Kimishima expects Switch sales to reach Wii levels

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Jumpin said:

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Yeah I've seen so many takes online about how "everybody loved Switch 1 when it was announced, but everyone hates Switch 2" which is nonsense as many of the exact same complaints were prevalent back in 2017; that the hardware costs too much, that the games cost too much, that third party support will be lacking, that the competition offers more value, that once all the enthusiasts have one sales will fall off a cliff, etc.

You also have to separate the online discourse from that of regular people. Because otherwise you end up with the Avatar Hatred Mirage where a small minority of pessimists often monopolize the online discourse when it comes to IP fandoms. There is some link between pessimism and an extreme level of social media activity - especially in fan communities (specific and general) and it trickles down into more traditional online communities.

So, with the Avatar Hatred Mirage, if you limited your exposure to the Internet, you’d think everyone hated the original film and no one was interested in the sequel. However, in reality, the vast majority of filmgoers loved Avatar and were very much looking forward to the sequel.

Nintendo gets hit with this stuff frequently. The mirage with Nintendo is people loved the Gamecube and hated the Wii. Now, we know this isn’t true by the statistics, but by the online discourse it looked very much like that.

Pretty much yeah.

There's also the doomer/ragebait economy to consider, where videos catastrophizing about or shitting on Switch 2 get more clicks than more rational takes due to drawing the attention of both offended fans and haters. Negativity just gets more views, which means more money, so content creators have a financial incentive to bash Switch 2.