It's pretty obvious. It combined the best of Nintendo's home consoles & handhelds. It was a well-made machine. Nintendo did a good job of marketing it. It had a reasonable price point for what it was. And it had a lot of damn good games, so many of which had excellent attach rates even by Nintendo standards, with more games selling over 10 million copies than any other system in history, handheld or home console.
Also, it helped that the...
Eh. You know what? Never mind.
| Soundwave said: 5.) COVID lockdowns were just a particularly fortuitous timing for Nintendo. It happened right as the Switch was in its mid-cycle strength, so it got a big boost from that. The biggest global disruption since World War II. Not only that, Nintendo had Animal Crossing ready for launch right as widespread global lockdowns were happening which was another lucky break. You couldn't really have timed it any better. |
| Wman1996 said: 4. COVID-19: Switch was the easiest to manufacture of game platforms during COVID-19, the library was already strong and growing by the time the pandemic hit. Switch also has some of the best if the not the best local multiplayer experiences of any of the current platforms. That helps appeal to families during a pandemic. We don't know where the Switch will end up in total units sold. But I have a feeling without COVID-19 it might've sold around PS4 & GB/GBC numbers. Maybe even more like Wii & PS1. |
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