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

[Dulfite]

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 (which won't even make any sense, since it's likely backwards compatible) it's not reasonable to expect the Switch 2 in 2023.

My point was cross gen games can carry consoles early on, which 2017 was. Especially in the first half of that year.