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kirby007 on 19 October 2019

The switch selling +350 million



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Super_Boom on 19 October 2019

Nothing, as I've never been wrong.

Other than the statement I just said anyway.



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Jumpin on 19 October 2019
Dulfite said:
I never said it out loud, but I remember thinking how stupid I thought Microsoft was for purchasing Mojang for Minecraft. I thought they would sell hardly anymore of it, that the market was tapped out, and that they'd lose a fortune. The following is from wiki, showing how stupid I was for this prediction. Microsoft bought Mojang in 2014.

"As of 10 October 2014, the game has sold approximately 60 million copies across all platforms, making it one of the best-selling video games of all time. As of May 2019, over 176 million copies had been sold across all platforms, making it the best-selling video game of all time."

So after they bought it, if I'm reading this correctly, they still sold another 116 million copies. Haha I was terribly wrong.

I made exactly that one too. Probably used a less PC synonym of stupid.



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Dulfite on 20 October 2019
Jumpin said:
Dulfite said:
I never said it out loud, but I remember thinking how stupid I thought Microsoft was for purchasing Mojang for Minecraft. I thought they would sell hardly anymore of it, that the market was tapped out, and that they'd lose a fortune. The following is from wiki, showing how stupid I was for this prediction. Microsoft bought Mojang in 2014.

"As of 10 October 2014, the game has sold approximately 60 million copies across all platforms, making it one of the best-selling video games of all time. As of May 2019, over 176 million copies had been sold across all platforms, making it the best-selling video game of all time."

So after they bought it, if I'm reading this correctly, they still sold another 116 million copies. Haha I was terribly wrong.

I made exactly that one too. Probably used a less PC synonym of stupid.

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Ultravolt on 20 October 2019

I never publicly stated it, but...

I thought Mario Maker 2 was gonna be HUGE. I mean, it did fine during its launch, but it really hasn't gained momentum since then. No one really talks about it anymore. It had the makings of being an incredibly popular game: bigger user base, no more YouTube/streaming content claims from Nintendo, online multiplayer. The original Mario Maker gained so much more attention despite being on a console with a much lower user base, and Nintendo's strict YouTube/streaming policies.



   

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estebxx on 20 October 2019

Thought the 3DS would cross 100 million...



curl-6 on 20 October 2019

In the early stages of the Vita and Wii U's lifespans I thought Sony/Nintendo respectively would turn them around and they'd go on to be moderately successful.

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Darashiva on 20 October 2019

In early 2016 I predicted that the Wii U would sell around 20 million units lifetime, and even though I thought I might have slightly overestimated it's total sales, I didn't expect it to die so quickly afterwards that it wouldn't even get to 15 million. At the same time I also predicted that the Xbox One would roughly match the 360's worldwide sales when it was done, but that one is way off as well it seems.



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