Nintendo Switch: What are your thoughts?

[xGreyHound]

23 hours ago, mitchhamilton said:

yeah not sure where he got the 9/10 from considering that the wii out sold both the ps3 and the 360. the wii u did bad sure but that doesnt really mean it should go towards the 9/10 statistic that the switch is gonna fail. plus the fact that the the top ten most sold video game systems globally has 5 spots with nintendos systems, 4 with sony's and 1 with microsoft.

 

The wii didn't out sell the XBOX 360 or PS3 according to my source, the PS2 is the top selling console.

[mitchhamilton]

41 minutes ago, xGreyHound said:

The wii didn't out sell the XBOX 360 or PS3 according to my source, the PS2 is the top selling console.

according to my sources it did. it may not have kept up the pace but it did for a long time out sell those two. not sure what the ps2 has to do with anything.

[xGreyHound]

2 hours ago, mitchhamilton said:

according to my sources it did. it may not have kept up the pace but it did for a long time out sell those two. not sure what the ps2 has to do with anything.

I'm talking game sales wise, that is where the actual money is at. 

[Okarin]

The PS2 is from a previous generation, it's unfair to compare that way because the market shifts and the audience changes.

Actually what's more common is asking what is the most sold from a certain generation.

Wii actually was a primer for a lot of people who otherwise wouldn't touch videogames. Of course, not all who bought one will turn out to be loyal gamers, but its effort was significant.

Also, a console doesn't have to be the most sold to be a success. If the Switch manages to be cheap to manufacture, has an affordable price and sells well, it will bring fat revenues for Nintendo. Every recent move by Nintendo has been a huge success, like Pokémon Go (it was the recurring theme of this summer).

[Darklord Rooke]

38 minutes ago, Okarin said:

Also, a console doesn't have to be the most sold to be a success. If the Switch manages to be cheap to manufacture, has an affordable price and sells well, it will bring fat revenues for Nintendo. Every recent move by Nintendo has been a huge success, like Pokémon Go (it was the recurring theme of this summer).

Nintendo didn't have anything to do with Pokemon Go, although because they own a third share in the Pokemon company (whatever it's called) it probably made a significant indirect profit.

Traditionally companies would lose money on the console selling it cheaply (relative to the hardware inside) and make the money back via the games (which is why people keep saying Nintendo needs a better library.) That being said maybe Nintendo bucked that trend, I didn't really take an interest TBH  

[Okarin]

I don't know about the Wii U, but given that it was sold for around 300 bucks, it probably is pretty expensive to produce, at last the tablet controller (its most significant feature and also its downfall).

Switch will have none of that, and will use standard hardware that will probably be humble but adequate, it's like a handheld on steroids. But most specs are yet to be revealed.

Nintendo's stock experienced a big boost with Pokémon Go. No, they didn't develop it, but they had some share on it and it meant a lot of publicity for Nintendo, so they earned a lot of money.