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kirby007 on 18 May 2018



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Miyamotoo on 18 May 2018
thismeintiel said:
zorg1000 said:

~175k

 

Miyamotoo said: 

Short answer, it will, little longer one, Smash Bros + Pokemon. :)

You can't really say that Switch will not be next Wii based on one month that's not good.

714K VS 171K for 2nd April.  Granted, Mario Kart Wii launched that month. But, no one honestly thinks that if a new Mario Kart launched this month it would equal those sales. At least I hope no one. So, not the Wii. 

But going buy that point it's impossible that PS4 will sell better than Wii also!? :)

Best selling PS4 April before this one was 206k and in its second one sold basically same like PS4, 175k.



zorg1000 on 18 May 2018

 

thismeintiel said:
zorg1000 said:

~175k

Source? I couldn't find one. Even if true, you're comparing a $399 console VS a $299 console.

The April 2015 NPD thread.

Who cares? We are also comparing a 1.8tflop, 8gb RAM, 500gb HDD console with a bunch of multimedia functions (dvd/blu-ray, streaming apps) vs a console with a fraction the power, storage & non-gaming features.

Both are/were priced appropriately.



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Errorist76 on 18 May 2018

Proof X1 is heavily overtracked on here. They constantly had X1 close to PS4 on VGC.

Also shows how important great exclusives are. Stuff like SoT or Kirby isn’t going to cut it.

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LethalP on 18 May 2018
Miyamotoo said:
LethalP said:
The Switch isn't going to be the Wii or DS. Rather more like the 3DS or GBA it will rely on the core gaming audience which respond directly to big game releases. This is unlike the Wii/DS which sold 400-500k a week on a regular basis with the motive being mostly to play Wii Sports. The Switch doesn't have that high baseline because it's a core machine.

The big downside here is that only really Nintendo release big games on the Switch, as opposed to Sony where third parties have their back as well. Not to mention Europe and the rest of the world market which Sony always has and always will dominate. Expecting Switch to do PS4 numbers in a year, let alone Wii or DS, is silly.

Biggest difference between Wii and Switch will be that Switch will have longer life span with multiply revisons and it will have typical IPs that were on handheld only before, for instance Pokemon, so yeah Wii had stronger sales in same time period but Switch will probably have longer sales and it will be longer on market with more revisions.

Wii and DS also didn't had strong part support that could be compared with PS3 support.

 

That's probable, but my point is, assuming the Switch is replaced in 7 years with more support during those latter years than what the Wii got, what's going to keep driving interest? Will there be a long lasting novelty? Will Nintendo have enough momentum in between Pokemon releases? Is there a large enough stream of significant releases for the Switch to pace out a year?



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Intrinsic on 18 May 2018

I AM SHOCKED!!!



Miyamotoo on 18 May 2018
LethalP said:
Miyamotoo said:

Biggest difference between Wii and Switch will be that Switch will have longer life span with multiply revisons and it will have typical IPs that were on handheld only before, for instance Pokemon, so yeah Wii had stronger sales in same time period but Switch will probably have longer sales and it will be longer on market with more revisions.

Wii and DS also didn't had strong part support that could be compared with PS3 support.

 

That's probable, but my point is, assuming the Switch is replaced in 7 years with more support during those latter years than what the Wii got, what's going to keep driving interest? Will there be a long lasting novelty? Will Nintendo have enough momentum in between Pokemon releases? Is there a large enough stream of significant releases for the Switch to pace out a year?

More games obviously in any case, more Pokemon, more 3D Zelda, more 3D Mario, more new IPs, more old IPs, more 3rd party exclusives, more spin offs, more 3rd party support, more ports/remasters...remember, Switch is becoming only Nintendo platform they need to support so support will be much easier and they can easily try more different and new thing. Hardware revisions also always boost sales. Than you also have revisions, bundles, price cuts...

Talking about biggest Nintendo IPs, This year will probably have Pokemon and Smash Bros, next we could have Animal Crossing and 2D Mario, next again Pokemon and 3D Mario...after that 3D Zelda and new Mario Kart..



160rmf on 18 May 2018
zorg1000 said: 
thismeintiel said:

Source? I couldn't find one. Even if true, you're comparing a $399 console VS a $299 console.

The April 2015 NPD thread.

Who cares? We are also comparing a 1.8tflop, 8gb RAM, 500gb HDD console with a bunch of multimedia functions (dvd/blu-ray, streaming apps) vs a console with a fraction the power, storage & non-gaming features.

Both are/were priced appropriately.

Don't forget the number of AAA flagship titles release



 

 

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Random_Matt on 18 May 2018

What's the April global numbers?



Train wreck on 18 May 2018
160rmf said:
zorg1000 said: 

The April 2015 NPD thread.

Who cares? We are also comparing a 1.8tflop, 8gb RAM, 500gb HDD console with a bunch of multimedia functions (dvd/blu-ray, streaming apps) vs a console with a fraction the power, storage & non-gaming features.

Both are/were priced appropriately.

Don't forget the number of AAA flagship titles release

As opposed to the switch evergreens