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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - 80+ Million Switches Need to be Sold in 5 Years or it's a Failure

crissindahouse on 15 May 2017

But The NES Mini sold like 2 million, Switch only needs 78 Million - SNES Mini sales to succeed.



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potato_hamster on 15 May 2017
Oneeee-Chan!!! said:

PS4  + Vita　< 　PS2 + PSP

PS4 is failure.

Why are you grouping the Vita with the PS4? Why are you grouping the PSP with the PS2?

Is the PS3 in fact, chopped liver?



barneystinson69 on 15 May 2017

This is a rediculous prediction. But hey, I'll be ready for a microbump in a few years



Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).

Ljink96 on 15 May 2017

Ummmm....no.



Miyamotoo on 15 May 2017
potato_hamster said:
For your statement to have any merit, you need to prove the assumption that the Nintendo Switch is Nintendo's flagship handheld going forward. Because so far, Nintendo has directly contradicted that assumption every chance they have gotten.

So far, all we know is that the Switch has replaced the Wii U. They're still selling/making new 3DS/2DS models. It's entirely plausible that Nintendo will release another handheld system in the next year or so that does not play Switch cartridges, and that should surprise no one if they do.

Actually it would be big surprise if Nintendo release new handheld like part of totaly difrent platform outside Switch platform, cheaper and smaller Switch Mini/Pocket just for handheld play is almost certain in around 1.5-2 years.



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Pyro as Bill on 15 May 2017
potato_hamster said:
For your statement to have any merit, you need to prove the assumption that the Nintendo Switch is Nintendo's flagship handheld going forward. Because so far, Nintendo has directly contradicted that assumption every chance they have gotten.

So far, all we know is that the Switch has replaced the Wii U. They're still selling/making new 3DS/2DS models. It's entirely plausible that Nintendo will release another handheld system in the next year or so that does not play Switch cartridges, and that should surprise no one if they do.

3 portables all playing different games/cartridges?

Where does this new portable fall power wise? Above 3DS but below an undocked Switch?

Nintendo will do no such thing and that shouldn't be a suprise to anyone.



Nov 2016 - NES outsells PS1 (JP)

Don't Play Stationary 4 ever. Switch!

potato_hamster on 15 May 2017
Miyamotoo said:
potato_hamster said:
For your statement to have any merit, you need to prove the assumption that the Nintendo Switch is Nintendo's flagship handheld going forward. Because so far, Nintendo has directly contradicted that assumption every chance they have gotten.

So far, all we know is that the Switch has replaced the Wii U. They're still selling/making new 3DS/2DS models. It's entirely plausible that Nintendo will release another handheld system in the next year or so that does not play Switch cartridges, and that should surprise no one if they do.

Actually it would be big surprise if Nintendo release new handheld like part of totaly difrent platform outside Switch platform, cheaper and smaller Switch Mini/Pocket just for handheld play is almost certain in around 1.5-2 years.

It might be a surprise to you, but to those of us listening, and not just hearing what we want to hear, that's a different story.



potato_hamster on 15 May 2017
Pyro as Bill said:
potato_hamster said:
For your statement to have any merit, you need to prove the assumption that the Nintendo Switch is Nintendo's flagship handheld going forward. Because so far, Nintendo has directly contradicted that assumption every chance they have gotten.

So far, all we know is that the Switch has replaced the Wii U. They're still selling/making new 3DS/2DS models. It's entirely plausible that Nintendo will release another handheld system in the next year or so that does not play Switch cartridges, and that should surprise no one if they do.

3 portables all playing different games/cartridges?

Where does this new portable fall power wise? Above 3DS but below an undocked Switch?

Nintendo will do no such thing and that shouldn't be a suprise to anyone.

Well no. See you're looking at it from your perspective, not Nintendo's. See, the Switch in this case would not be a portable console, and the new handheld would replace the 3DS. So it would be one home console, and one portable console, both playing different games/cartridges - like how the Gameboy and Super Nintendo took different games/cartridges. This is not a hard concept.

Here you are thinking that Nintendo makes business decisions for reasons that make sense. If you're so confident that they do, please go ahead and direct me to the nearest big box store that has a entire display of NES Classics, complete with stacks of additional controllers for people to buy. I know people that refuse to buy a Switch because of how horribly Nintendo dropped the ball on the NES Classic.



Pyro as Bill on 15 May 2017
potato_hamster said:
Pyro as Bill said:

3 portables all playing different games/cartridges?

Where does this new portable fall power wise? Above 3DS but below an undocked Switch?

Nintendo will do no such thing and that shouldn't be a suprise to anyone.

Well no. See you're looking at it from your perspective, not Nintendo's. See, the Switch in this case would not be a portable console, and the new handheld would replace the 3DS. So it would be one home console, and one portable console, both playing different games/cartridges - like how the Gameboy and Super Nintendo took different games/cartridges. This is not a hard concept.

Here you are thinking that Nintendo makes business decisions for reasons that make sense. If you're so confident that they do, please go ahead and direct me to the nearest big box store that has a entire display of NES Classics, complete with stacks of additional controllers for people to buy. I know people that refuse to buy a Switch because of how horribly Nintendo dropped the ball on the NES Classic.

There's underestimating the popularity of a stocking filler and then there's shooting yourself in the face. Not to say Nintendo aren't capable of shooting themselves.

Nintendo's won the portable console wars why would they release another system requiring it's own software to compete with 3ds and Switch?



Nov 2016 - NES outsells PS1 (JP)

Don't Play Stationary 4 ever. Switch!

ArchangelMadzz on 15 May 2017
Mnementh said:
ArchangelMadzz said:
You can only compare it to handheld sales once the switch is sold without the dock.

The missing dock will not bring down the price much. Attaching the controllers permanently to the console might be a cheaper mobile only option. We'll see.

It's not really about downing the price lots to compare it to handheld sales.

It's literally selling a unit as a handheld (without the dock) that's how you compare it to handheld sales. 



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