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

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Zippy6 said:

RolStoppable said:

Cross-gen isn't why someone would want new hardware.

Why do people want the OLED switch so badly? You don't need a ton of unique titles to sell hardware out the gate. You just need hardware that is better. People will want the latest and greatest regardless.

1. You most certainly do when you're launching a brand new console with a userbase starting at 0. ESPECIALLY if you're Nintendo and you rely completely on your own 1st party output to sell your system.

2. If that were true, the Wii U and 3DS would have sold extremely well right out of the gate despite their piss poor launch lineups and we wouldn't have gotten the Switch in 2017, if at all.
It took a huge price cut just 5 months after launch + 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 for the 3DS to finally get going. The Wii U NEVER got going, long software droughts being one of the main culprits why. It's launch lineup was completely barren and boring outside of New Super Mario Bros. U, and by that point the New Mario series had worn out its welcome. And the hardware just plain sucked.

The Switch, as unique and great as it is, would have done MUCH worse at launch if it didn't have Breath of the Wild as its launch title. That fucking game shipped more than the system itself!!! It was the Killer App that the Switch absolutely needed to have in order for it to have a chance and Nintendo knew it. Then it had Mario Kart immediately afterwards, then Splatoon 2 to entice Japanese buyers, and the newest 3D Mario game for the holiday season along with stellar B-C tier titles sprinkled here and there. That Year 1 lineup for the Switch is among the best Year 1 lineups for any system in history and it absolutely lit the fuse for the Switch to explode the way it has. Without it, the Switch would not be selling at the level it is now. 

As for the OLED. People want it because it's an upgraded version of an already cool and desirable console with a crap ton of great games. Simple as that. A mid-gen upgrade is very different from a brand new console.