no its on the person who made the original claim, which was you 3 days ago:

"A 3 year old port isn't going to be a strong system seller, and ARMS is unproven, so Switch sales could slump considerably in May-June, though hopefully not so badly that Splatoon 2 can't kick-start it again in July."

since that point you have been arguing that its not hyped and not a system seller with nothing to back it up.

I don't have to prove a negative, until such time as something is proven to exist, the default position is that it doesn't.

That's nonsense mate any claim negative or not has to proven.

I don't have to prove a negative, until such time as something is proven to exist, the default position is that it doesn't.

fine, its the most preordered game in Japan according to COMG and in the US according to Amazon.

its also currently one of the most advertised Switch games and the system is selling out as fast as shipments come in.

evidence to support the claim that its a hyped game that will move hardware.

Say you tell me unicorns exist on Earth. There may not be definitive proof that they don't, but if there is no evidence that they do, the ball is in your court to provide said evidence.

Hype and hardware sales exist independently of advertising and software sales though. A game can sell without being a big system seller, and a game can be advertised extensively without generating hype among consumers.

so strong preorders dont count as people being hyped for a game? strong hardware sales leading up to a highly advertised games release dont count as moving hardware? ok buddy.

i used concrete data to support my side now lets see you do the same thing. provide a single bit of evidence that suggests there is no hype or it wont sell systems.

Please, curl, you don't need to do this to yourself. Snap out of this perpetual pessimism you are practicing. You are like a guy who watches a football game that is in its very final minute with a score of 3-0 and insists that the team in the lead could still lose.

Wii u has no bearing on the Switch, same way Gamecube had no bearing on the Wii. New generation, brand new start.. Unless you're Sega, but their meltdown was largely thanks to a consistantly weak marketing campaign, oversaturation of consoles, and consistantly horrible business decisions. 

It's not about "revolutionizing," it's just about having solid hardware with great games. Switch is solid hardware. Zelda is a great enough game that it is almost single handedly selling consoles. And there are a ton of great looking games in the pipeline. Once pokemon comes out, that's when things really will take off. Then it's game over.

Sure - I'll go with roughly 40 million by the end of 2020, probably a little more. The console will have more of a slow burn than the Wii, but will still sell steadilly for the next 2-3 years and ultimately sell about as well, and perhaps even better than Wii when it's all said and done.