Nintendo has announced a lot of games coming in 2022 that the following 2 years are going to be completely barren.

Look at the day-one 1st party launch titles for the last 3 Nintendo consoles:

3DS:
nintendogs + cats:
Pilotwings Resort

WiiU:
New Super Mario Bros U
Nintendo Land

Switch:
BOTW
1-2-Switch
Snipperclips

Nintendo don't launch a system with an army of content and just because they are releasing Splatoon 3, Kirby, Arceus and BOTW 2 next year doesn't mean that they won't be able to launch a system Holiday 2023. They only need one big game to launch and then follow up in the following months with more content just as they did with Switch. Saying they can't have a lineup of content for Switch 2 starting Holiday 2023 continuing through to Summer 2024 because of 2022 releases is worrying.

If Nintendo have no unannounced major titles that can launch Holiday 2023 to Summer 2024 to support a new Holiday 2023 system launch I would be incredibly worried.