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Mr Puggsly on 25 February 2017

Wish Switch carts were big and sturdy like DS/3DS carts.

I have a Vita, feels like you could lose or break them.



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Cloudman on 25 February 2017
Nuvendil said:
Cloudman said:

Yeah, I was thinking that was the case as well.

It's less about that and more about shelf space and presentation.  If the cases were Vita case sized, the shelf space the Switch would get in stores would be drastically reduced and the Switch sections in stores would always be far smaller than other sections even if they had a comparable number of new releases, meaning they would have to somehow significantly outpace MS and Sony to have the same shelf presence.  Also, box art is a big element of that on-the-shelf presence/marketing as it can catch the eye of passers and pick up sales from day to day store foot traffic.  Larger boxes make the art much, much easier to see and grab attention.

I can agree on the 2nd one about larger boxes allowing for more art in it, but not about shelf space in a store. I don't think it's so much about size, but more so about success of that console, and the size of the store. I've been to different stores and the size of sections have been different. In bigger stores, most consoles have good space, slightly less so for the Wii U. The only one that has the smallest presence in all stores I've been to is the Vita section, and I'm certain we can pin that on the system selling poorly overall and not being a popular console.

Making the Switch cases smaller I don't think would cause the Switch to have a smaller section. It'd be more so for other reasons.



 

              

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Eagle367 on 26 February 2017
Einsam_Delphin said:
Eagle367 said:

Hahahaha what? Most of the time Sony copies Nintendo. Also there aren't so many ways you can design a small little cart so copying is a strong word

Guess I shoulda made it more clear that it was a joke, but hey, as long as you still found it funny!

I dont get sarcasm but ridiculousness cracks me up



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merman on 26 February 2017

such a waste of Plastic.. i hated it on the PSP and (although slightly less) the Vita



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Lonely_Dolphin on 26 February 2017
Eagle367 said:

I dont get sarcasm

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Nogamez on 26 February 2017

I'm gonna lose BOTW day one fact!



Nuvendil on 26 February 2017
Cloudman said:
Nuvendil said:

It's less about that and more about shelf space and presentation.  If the cases were Vita case sized, the shelf space the Switch would get in stores would be drastically reduced and the Switch sections in stores would always be far smaller than other sections even if they had a comparable number of new releases, meaning they would have to somehow significantly outpace MS and Sony to have the same shelf presence.  Also, box art is a big element of that on-the-shelf presence/marketing as it can catch the eye of passers and pick up sales from day to day store foot traffic.  Larger boxes make the art much, much easier to see and grab attention.

I can agree on the 2nd one about larger boxes allowing for more art in it, but not about shelf space in a store. I don't think it's so much about size, but more so about success of that console, and the size of the store. I've been to different stores and the size of sections have been different. In bigger stores, most consoles have good space, slightly less so for the Wii U. The only one that has the smallest presence in all stores I've been to is the Vita section, and I'm certain we can pin that on the system selling poorly overall and not being a popular console.

Making the Switch cases smaller I don't think would cause the Switch to have a smaller section. It'd be more so for other reasons.

Well even at its peak the 3DS sections were always smaller propotionate to the number of games available compared to Xbone or PS4.  I mean if you have 60 games on the Switch and 60 on PS4 to throw out random numbers, then the 60 Switch games in Vita like boxes would take up less than half the space on a wall that the PS4's games would.  It makes it so that the sections have a physical cap in size. 



Nuvendil on 26 February 2017
John2290 said:
Can't beat the Vita sticks and the cases, just the right size. Is there a patent on smaller cases or something? Why couldn't they go Vita case size or is it about putting more real estate on shelves artifically. if it is the latter that is dastardly but really respectable sales thinking. Wondering now if Vita would have done better with bigger cases.

I'm betting that is *exactly* the thinking.  I mean, if your cases are 1/4 the size of a PS4 case, you need 4 times as many cases in a store to even have the potential to occupy the same space.  Plus, bigger box art.  Vita games have good box art but it's hard to grab someone's eye if the game case is so small. This won't help a huge degree either way, but every little bit helps. 



Cloudman on 26 February 2017
Nuvendil said:
Cloudman said:

I can agree on the 2nd one about larger boxes allowing for more art in it, but not about shelf space in a store. I don't think it's so much about size, but more so about success of that console, and the size of the store. I've been to different stores and the size of sections have been different. In bigger stores, most consoles have good space, slightly less so for the Wii U. The only one that has the smallest presence in all stores I've been to is the Vita section, and I'm certain we can pin that on the system selling poorly overall and not being a popular console.

Making the Switch cases smaller I don't think would cause the Switch to have a smaller section. It'd be more so for other reasons.

Well even at its peak the 3DS sections were always smaller propotionate to the number of games available compared to Xbone or PS4.  I mean if you have 60 games on the Switch and 60 on PS4 to throw out random numbers, then the 60T Switch games in Vita like boxes would take up less than half the space on a wall that the PS4's games would.  It makes it so that the sections have a physical cap in size. 

Yeah, it would have a smaller section that other console sections due to their different box sizes, but I think it could also be due to the amount of games available for them. The PS3 and 360 have big sections now because there are just so many games available to them, and they're combined with the PS4/XBO sections, so it makes it over all seem large. If the switch has a lot of games come to it, (as well as being a good success) it would have a good shelf size as well.



 

              

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monocle_layton on 27 February 2017
Naum said:
Wait?... are people complaining about the look of a SD card....now I've almost read everything...

Yeah, apparently cards were ok until the switch did it. Now it's a horrible decision! Nintendoomed confirmed!