Honestly there was almost no competition in the handheld department for Nintendo.The only true competition was the psp,which did lose to the ds but is successful in its own right,so its no surprise that Nintendo dominates the handhelds department 

Well, I don't know what to say. That's the second time I took the time to actually collect data and you just brush it off. As I said, I respect your opinion - but I expected a reply that showed actual arguments against the data-points I used. For instance, if you believe the data about the male / female split is skewed, then why don't you dig up some statistics about single device ownership if you think these will paint a different picture? I tried to stay open-minded in my post and I consciously did not try to cherry-pick data. If you think a statistic is wrong, you have to come up with actual proof that this is the case (as I did with some mis-interpreted statistics in the feminism thread).

Now that's harsh ;) Well, it was the second time now he brushed my data points aside, so I'm a bit wiser now. Fool me once... thanks for the feedback! 

It's good to be optimistic but this is really premature! Let's do one goal at a time. Beat the WiiU and GameCube first. THEN, set your sights on the big dogs.

I said they should consider a content sharing deal with MS/Sony not go third party (one in which they get exclusives from Sony/MS on Switch/NX and more than vice versa as well), which I'd still be ok with. I did not expect them to execute so well in launching the Switch with regards to being able to find an older audience though, I'll gladly admit that. 

But you have been saying for years now that Nintendo must focus on casual gaming and they can't compete with Sony/MS for that core audience ... yet Switch is doing exactly what you said Nintendo couldn't do. 

Almost 80% of Switch buyers are not buying 1,2 Switch or Just Dance. They are buying core product like Zelda with an insane attach rate. Maybe, just maybe that formula of aiming at core players can work too, Switch is its own system, it doesn't have to be a Wii 3, in fact it would be selling worse if it was in any way branded as a Wii anything. 

Do you honestly believe almost 50% of PS4 owners/primary user-buyers are women? 

If that's the case, then Nintendo really doesn't even have to do anything, that audience clearly buys almost half of any console anyway with virtually zero marketing towards them. How many women do you know that bought the PS4 for themselves? Now how many men do you know?

I think logically we can look at that and say there might be some polling errors going on such as if a woman in a household uses a game system for even 15 minuets, technically she can labelled a gamer. 

It's not trying to entirely dismiss the point, I'm just questioning it. Simply not listening to opinions becuase they don't agree with you is not really the smartest way to do things, I've said for many year smartphones would have a huge impact on the game industry, particularily mobile, and a lot of people on this board thought I was crazy, well look at how that turned out. I told Nintendo fans to keep an eye out on tech like Tegra's X1 processor (the exact processor in the Switch, lol) two years ago here. 

Why are you guys so hellbent on Nintendo changing what's working for them right now anyway? This thing is selling better than the Wii even right now. Why go away from that and start marketing in a completely different way? Yeah ok such and such worked .... *10 years ago*, lol, that's an lifetime in technology, Britney Spears was the top selling musical artist 10 years ago too, today she's barely relevant, Blackberry was a billion dollar company, things change, whatever Switch is doing (and it's doing it without a Wii Sports or Brain Training or Nintendogs or Wii Fit type hit) is working for the here and now. 

Before saying it will sell more than Wii, let's wait 2019 or 2020 to see if it sell more than Xbox one.

the switch will struglle to sell 50 m, don't even joke with Wii numbers.

You've been saying for many years that the Wii/motion gaming audience is coming back and Nintendo should hang their hat on that type of gaming. 

The Switch isn't doing that. Firstly, it doesn't need a gimmick to be unique like the Wii did. Switch is unique because it's a portable console, it is automatically unique when set next to a PS4/XB1/PS3/Wii U/360/PC. You cannot put any of those into your back pack and go. And it is unique next to a 3DS because a 3DS can't offer the scale of experience that feels anywhere close to a console. So there's no need in this case for Nintendo to bend over backwards to say they're special/different, Switch automatically is. That is already achieved, day 1. 

As for casual/core dilenation Nintendo themselves uses these terms, but fine, if you want specific terminology, I'll put it this way -- Switch is succeeding without a Wii Sports/Brain Training/Wii Fit/Nintendogs type break out hit, is it not? 1,2 Switch has 80% of the Switch userbase not buying it, Just Dance is not selling great, but Legend of Zelda is selling at an incredible rate. So unlike Wii/DS, Switch is already very different, we see it is selling better without "benefit" of a casual/blue ocean/"whatever the hell you want to call it" hit game. 

And what is the new Zelda? It's a AAA core gamer experience that takes definite notes and inspiration from other modern open-world games (aka: namely Skyrim and there's nothing fucking wrong with that). It doesn't matter if its 1st, 2nd, 3rd party, as long as Nintendo has a decent flow of games that people would consider to be a home console game like that, but it is playable on Switch, the system will do well. That's the appeal right there.

And I dunno about you, but the reception to Switch in the core gaming community has been quite positive as far as I can tell, yeah sure you can point to some boo-birds but so what, some of them also hate on the Xbox One. I've shown Switch with Zelda to many PS4/XBox owners and the response is overwhelmingly positive with many of them saying they want to buy one. 

I've been talking about a hybrid console and the Tegra X1 for years. You're upset about stupid arguements you had with PS/XB owners 10 years ago (probably with 11 year old kids) that you can't get over and now need to have some kind of weird "revenge" against them. I don't give a shit about any of that, lol. As far as I see it, that was Nintendo territory to begin with, Sony's big game this spring is what? A Ken Griffey Jr. MLB title, their big game for the holiday is a Star Wars cross-promotion, gee, hmmm .... wonder where I've seen that before. 

Wii, I don't think switch will have the same appeal, and Nintendo consoles die earlier than the competition to make way for the next one.

First, the whole "Nintendo's handheld market is being consumed by mobile" is a farce. The 3DS is the best selling console this generation. Pokemon Go has proved that mobile can be used to increase handheld game sales (which was Iwata's plan from the start). There is this faulty assumption from the analyst that mobile and handheld are mutually exclusive. Pokemon Go proves they are not.

The reason the 3DS struggled was because of the system launched with subpar games, a 3D gimmick that most people didn't want, was too expensive and didn't have a great battery life. The 3DS only sold about 3 million its first year, and sales only improved when Nintendo slashed the price and some games finally came out. The 3DS, like the Wii U, had this issue where Nintendo still wanted the expanded market's money but not have to worry about them. This is how you got Nintendogs+Cats and Wii Fit U. Sure, great on the DS< but the DS also had plenty of other titles for these consumers as well. Heck, the 3DS's launch lineup was forgettable. Does anyone care about Steel Diver and Pilotwings Resort?

The Switch doesn't have these problems. As I type this, the Switch has likely outsold the 3DS's first year (which launched in the firs quarter as well). Nintendo has two big hits with Zelda and Mario Kart. Splatoon will sell big in Japan. SMO will sell big. There are other games we don't know about. There will eventually be Pokemon. By all accounts, I don't see why the Switch couldn't break 100 mil