The Switch's success is helped by its predecessor's failure, not unlike Windows 7 was helped by poor reception of Vista. Plenty of people skipped on the Wii U,

The Switch's success is helped by its predecessor's failure, not unlike Windows 7 was helped by poor reception of Vista. Plenty of people skipped on the Wii U, but demand for Nintendo's content remained high. People wanted to play BotW and Splatoon and Mario Kart 8 despite not wanting to commit to a dead-end console, so Nintendo gave them BotW, Splatoon 2 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the Switch, and dropped hints [1][2] that more are forthcoming. The Switch refines and realizes the vision of the Wii U and allows gamers who love Nintendo's content to experience some of the best chunks of what they missed, with the promise that more exciting content is on the horizon. The Switch largely sold because people still want to believe in Nintendo, and they think they executed successfully this time around. [1] http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/06/15/e3-2017-bringing-more-wii-u-games-to-switch-is-an-aactive-discussiona-for-nintendo http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/06/15/e3-2017-bringing-more... [2] http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2017-more-switch-wii-u-ports-bring-them-on http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2017-more-s...