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The_Liquid_Laser said:
Kerotan said:

And those who prefer Wii U. Add them to the list as well. 

In Japan?  Doesn't really matter.  The Wii U is even more niche than the PS4.

Well if Vita matters the Wii U matters in the context of this conversation. And considering half the switches 1st party line up are Wii U ports I'd say it definitely should be included. 



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Kerotan said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:

In Japan?  Doesn't really matter.  The Wii U is even more niche than the PS4.

Well if Vita matters the Wii U matters in the context of this conversation. And considering half the switches 1st party line up are Wii U ports I'd say it definitely should be included. 

http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/games.php?name=&keyword=&console=NS&region=Japan&developer=&publisher=Nintendo&goty_year=&genre=&boxart=Both&banner=Both&ownership=Both&results=50&order=Sales&showtotalsales=0&showtotalsales=1&showpublisher=0&showpublisher=1&showvgchartzscore=0&shownasales=0&shownasales=1&showdeveloper=0&showcriticscore=0&showpalsales=0&showpalsales=1&showreleasedate=0&showuserscore=0&showjapansales=0&showjapansales=1&showlastupdate=0&showlastupdate=1&showothersales=0&showothersales=1&showshipped=0

 

Please tell me in what universe half of these are ports.



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peachbuggy said:
Kerotan said:

Well if Vita matters the Wii U matters in the context of this conversation. And considering half the switches 1st party line up are Wii U ports I'd say it definitely should be included. 

http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/games.php?name=&keyword=&console=NS®ion=Japan&developer=&publisher=Nintendo&goty_year=&genre=&boxart=Both&banner=Both&ownership=Both&results=50&order=Sales&showtotalsales=0&showtotalsales=1&showpublisher=0&showpublisher=1&showvgchartzscore=0&shownasales=0&shownasales=1&showdeveloper=0&showcriticscore=0&showpalsales=0&showpalsales=1&showreleasedate=0&showuserscore=0&showjapansales=0&showjapansales=1&showlastupdate=0&showlastupdate=1&showothersales=0&showothersales=1&showshipped=0

 

Please tell me in what universe half of these are ports.

Ports and sequels to Wii U games. The point I'm making is that anyone who bought the Wii U will find the Switch extremely attractive. So why say only 3ds and Vita bases are buying the Switch and not Wii U. That's what is being discussed and I feel my point is valid. 



Miyamotoo said:
DonFerrari said:

Nahhh I don't think any Playstation console will get anywhere near to top their previous numbers in Japan.

Gues you could use this site to check your numbers.

Wii sold 45.5M on North America, so USA only probably less than 40M. X360 sold 49.11 so around 45M. How did Wii sold most in US last gen?

 

Switch sure could sell more than PS4, but easily? Aren't you reaching a little?

I'll reiterate. Last 4 gens Nintendo never dominated USA market. It was PS1, PS2, X360 and now PS4 (with X1 really close).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_sales

Nintendo shipped 48.68m Wii units in Americas.

Can you gave me officall source for 360 sales?

 

Well Switch is selling more than PS4 in US same time period (with December results), so yeah Switch could sell more than PS4 in US and espacily more than XB1 that sold less than PS4.

Yes, sure, wikipedia are know official numbers?

And you were prove wrong and didn't even acknowledge it. You tried to brag about it even.

You are to confident or use words to loosely and out of place. Or easily got another meaning for you to be gloating so early?

Miyamotoo said:
Kerotan said:

Do you want to make a bet. Because I shouldn't have to do your research for you. 

I dont want a bet, but DonFerrari clearly comes from wrong Wii numbers. I provided offical accurate numbers for Wii, you claiming same thing like he does, than pls provide fact that proves that, because I cant find officall numbers for 360 sales in US.

Did I? I have VGC numbers that are sold to customer. You said shipped and used the sold through estimation of wikipedia based on NPD for americas to say it sold more in USA.

brute said:
Kerotan said:

Yeah didn't think so. 

It seems like you are making an argument without doing research or providing facts. Miyamotoo is the only one that used official numbers to support his claim. You and DonFerrari did not.

Yes, will you acknowledge that you sided on the wrong them?

Because sorry if I was on the countryside for the last 12h so couldn't reply with digging on official numbers for both, or the countless threads where this was discussed and it was saved that X360 had passed Switch.

Instead of attacking others you could as well done research or PM shadow and he would gladly show X360 passing Wii on the very end of the lifetime.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Kerotan said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:

In Japan?  Doesn't really matter.  The Wii U is even more niche than the PS4.

Well if Vita matters the Wii U matters in the context of this conversation. And considering half the switches 1st party line up are Wii U ports I'd say it definitely should be included. 

Yeah, you are right.  I was just kidding.

My point is that Japanese gaming is handheld gaming.  I mean, PS4 is big worldwide while Vita is considered niche.  But in Japan the numbers are PS4 = 7.4m and Vita = 5.9m.  Vita is actually not that far behind the PS4 in Japan. (And 3DS = 24.4m)  It's just a handheld gaming culture. 

On top of that I'm sure most PS4 or Wii U owners have a handheld console in their household too.  I'm not sure how much overlap there is, but to be conservative I am only saying 3DS + Vita, and that would still put the Switch at 30m+.



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The_Liquid_Laser said:
Kerotan said:

Well if Vita matters the Wii U matters in the context of this conversation. And considering half the switches 1st party line up are Wii U ports I'd say it definitely should be included. 

Yeah, you are right.  I was just kidding.

My point is that Japanese gaming is handheld gaming.  I mean, PS4 is big worldwide while Vita is considered niche.  But in Japan the numbers are PS4 = 7.4m and Vita = 5.9m.  Vita is actually not that far behind the PS4 in Japan. (And 3DS = 24.4m)  It's just a handheld gaming culture. 

On top of that I'm sure most PS4 or Wii U owners have a handheld console in their household too.  I'm not sure how much overlap there is, but to be conservative I am only saying 3DS + Vita, and that would still put the Switch at 30m+.

And on gaming ofering for the japanese Vita probably had a lot more than PS4 as well.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Oh ya forget to comment, congrats on the fastest selling home console in the history of Japan. Continue the great work.



 

Acevil said:
Oh ya forget to comment, congrats on the fastest selling home console in the history of Japan. Continue the great work.

Holy moses, I thought Wii or PS2 still had it. Congrats Switch.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

DonFerrari said:
Acevil said:
Oh ya forget to comment, congrats on the fastest selling home console in the history of Japan. Continue the great work.

Holy moses, I thought Wii or PS2 still had it. Congrats Switch.

Ya, the wording was recorded history, which includes both of those. However I wonder how SNES did. 



 

Impressive momentum, hopefully it can keep it up! It's pretty much set to fly past Wii sales at this point