they need more advertising if they want Wii-levels of success. yes, the marketing is substantially better than the Wii U but only the hardcore and mmid-tier gamers really know it exists. there is still the casual market which takes up a good 50% of all gamers (aka the guys who only buy new consoles for sports games and CoD). if Nintendo could reach those guys, it would sell even faster than it is now
At the moment I think the Switch might perform below the Wii. It has gotten a restricted customerbase so far, but one that is willign to pay for games, which might be good.
If Nintendo is able to widen the customerbase over the years it might be possible the Switch beats the Wii. Depends on a lot though.
I don't think the Switch will outsell the Wii. Sure, it's sold out now. But it's still super early and I don't think you're seeing the level of pandemonium around the Switch that you saw around the Wii.
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I doubt it. The Wii was a cultural phenomenon and even the dominant PS4 is having to put in work to top that number. Initial reception does appear better than expected, though. I could see 80M if they maintain good support through its life (up from my original 50-60M).
| Robert_Downey_Jr. said: Obviously the Wii. Switch just doesn't have staying power. I just don't see the mainstream buzz like with Wii. |
Console is selling out quickly.
If they drop 3DS and give Switch full support, I could see it happening with the right business decisions.
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The Switch outselling the Wii, Is this a joke?
Wii. While the Switch is an enticing concept for gamers, my grandma and grandpa and jenny from the office won't care about it. I say it does around the same as 3DS at best.
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I've answered why in other threads, so I'm not going to go deep into it, but fundamentally I think a lot of people here don't understand the female demographics nor do they understand the impact of the smartphone on said demographic. And they also think smartphones are just some minor blip on the radar. But I will say this -- even Mr. Miyamoto has said he cannot get his wife to play Nintendo console games, he brings them home, but she doesn't play them. But she will play smartphone games. Even Mr. Miyamoto can't even win this arguement, good luck to the rest of you. Too many people are very naive on this board about smartphone's impact on the gaming sector, they don't understand how much has changed. Hell, smartphones will soon be a bigger industry than console gaming, but's not not neccessarily console gaming shrinking, it's simply a huge other industry that's been created on top of consoles. But take a wild guess which demographics that industry is taking from, because it's not dogs & cats. And people are still buying PS4s/XBoxes/Switches (mainly men), so it's not from that audience. So who could be left? Well if you actually do research on who plays smartphone games, it's actually majority female to boot, they are more than half the smartphone gaming audience. That's incredible. |
The creator of the Professor Layton series said the same thing. Women are simply more attracted to different things- that's what the demographics show. They made the game to attract women, which would bring in casuals too. Very interesting stuff honestly
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