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[Runa216]

CaptainExplosion said:

JWeinCom said:

Screw up... what exactly? 

Whatever comes after the Switch. Every time Nintendo has a best-selling system of a generation they get careless and screw up the successor. Happened with the N64, happened with the Wii U, and now I'm afraid of them doing it a third time.

"Every Time" 

It happened once with the WiiU. Before that it was a steady, gradual decline. What are you even talking about? 

NES - 61.91 Million

SNES - 49.10 Million

N64 - 32.93 Million

GCN - 21.74 Million

WiiU - 13.56 Million

That was a pretty steady decline, which was probably more to do with market trends and better competition than anything directly on Nintendo's part. Nintendo had virtually no competition, SNES had Genesis which sold 34.06 Million. N64 had Playstation, which sold 102.49 Million, and Gamecube had PS2 which sold a record 158.70 and Xbox which sold 24.65 Million on its own. Y'all can theorize all you want about shit but like, the Wii was the outlier here, not the WiiU. 

The Switch is in a similar position to the Wii, but it has more in common with their handhelds than anything else at this point, which is all over the place in terms of sales. 118.69 million, 81.51 million, 154.02 million, 75.94 million, then Switch at 109.25 and counting. (I am so ready for it to burst past the GB to become the 3rd best selling platform according to VGC). 

Point is, you're attributing patterns inaccurately. Home consoles have been on a steady decline with the Wii being the outlier and handhelds have been bouncing up and down with each generation, currently ending with a pretty damn high point. 

**Edit** Oh, and WiiU had both the PS4 (which is at 116.93 million currently) and the Xbox One (which is at 50.53 Million, currently). so, like, yeah, a lot of it has to do with the success of the competition and Nintendo's steadfast nature. Again, Wii was the exception and the outlier, not the WiiU. Because Wii not only was their best console to that point, but also competed against the most competitive generation yet (Though I genuinely think a Switch/PS5/XSX generation will be even more competitive and higher overall.)