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curl-6 said:
trunkswd said:

Wii U and 3DS combined seemed like the low end for the Switch as it was going to combined the handheld and home console lineup of Nintendo games onto one platform. 

It may seem like that in retrospect, but at the time, most people didn't even expect Switch to outsell the 3DS alone, much less 3DS and Wii U combined.

I agree with curl-6, on face value now it seems like you could just add the Wii U and 3Ds numbers together and there's your base outcome, but at the time with mobile and online on the rise the climate was one of decline and while it was in a financial position to be able to ride out another Wii U/3Ds gen or two if needed in the hope of a turn around, the fact that the decline was affecting Nintendo on both the home and handheld front meant it needed to act sooner and its that climate along with the crossover aspect of how Nintendo's home and console sales intermingle meaning just combining both lots of sales is not the fairly predictable sales outcome it may seem on the surface, that like Curl said made it at that time look like a tall order .



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