Kinda funny that a prediction of 240m will end up closer to the true number than half the predictions in here.
Take a bow John Lucas.
Nov 2016 - NES outsells PS1 (JP)
Don't Play Stationary 4 ever. Switch!
Stuart23 said:
So, the Ransonware didn't happened, neither Nintendo closing doors, but about that flu... |
Strange how things go. And I was totally wrong, because the lockdowns in the end even led to more video game sales overall, including Nintendo.
curl-6 said:
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Sprash was right. It is a fun thread now!
| Mnementh said: I stay with my prediction from some time ago: 50 mil. |
This one is a total dunce, how could he be more wrong!
| Jumpin said: All models they plan to release? Or just version 1? They have already spoken about using new models. I expect we'll see a smaller handheld version, and then updates to the hardware, very similar to iPhone/iPad. |
I forgot to add the part "Also I expect it will sell over 75 million by the end of 2020, Nintendo's stocks will be healthier than ever before, and we'll be laughing at the people who were wrong in early 2021..." even though I didn't write it specifically back in March 2017, read between the lines, you KNOW I was thinking it!
In seriousness, though: I did get one thing right, a smaller handheld version. Although the updates to the hardware similar to iPhone/iPad haven't materialized, although I have a good feeling Nintendo will soon announce their major hardware plans: Switch 2 or some kind of Balance Board level peripheral (in that it will be a bit pricy, be used for a certain kind of software, and around 1/3rd of Switch owners will get it). If Switch 2 comes out instead, I expect Joycon+.
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
| Akeos said: 60 millions switch 2017/300$, 60 millions mini-switch, only portable 2020/150$/screen 5", without joy-con ... And 50 millions more if Nintendo make a switch only for home, compatible with tablet (hdmi, usb-c, streaming wifi), 2022/100$... |
This was unbelievable back in the days and now it’s possible.
| thismeintiel said: Are Nintendo fans really this insecure about the success of the Switch? I mean I get for the first couple of years it's great to go back and look at how wrong people were about the system. Sony guys did the same with the PS4, as many predicted it wouldn't hit 100M and would be a failure since the Wii's successor failed so miserably. But, it gets old quick, even when you're on the winning team. We're 4 years in and it feels like every couple of months we're still necroing threads. |
Is it really insecurity to quote people who specifically said "going to be a fun thread in a couple of years" ? Also, isn't the whole point of a prediction thread to return to it later to see how close or how far off predictions were? Anyway, the person who necro-bumped this thread was quoting themselves in self-acknowledgement of their prediction being off the mark.
| thismeintiel said: Are Nintendo fans really this insecure about the success of the Switch? I mean I get for the first couple of years it's great to go back and look at how wrong people were about the system. Sony guys did the same with the PS4, as many predicted it wouldn't hit 100M and would be a failure since the Wii's successor failed so miserably. But, it gets old quick, even when you're on the winning team. We're 4 years in and it feels like every couple of months we're still necroing threads. |
Necroing old threads to laugh at how wrong we all were (or most of us anyway) is just a standard part of VGChartz, it's all in good fun.
In a moment of despair back in January 2017 I said I expected Switch would to sell worse than the Gamecube, if anyone wants to bump that post for the lols, I wouldn't mind. You're also free to bump old predictions about Playstation that turned out to be way off base.
| leo-j said: 20-25M |
I think he was predicting the sales for 1 year.
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