NS success or fail
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Kalomaze
somebody
Towns Folk
Blue Knight
Water Spirit
Towns Folk
I can see it easily selling over 60 million, actually.
It only really needs main Zelda, Mario and Pokemon games to absolutely take off - the rest will come as sales increase, like the 3DS, which got these and succeeded in spite of having a veeery rocky start. After that, both first and third party support will increase dramatically, and sales, too.
It only really needs main Zelda, Mario and Pokemon games to absolutely take off - the rest will come as sales increase, like the 3DS, which got these and succeeded in spite of having a veeery rocky start. After that, both first and third party support will increase dramatically, and sales, too.
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Content at Heart
Towns Folk
Is over 20 million units sold a success? If so, then yeah - I'm fairly certain it will succeed (though I'm hoping for much more sales than that 
). Their advertisement, exposure, and explanation of the Switch itself was excellent this time around, so that should definitely help in sales. I even think Nintendo will hit their End-of-March sale goal of 2.5 million units.
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). Their advertisement, exposure, and explanation of the Switch itself was excellent this time around, so that should definitely help in sales. I even think Nintendo will hit their End-of-March sale goal of 2.5 million units.#NintendoSwitchMasterRace
Starry Windy
Everything will be Daijoubu.
Towns Folk
I think Nintendo Switch would bring success once again, considering that the marketing seems to cater with several casual and competitive area of gaming even on its first reveal, and that works to the point that the initial reveal trailer has been on trending pages in YouTube for days, even in my country. Even though I'm not sure if I can predict how much NS will be sold with, but given how Nintendo's doing it recently, it won't be hard to sell well as long as they have many supports and all.
Sir_Walter
Perfection
Towns Folk
I definitely think that the Switch is set up for success. There's still a market for mobile Nintendo consoles and I think that Nintendo will have no trouble selling the system. With that being said, I don't think they will be able to match the success of the original Wii. The big question is whether or not they will be able to get the solid 3rd party support that they used to have.
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It'll be a big success. Kimishima said they expect it to sell around 100m lifetime - very optimistic, I don't see it selling that much. But I do think it'll sell around the same as 3DS which is at about 70m right now.
This is all of course assuming mainline Pokemon games become Switch exclusive. If not, you can knock a solid ~15m off my prediction.
This is all of course assuming mainline Pokemon games become Switch exclusive. If not, you can knock a solid ~15m off my prediction.
TheSpiritedWarrior
Never gives up a fight
Towns Folk
Its likely a fail, though if this were to happen, Nintendo is entirely done with making any form of hardware.
I say it will fail due to its connection to certain enthusiast brands. The idea of a new "fad" buzzes the internet, but after thats over, unless there is other strong factors, the product is screwed. This appeals to a limited audience due to its high price, little games, and a shrinking popularity.
Kimishima is only making it worse with dlc, higher costs, and a delusional mindset that they have actual "third party," which isn't true considering Skyrim, a 6 year old game, and a crappy fifa port are the big ones.
I say it will fail due to its connection to certain enthusiast brands. The idea of a new "fad" buzzes the internet, but after thats over, unless there is other strong factors, the product is screwed. This appeals to a limited audience due to its high price, little games, and a shrinking popularity.
Kimishima is only making it worse with dlc, higher costs, and a delusional mindset that they have actual "third party," which isn't true considering Skyrim, a 6 year old game, and a crappy fifa port are the big ones.
Blue Knight
Water Spirit
Towns Folk
Except that it won't sell because of it being a "fad", that's only to push marketing. The Wii only sold at first due to motion controls and Wii Sports. The DS as well, but what kept them floating afterwards was the first-party games (given that Nintendo has, bar none, the strongest franchises of any publisher), and that's an area the Switch is even bigger with - having all of Nintendo's IPs focused in it.
Furthermore, Kimishima being convinced of third-party support isn't unwarranted, even if the thing is weaker, as soon as it starts selling, it'll get third-party support regardless, that's how the market works right now, lol.
The only issue you mentioned that's really valid is pricing. Those Pro Controllers are insane.
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Lime Pawpaw
Towns Folk
Not every kid who wanted to play Xenoblade bought an N3DS. Unless they make accessories on demand (this is rhetorical) they will face losses on hardware. Probably gonna have to pull a 3DS on the price then. The Switch doesn't have a straw to clutch on. The Switch is going to fail, and deep down, you know it too.The console itself is affordable, it's the accessories that are expensive so
Kalomaze
somebody
Towns Folk
Nintendo sells at a profit instead of at a loss (unlike sony and microsoft) on console launches, which is one of the reasons WHY they CAN lower the price if sales blunder. The marketing and the way nintendo is selling the switch makes it a lot harder for it to fail anyways, and since the marketing for the Wii U was garbage compared to Switch's ad campaign is night and day. That being said, they better be careful and watch out for what they are doing with the console. As for now I'm cautiously optimistic and I have doubts about it being a failure.