| RolStoppable said: Switch isn't the same gen as Wii U and 3DS. Thankfully, I am not like you. A console with the sales trajectory of Switch isn't going to slow down anytime soon, that's why it can already be safely called a success. Porn is not the same as video games. Rapid growth doesn't apply to an estimated average of 30k units sold per week in Q1 2017; I hope you realize that that constitutes Wii U sales pace. Adding other VR headsets doesn't make it much better. As for Pokémon Go, it's not successful because of AR; the premise is to go out and catch Pokémon, so the technology that is behind the success is GPS. If you removed AR from Pokémon Go, it would still be successful; but you can't say the same for GPS. |
You're not at all concerned about mobile garbage infiltrating our hobby? I'm staying away from NS predictions, until Nintendo catches up to the consumers: the disparity between the Wii and WiiU and the rapid rise and fall of Wii sales. It's very reminiscent of the PS4 launch, which took a while to settle at a steady number. If anyone isn't calling the NS a "success," they simply don't want to.
Was the WiiU the first videogame console? It's a little apples and oranges to compare the current paradigms to the newer ones. This era represents the first real foray into the space, and they are on par with the premiere videogame company's last console (but the WiiU is now actually doing 3K a week). I think doing half of the XI's and 3DS' sales is an impressive start.
Pokemon Go is successful becuase of AR, as the mobs running to the parks show. People were throwing their AR pokeballs at Pokemon, because it was novel. It mimicked the "actual" experience, which is why it was so exciting. If it was "go use your phone there, because we said that standing there is special," most people would have found it boring or stupid. The value proposition was the AR experience.
