| Dulfite said: Funny part is, my thoughts back then were quite extreme compared to what seemed like most people's thinking. Where many didn't think it would do better than Wii U, I thought it would do Wii U + 3DS sales, so roughly 90 million. Now my seemingly radical prediction is getting blown away lol. |
I considered myself pessimistic/skeptical before launch, with the main problems I had being that the software lineup seemed overly reliant on ports and sequels of Wii U games, and just how bad Nintendo's marketing was the previous gen. But whenever I was asked to predict a specific number I was like "...well it can't do worse than the 3DS, right?" Nintendo made a lot of bad decisions with the 3DS and still sold a bunch. Whereas the Switch had a better hook, and it was going to be the only place to get Nintendo games so the fans had nowhere else to go. This means that I put the bare minimum at 60-70 million, and once I accepted that, 100 million didn't seem so crazy anymore.
