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I'm genuinely interested in how the sales numbers are going to go for the Switch. A fair number of the Nintendo first party titles are going to be system-selle
by slantyyz 10y ago
I'm genuinely interested in how the sales numbers are going to go for the Switch.
A fair number of the Nintendo first party titles are going to be system-sellers, especially for Nintendo fans with pent up demand.
Once the dust settles, however, I'm curious if the sales numbers can show sustained growth after the Zelda honeymoon period, since most of the Nintendo fans by then would have picked up a Switch.
- jclardy 10y agoI don't think we can really judge by the sales after launch, the real test will be holiday 2017 when it is competing with PS4 and XB1 (scorpio?) for holiday sales. I think Nintendo's biggest problem right now is pricing. $300 isn't bad, but that gets you nothing - the console can literally do nothing out of the box (Versus a PS4/XB1 which are media machines, at least.) The $50 for 1-2 switch is their biggest failure of this launch, hopefully their plan is to pack it in the box later in the year and are just using it as a cash grab right now.
- slantyyz 10y ago>> the real test will be holiday 2017 I agree. I think by that point, all the die hard Nintendo fans will likely have picked up a Switch, and then most of the buyers will be "normals", and it's interesting to see what they would choose.