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specialk on 15 January 2018
Mnementh said:
S.Peelman said:
Switch may have went on to become successful, but 1-2-Switch is still a useless non-game and an insult to my intelligence though.

And a million-seller.

This^

Everyone (me included) said that 1-2-Switch! should be given away with the console to demonstrate it's features and help sell it.

The Switch didn't need help to sell, and Nintendo got tens of millions in revenue from selling 1-2-Switch! separately. 

Dometimes, they know what they're doing.



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Mnementh on 15 January 2018
GhaudePhaede010 said:
newwil7l said:

I'd actually argue the 3DS was out of touch as well, but had a lot of fortunate circumstances to save it.

You would not dare argue it was a success though, right? Success makes the, "out of touch" argument very uphill. People lopsidedly cherrypicked the failure while ignoring the success. They can be blamed because they made that decision.

To be fair: the design choices specifically made for the 3DS weren't that great, but as most of it's design is based on the DS and the 3DS stayed all the time compatible to the full library of the DS. That and the big effort of Nintendo (price-cut and games) saved the 3DS.



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aikohualda on 15 January 2018
PortisheadBiscuit said:
Ultrashroomz said:
“Mark my words, this is bombing harder than the Wii U.”



 

Pauluzzz1991 on 15 January 2018

Hahahahaha. Very happy that this prediction didnt come true. Go Nintendo go!



Goodnightmoon on 15 January 2018

How can an entire forum be this fucking out of touch over and over and over again?

This thread is as wonderful as it is embarrassing.

 

 

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Goodnightmoon on 15 January 2018
RavenXtra said:
Hyperbole: The Thread

You were right



Azuren on 15 January 2018

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VGPolyglot on 16 January 2018

I also hated the reveal myself, it certainly disappointed me.



Mummelmann on 16 January 2018

Well, the first year of the Switch proved to be a lot better than both I and many others expected. The reveal really didn't sell me on the idea at all. I personally find the joy-con's and the handheld mode to be atrocious, but many seem to disagree. Then again; I never liked handhelds and didn't buy it for anything other playing in the dock on the TV.

It has surpassed my expectations by a big margin in its first 10 months or so, let's see what the future holds, longevity seems to be the greatest hurdle for Nintendo home consoles to overcome since the SNES days. With the 3DS probably being fazed out very soon and hopefully some good software and more actual functionality, it should sell well for another couple of years at least, it really puts things into perspective that it manages to probably outsell its predecessor in about one year on the market...



160rmf on 16 January 2018

Thankfully Nintendo did an appealing product with a very clear message that reached a wider audience outside the forum dwellers.



 

 

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