Why the fuck is it selling so well!?

Because Nintendo know what they are doing
as opposed to /v/

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>>376122913
DELET

People are fucking stupid.

Nintendo makes products designed for Japanese children, a demographic to which American adults have an equal IQ.

>>376122913
Zelda is very popular and a lot of people don't even know the WiiU exists, as the name lead your average consumer thinking it was a Wii addon.

They decided to actually hire marketers this time, instead of thinking the name Wii could sell something no one understood.

Its still in the "shiny new thing" phase. Once the usual Nintendo console game droughts hit, the thing will be dead in the water.

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>>376123114
What did Anonymous mean by this?

Zelda is unironically the best game of all time

B-but NEETs on /v/ with no job or business kknowledge told me it was a flop!

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>>376122913
sonygers made you believe that the switch was bad.

>>376123280
Why did you post an image consisting of almost nothing but ports of ancient games? I don't get it.

>>376123994
>Nintendo console game droughts
>implying ports aren't games
Nice job moving the goalposts

>>376123994
Because in a year it'll have as many exclusives as their competitors.

>>376123891
It is though.

At launch there was literally no reason to buy one.
Even now the only thing available on it is the waiting game.

>>376122913

Because it's a cute little toy, which is perfect for casual gamers and children who just want to play with a cute little toy instead of treating video games like a serious hobby.

>>376124096
Ports aren't system sellers. If they were I'd have bought a PS4 years ago. Instead, they're still shoveling out cross-gen-remastered-buyourfuckinggameagainnerd shit. There's a shitload of games on that image I have on Wii U alone, nevermind PC/PS3/3DS.

Personally the only games that interest me are botw, mario odyssey and no more heroes. It does look nicer than the wii u, and I want it to do well, but it needs more worthwhile exclusives (for me). It's pretty easy to chalk up the current success up to zelda, good marketing and a new launch, but it needs more to continue.

>>376122913
They fucking advertised the hell out of it this time.
Contrary to what /v/ says, casual gamers like Nintendo, kids like Nintendo, they just need to know it exists to buy it.

>>376122913
Proper marketing, actually useful gimmick, wide range of target demographics.
+Doesn't look like a child's toy and actually something proper, New 2DS is similar.

>>376123280
That's a lot of padding. If Snake Pass, Steep, Skyrim and Minecraft are on that list, how do I know 70% aren't multiplats? Switch will probably be the best platform for indie games, but what about the rest?

>>376123280
This is incredibly outdated

>>376124436
>Ports aren't system sellers.
Top 3 best selling PS4 games are ports.
Only one exclusive is in the top 10 best selling PS4 games.

>>376123280
>Little Inferno, Mario Kart 8, Just Dance, Binding of Isaac, Lego City Undercover, Shovel Knight, Cube Life, Rayman Legends, 1001 Spikes, (and probably more but fuck that image is tiny I can't squint hard enough to make all those games/logos out)
Why are Nintenbros putting these games up on a pedestal now, after completely ignoring them on the Wii U?

>>376125042
He asked for games and got some

Great hybrid console with WiiU games. No one bought the WiiU.

>>376124412
>treating video games like a serious hobby.

edgy teen found

>>376122913
couldn't tell you. i'm out of touch and devs no longer make games that interest me.

>>376125171
>No one bought the WiiU.
Did the people who say this come here after 2012? Basically everyone who likes Nintendo has one.

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>>376125042
>Implying MK8 and Shovel Knight weren't advertised as fuck for the Wii U

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>>376124412
>ability to ignore reality and play games in public that aren't mobileshit
>not treating games like a serious hobby

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>>376122913
People were underestimating how much this would sell because they thought of it as a console. But because it's also a handheld, some households will have more than one. You know Pokémon is still gonna have one fucking save file and kids are gonna ask their parents for their own. Just like that it's able to sell like twice as much as it would have if it were only a home console.

>>376125426
Only the shit eating fanboys bought one. The same people who would buy Mario Kart 8 twice.

>>376125426
No. You mean hardcore Nintendo fans have one. Some casuals "like" Nintendo because they remember the Wii or the SNES but didn't know the Wii U was a new thing. It's like when they released a new version of a toy you had to convince your mom was different when you were younger.
>But mom! This is desert commando Wii!

It's been sold out in my country for 2 months.

The sales would obviously be even better than they are if nintendo had made enough of the fucking things.

But I honestly can't blame them for being more careful after the WiiU.

They had literally millions of those things sitting in warehouses for years.

>>376123114

The biggest drought is right now though.

>>376125863
European country?

>>376126016
UK. Which is where nintendo sells like shit so I'm baffled it's sold out. We're probably not very high on Nintendo's priority to ship units to. I think I saw estimates of May 25th for new units in stock.

>>376124412
But the literal best game of the generation is on switch and not the other consoles. That would lead me to believe that the Switch interests hardcore gamers. Can you really call yourself hardcore if you haven't played the best game, anon?

>>376123020
But I thought the joke was that Asians were smart.

>>376126145
Go to Toys'R'Us lad, got mine there.

>>376122913
Mobile phones are very popular.

It's a handheld gaming device.

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>>376124254
Wow, a console that doesn't have a big library at launch, who knew?

>>376124254
Just like the PS4

>>376126396
Makes no sense
I thought phones were going to kill handhelds?

>>376126563
Just like the PS4, except for one thing.
Nintendo doesn't delay their games' releases up until a new version of their console comes out like Sony did with the PS4 pro. When Nintendo says a game is going to release it will, and not only that, it won't come to PC like Sony's exclusives always do.

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The power of good marketing. We've already known this since like 2001 when the best console lost the hardest.

>>376126859
>it won't come to PC like Sony's exclusives always do
Too hard.
>Nintendo doesn't delay their games' releases up until a new version of their console comes out
That's exactly what happened with Zelda.

>>376126859
I'm 99% positive that Hey Pikmin and Miitopia were delayed just for the New 2DS.

>>376122913
same reason the DS/3DS sold well, a portable gaming system with bright coloured games to keep the kids entertained.
also 20+ year olds with disposable income that grew up with nintendo.

>>376126175
What game?

>>376122913
I'm glad it's a success but at the same time I think Nintendo will fuck up in some regard, given they are so far behind the times

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>>376126175
But the best game of the generation is on the 3DS.

>>376127351
how so?
please explain your assertion

>>376122913
cant you faggots stop buying the switch?
its hard enough trying to find that shit.
very gamestop, best buy and walmart i go to its sold out.
frankly its pissing me off.

>>376123005
>Because Nintendo know what they are doing
Then explain the Virtual Boy, N64, Gamecube, and Wii U

>>376122913
Scalpers and the usual Nintendo fanboys. Come back in a year, Switch sales will be in the same position as the Wii U.

>>376122913
Karen memes

>>376128136
Keep telling yourself that.

/v/ shits on it so it sells.

>>376127716
>know = knew
wew

>>376125514

Even if pokemon has only one save file, each account on the system can have their own save on the same system.

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>console is two months old
>has a bunch of exclusives coming within the first year BEFORE E3
>LOL NO GAEMS

I mean damn how many games does a console need at launch to be "good" even

>>376129283
It just needs a killer app.
It would be Zelda but thats on wiiu so I have no reason to get one, but to those who didn't have wiiu the switch is a sell

>>376124669
You're forgetting that these would be multiplats you can pick up and take with you wherever.

>>376129431
Currently, the Switch is a fantastic proposition for people without a Wii U. MK8 and BotW on a console you can take to the bathroom with you.

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>>376129431
Nobody cares if it's on Wii U.

>>376122913

They follow PS4 example.

Only one game

>>376129283
I'd say 3.
>1 great multiplayer game with solid gameplay that'll take a lot of time to get bored of
This would have been mario kart if it wasn't a re-hash. Splatoon and Arms could become this.
>1 great single player game that you could sink endless hours into even offline
100% succeeded here with Zelda
>1 great 3rd party normie game to prove that the console could be a success
they might get this with 2K

I think what Nintendo did is make sure not that the release line is great, but instead to position games for an IV drip of releases. this means that rather than having people have to choose between buying 3 different games at launch, they can buy one and enjoy it while accruing money for the next release

>>376129952
It also stops the narrative from sliding from 'WOW what a great launch!' over to 'wait so what now?' without requiring too much work.

>>376128392
I will. Keep telling yourself this is anything other than another shit gimmick system.

>>376129947
>le nogaems meme
>about the console with objectively the best lineup by far currently

>>376125863
Italy is literally the only country with stock

>>376129952
cont.
game value depreciates over time. thanks to gamestop every month a game is out is another month where people get bored of it, trade it in, and all of a sudden Nintendo sells 1 game to two players instead of 2. by keeping the games scares in the beginning they can keep value high during the part of the consoles life cycle where it's making the most money in relation to the amount of games being played.
>>376130068
I don't think Nintendo gives much of a shit about narrative. the console already had a great launch according to sales metrics

>>376130137
In terms of crap-to-quality I think the Switch is doing fantastically. It just needs to work on quantity a bit. Avoiding a lot of chaff on launch was a good idea. Padding a library is worse than just having a small one.

>>376130245
Public perception is super important in marketing. A lineup of impending releases over the course of the year looks better than five or six great games on launch and then nothing.

>>376122913
It launched with Zelda, even though it was a borrowed one. Same thing they did with the original Wii. It's not hard.

>>376124563
This right here. The Wii U was a confusing and unmarketable product. It was a bad console that went on to have a great small library of games nobody played because nobody even knew it existed. Switch is marketable and Nintendo is marketing it like crazy. Super bowl commercial. Target decked out with Mario Kart. Commericals during kids shows. Commercials during prime time. Commercials before movies including yesterday's Guardians of the Galaxy sequel. Positive word of mouth. Zelda is amazing. Mario Kart is amazing and being a port doesn't matter because nobody played the original. Console is hybrid and can be played multiple ways. Casuals like Nintendo. Gamers like Nintendo to once they grow out of their edgy phase (late teens to early 20s)

>>376130367
okay that's a good point and it lines up with mine. just read it wrong.

runs the risk of people waiting until a game they want comes out but I find it hard to imagine the value of the console itself will depreciate before the game library is stacked.

>>376130667
The console is Nintendo finally working out how to play to its strengths. It's powerful enough to do modern stuff, has several hardware gimmicks that are actually useful on top of being attention-grabbing (the IR camera less so) and has two fantastic first-party games out of the gate, one playing to the hardcore market and one that anybody can play.
They finally did something more or less entirely right.

>>376130887
It also helps avoid games cannibalizing the sales of other games. Could you imagine having to go up against BotW, the highest rated game of the current console cycle, as a third party or even a less hyped Nintendo name? It's still THE game to get for the Switch. You couldn't compete.

>>376129947
But do you remember how long it took PS4 to get said game?

PS4 launched November 2013. Bloodborne launched March 2015.

PS4 had NOGAEMS for almost a year and a half. Last of Us was July 2014, 9 months into the systems life. GTAV didn't release until a year after the systems launch. There was nothing to play on PS4 even if you include decent last-gen ports.

At least Switch has ONE GAEM already, with a decent last gen port right now, a new IP in June, Splatoon 2 in July and then Xenoblade 2, Fire Emblem Warriors and Mario Odyssey all in the first 10 months of the systems life.

>>376130156
Depends on which part of Italy. Switch is obtainable if you live in small town middle of nowhere in any country... until others find out you have stock

>>376130667
This. Nintendo have always created great games but they've never created a console that feels modern. Switch feels like it's 3 generations ahead of 3DS and Wii U.

>>376130892
I know the shitty graphics on the Switch is a meme, but it's honestly not really a weakness for the switch. nobody ever got angry at a mario game because it didn't look good enough.
everybody loves grey and dark-grey but the color palette that Nintendo uses is one of my favorite parts of any game. I mean look at what Zelda did
>>376131013
very true.
>>376131030
didn't Destiny get a fairly on time release?

>>376131154
While also being outdated and cheap to make

Sales will die out once people realize the thing has no fucking games other than Nintendo first party rehashes. All the nintenbros will buy one then sales will die out. I for one don't know anyone who bought it that wasn't already a major nintenbro.

The switch doesn't really appeal to anyone who wasn't already a nintendo fan addicted to the shitty 3DS.

>>376125042

Nintenbros over at Reddit are burying the posts of anyone who asks this same question

They really shouldn't be ignoring the elephant in the room. The Switch is going to have to survive on something other than ports and remasters eventually.

>>376131260
>outdated
No. And it's not cheap it make. They estimate it costs around 250$ and they're selling it for 300.

theres a market for a decent portable system that isn't a fucking cell phone, and people still enjoy nintendo shit but skipped the wii u because it was marketed fucking horribly

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>>376123280
Do you usually wash your hands after posting this?

>>376131260
>outdated
for a console yeah, but it's far and away the best handheld on the market right now. I know switching between a console and handheld for an argument's sake is a trigger for /v/, but that doesn't mean it isn't the truth. this system has the best of both worlds simultaneously and the only thing it had to sacrifice for it was graphics

>>376127716
N64 still sold really well even Gamecube to a lesser extent. You may be showing your age here young one.

>>376128779
Even then I doubt you'll be able to save and trade with two profiles on one system.

>>376131383
you're right. that's why it has a great future game line-up

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>omg its selling so well holy shit nintendomination
>still outsold by the fucking ancient PS4 worldwide in the same month

>>376131178
>didn't Destiny get a fairly on time release?

September 2014, nearly a year after the system launched

>>376122913
All Nintendo consoles have some gimmick (motion controls, touch screen), and all of my normie friends think the Switch portable/dock thing is a great gimmick.

>>376131619
Pokemon bank will make that a non-issue for 90% of people

>>376124436
>Ports aren't system sellers.
Tell that to GTAV.

>>376131532
And it's not too shabby for a console. Not on par with the PS4 or Xbone and certainly behind the PS4 Pro and Scorpio, but it's still not exactly crude visually.
We're also yet to see developers really have at it.

>>376128698
They seem to have random periods of revelation then

>>376131637
>People like Fifa
Wow, what a surprise

>>376131759
2K is gonna be huge for this console. if they can prove that the system can handle a normie sports game, and make it portable, this thing is gonna become the best console on the market.
from there all they need is a CoD game. unfortunately I don't think they're gonna get one but even the Wii U got a Black Ops game so who knows

>>376131581
GC sold passable at the very best. It was outsold by a fucking xbox.

>>376131507
No way it costs $250 to make there would be no profits then when you take into account shipping and handling
It costs $200 at most

>>376131958
>implying Fifa is not your usual bottom of the barrel pandering casual shit just like Mario Kart
>Ps4 still outsold the shitty switch even though no fifa came out that mont

wew

It's almost like parents thought the wii u was a addon for the wii and not a new console.

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>>376132112
>It costs $200 at most
Ah, yes. The "expert" from 4chan has spoken.

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>>376132140
>implying Mario Kart is on the same level as any Fifa game
try again

>>376132112
Oh and also the money the retailers keep too, they need to make money too you know.

>>376131961
It could end up with a situation like the PS3 and 360 for Black Ops 3, with a multiplayer-only port.

>>376122913
They finally broke free of having to compete with sony/microsoft at the launch of every new generation
Hell, they don't even compete at E3 anymore, and hold their on 'direct' conferences

Compound the past 10 years of "nerd culture is now cool!"
+ Nintendo recognition since the 80s
+ 80s revival/retrowave (see NES Classic)
+ new Zelda game
+ next generation of kids being born and parents wanting them to have a similar childhood to their own

= Switch Sales

>>376132148
The naming probably costed them a million or two sales wise, but you're thinking way too high of its power. People bought Wii for waggle waggle, no amount of naming is going to change that. Wii is an anomaly among the consoles for this reason.

>>376132312
>multiplayer only port
why would they do this? is single player really that intensive?
as long as they give me multiplayer and a couple good zombies maps I'll look into it but that's a slap in the face

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>>376123280
>80% are ports
So this is what they meant by "it's ok when Nintendoes it"

>>376122913

Selling well compared to what exactly? Most of what is being said is literal bullshit about it, it sold less than the Wii and Wii U in it's release period. Pretty sure it sold worse than the PS4 and Xbone as well (and PS3 and Xbox 360).

Nintendo are using half facts to disguise shit though. When they say "highest selling Nintendo hardware in it's launch month ever", what they actually mean is "highest selling Nintendo hardware released in March".
This is only true because Nintendo have never released a console in March before.

>>376129768
my wii u can reach that far so thats not even a sellin point

>>376132417
I guess because they were cutting it down for the 360's DVD size limitations. It also ran at 30 frames.

>>376131338
>The switch doesn't really appeal to anyone who wasn't already a nintendo fan addicted to the shitty 3DS.
Actually i believe there is an audience who'll compromise visual fidelity for taking their console experience on the go.

We just need to see 3rd parties step up to the plate to make it happen.

>>376132402
the Wii was probably the average lowest amount of play time logged on a console ever. people probably saw another wii, looked at the one gathering dust in their living room, and said "fuck that"
>>376132573
fair enough. I don't give a fuck about fps desu

>tfw you know there's not a single Xbox warrior in this thread.

Doubt there's even primarily a PCBro. They want the Switch to succeed so they have a whole library to play once the console is emulated.

As ever, it is just the eternal Sony.

>>376132557
You realize the Wii U launched during the holiday period and the Switch still outsold it? December 2017 will kill this board.

>>376124436
>Ports aren't system sellers. If they were I'd have bought a PS4 years ago
The irony when ports alone moved almost 60 million PS4s.

>>376123803
To be fair, the so-called business experts also had it wrong. They're all a joke anyway.
Anyway, happy to see Nintendo doing well and hopefully many 3rd party studios will create some games for the system. With enough support I will probably pick it up someday.

>>376132621
It's just odd since the CoD franchise has made a point of always hitting 60 on consoles. Or at least, since HD consoles.

>>376132734
great. that's probably out of reach for the Switch, especially for the new CoD's

>>376127716
Satoru Iwata

>>376132639

I'd like you to post evidence that suggests when a console is release correlates to it's sales. There is no evidence to suggest this at all because consoles are almost never released early in the year.

The last console I can find that was released early in the year was the PS2 (in Japan only) and it sold almost 3x what the Switch did in Japan in it's release month. It was released March 4th vs the Switches March 3rd release date.
This is literally the best comparison we have and it's not even a very good comparison.

But show me those consoles that got global released around the beginning of the year to back up your claims. I'll be waiting.

>>376132856
Explain DS and Wii

>>376132935
Healthy Satoru Iwata

>>376132874
luxury retail goods follow a cyclical sales pattern. not him but that's a fairly solid rule of thumb for anything like this in a market

If they don't announce monster hunter and pokemon at e3 I'll probably regret buying it, although BotW was worth

>>376132935
Luck

>>376133040
>MH
this. Monster Hunter on this thing will be huge

>>376127716
N64 and the Gamecube were profitable successes

The Gamecube's major flaw is that it couldn't play DVDs

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I CAN'T BELIEVE IT
IT'S FUCKING OVER SONYBROS
FUCKING SHITENDO IS WINNING
WE'VE FAILED AS HUMAN BEINGS

Why is it okay to talk about sales and Nintendo again now that the Wii U has been erased from our collective memory?

>>376132047
There was nothing wrong with the original Xbox?

>>376133016

And how does this suggest when a console is released determined how well it will sell?

There is almost no evidence to support such a claim and the little there is suggests time of release has no effect on sales.

>>376123891
>LOL SONYGRS ARE JELOUS
Of what? The PS4 sold over a million units in the US on the first day, Switch needed an entire month to still not get a million in the US

>>376133363
It didn't the expansive library of games (Neither did gamecube, but I still think that GC library is a bit better), known franchises or a legacy of successful consoles behind it. Microsoft had to create a new brand with a new vision to battle PS2 and somehow they were more successful at that than Nintendo.

>>376133326
>posts a nintendo reaction image

>>376133349

You answered your own question

>>376133349
Why isn't it okay to talk about sales now that Nintendo are doing well?

>>376123114
When is that going to hit though? June? Because July onwards is going to have first party releases almost monthly (depending on what they show at E3 and if it's even coming this year)

>>376133450
Common fucking sense.
People buy consoles as gifts, especially when it comes to Moms buying things for their kids.
The Switch is selling faster than the Wii U did, despite not having the holiday season to help it.

>>376125863
>The sales would obviously be even better than they are if nintendo had made enough of the fucking things.
They're using expensive air freight shipping to try and meet the demands WW (Sony did the same with the PS2 way back when)

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>Wii U has games but isn't selling
>STOP TALKING ABOUT SALES
>Switch is selling but has no games
>LOOK AT THESE FUCKING SALES SONY LOSERS

>>376133673
Why wasn't it okay to talk about how shit the Wii u was selling?

>>376133326
>WE'VE FAILED AS HUMAN BEINGS
People do that just by participating in console wars.

When does Minecraft Switch release? Because that's going to be a key seller as well. Full console MC but portable (and local I believe)? Guaranteed money maker.
>>376129952
>This would have been mario kart if it wasn't a re-hash.
I'm willing to bet my dick that the majority of the sales of MK8D come from people who didn't buy it on Wii U. Great critical + outstanding WOM over several years + releasing during the launch right after Zelda + on an actually attractive system = People jumping in by a greater amount faster.

>>376124412
>muh siirious hobbuh

Shoutlaughterings at you

>>376122913
Why are almost all console-war posters South American sub-humans?

>>376122913
Actually advertise.

>>376130156
Finland, and I'd assume rest of the Nordic countries, is stocked full of them.

>>376122913
Because it's a great concept despite /v/s hope that everything is a tortanic

>>376130156
>>376134465
No shit its easier to find in Europe, Nintendo hasn't had a FIFA game in years, no FIFA means Europe doesn't give a shit about that console.

>>376134163
Next thursday

>>376124254

are you trying to tell me that a console at launch usually at best has one good game

>>376133593
I guess it was the novelty of it. I wouldn't really know, because outside some frequent Luigi's Mansion ads the GC has no presence in my memories of the time

>>376134010
Why isn't it okay to talk about how successful the Switch is?

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so sales suddenly matter eh nintenkiddies?

>>376133673
Probably because Nintendo nerds threw a fucking shitfit when PS4 sales threads were made

>>376134617
You say that, but the Switch is completely sold out in UK and has been pretty much since launch. They sell out in minutes. Nintendo has never sold this well in England since the first months of the Wii.

>>376123280

Wow! Skylanders is going to be on Switch!

Kill yourself faggot. Most of those games are fucking shovelware or are already out for other platforms.

Skyrim isn't coming out for another six months? Neat.

>>376126175
BB is on Switcheroo?

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>all those people saying no games
Of course there's no games. Here's a reminder for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rIJmGj4g-s

>>376134617
Nintendo needs to stop fucking around and release Mario Strikers 3 with local coop.

>>376133814

Common sense is not evidence.

>>376124669

Why would Switch be the best platform for anything?

Stardew Valley has been out on PC forever. If you cared about it, you'd already have played it.

>>376134974
>Dusty consoles
Never understood this meme. All consoles get dusty if you don't clean them. They sit on a shelf forever and don't move.

Now, dusty controllers, THAT would show that you don't use the console.

>>376134974
>dust on console matches countertop finish
AESTHETICCCC

>>376122913
I dunno
I love my switch
But i thought itd be a niche filled with mes like the vita

>>376135282
>Runs indie games at parity with PC
>Only portable version of many games
Definitely the best platform for some.

>>376131961

Nigga please. People that want to play sports games (Madden, FIFA, NBA2K) will be playing them on real consoles like all of their friends.

Do you really want to be the one guy that can't play FIFA with your mates because you bought it for Switch and not PS4?

A lot of people bought indies on Vita, and Switch is going to fill that same niche.

>>376122913
Marketing

>>376135457
Depends. Imagine if it has modes and features with parity to PS4.

It'll have built in multiplayer that you can take on the go. You don't think people will want 2-4 player FIFA on the go?

That'd be a poor kids dream. I bet there's loads of kids still on PS360 that can't afford a new console. Their mates can though. But those kids wont be lugging their PS4 to the poor kids house to play it on, as well as buying another controller. But a Switch kid can take that to the poor kids house, hand him a joy-con and they can play two player that way.

The Joy-cons being built in local multiplayer on the go is a fucking genius idea on Nintendo's part.

>>376135146
>don't ever buy a console at launch
there are people on this board right now that are stupid enough to do just that.

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>>376135457
>will be playing them on real consoles

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>>376122913
>big companies
>not lying about their sales figures

Don't you find it strange how they claim to have sold 900k units already yet literally noone talks about the switch?

>>376124412
That's what we have smartphones for, you dingus
Oh wait, the switch is nothing more than a glorified smartphone, I forgot

>>376123042
It's really not, compared to other big hitters like COD, Mario, uncharted, gta, etc.


I never got this meme. I love Zelda to death but I'm sure not one game broke 10 million units

Because /v/ is always wrong. This board is home to some of the biggest delusional autists there are.

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>>376136113
>It's really not, compared to other big hitters like COD, Mario, uncharted, gta, etc.
>uncharted

>>376123280
>multiplats, rehashes and literally who games

>>376136414
He asked for games and got them, the quality of these games is another dicussion, stop moving the goalpost faggot

>>376136316
I thought uncharted sold more each unit?

Excuse me if I'm wrong

>>376136414
Quick, someone post the pic calling out sony ponies hypocrisy about rehashes and sequels

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>>376122913
The Switch is an appealing device that launched with undoubtably the single most beloved game since the 8th gen started. They also actually marketed this thing and its gimmick is pretty great.

The really funny thing is pretty much all the major titles coming out this year, short of probably Xenoblade 2, are all going to sell ridiculously well. I foresee a lot of wojaks and falseflags this year.

Sorry you've been brainwashed by /v/ shitposting, desperately hoping the Crowbat video is actually representative of the system as a whole or just wanting another TORtanic in general.

>>376136510
But if the games aren't quality, what is the purpose of the system?

>>376136597
>M-MUH SUNY PUNI xDD

PC mustardrace, sorry

>>376136598
>Xenoblade 2
That will probably launch this year for Japan only. I think it could sell well if they market the game to western audiences

>>376136598
TORtanic and DmC: Devil May Cry were the worst things to happen to this board. /v/ used to look forward to video games.

>>376136694
>PC fags are literally paying someone half a million dollars a year to emulate old garbage

>complains about rehashes

O i am laffin

>>376136597
>I thought uncharted sold more each unit?
Uncharted is nothing compared to Zelda. Breath of the Wild had over 100% attach rate and it's selling very well. Of course, Zelda still doesn't sell anything close to Mario games but not many games can say that.

>>376135997
It actually makes sense when you take into account how many fucking autistic scalpers there are in Nintendo's fanbase

>>376136598
Why is everyone expecting ARMS to be the next Splatoon? For all we know it could be another Code Name STEAM flop.

>>376136864
>moving the goalposts

Of course, what did I expect from a nintard

>>376136915
Nintendo games rarely flop, unless they're Federation Force levels bad. But yeah, Arms won't get anywhere near Splatoon but it'll be interesting to see what fighting tournaments thinks about it.

>>376137030
That is not the goal post, you knuckle dragging Neanderthal.

You complained about rehashes when the best you PC fags have is emulating old shit from generations ago.

You have no room to shitpost but I am sure you will do it anyway but you have no games to play and you are bored.

>>376136915
CS had negative press out the gate. The first impressions from the journos that saw it set the tone, being pissed that it wasn't a new Metroid. No, I'm not joking.

Then everyone saw the trailer and just called it Rescue Heroes, regardless of the game's quality.

Meanwhile Arms has actual interest (go to any board other than /v/, there's next to no negativity) and positive press. Will it be a Splatoon level success? Probably not. But will it do well? Absolutely. Especially since its the next big Switch game.

>>376136915
Because EAD1 don't do flops. Every title they've ever made has been a multi-million selling beast.

>Mario Kart series
>Nintendogs series
>Luigi's Mansion 1

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>>376137248
>emulating good old games
>making new games off the old shit games that end up being just as shit

See the difference?
Not only that, I can play all the multiplats I want at greater visuals and higher framerates, while you're stuck with a blurry 5 fps mess
Fuck, emulating the switch won't even be necessary, since it doesn't have any good exclusives at all

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>>376137468
Except you don't know if they're crap and yes, emulating old stuff because you have nothing is just as pathetic, steam bro

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>>376137614
>Play the game
>U DONT KNO ITS BAD XDD

>you have nothing
Yeah, okay
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PC_games

>>376137613
>I have no argument but I must shitpost

>>376137891
>I have no argument but I must shitpost
I guess that's your personal motto

>>376137891
The list he posted has games that aren't out yet, genius.

Makes sense you are a kojimafag

>>376138042
>still can't come up with an argument and resorts to using ad hominems

Good job retard, no wonder literally everyone hates nintards

>>376138268
Brianna "Moon Lord" Wu's game was shit before it was released and everyone knew it
You literally can't trust devs who have no proof that they can do anything competent, therefore we can cull about 80% of your games

>>376138426
I'll reply with an argument if you ever post an argument. Give it your best. I believe in you.

>>376122913
PORTABLE
S K Y R I M

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>>376138426
>some random tranny is comparable to Nintendo

This is shitposting of the highest quality. Keep it up!

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>>376127457
It is, but I don't see what your pic has to do with it.

>>376122913
They had a fucking great trailer, spawned lots of memes.

>>376138780
>comparing people with no skills to someone with no skills

Perfectly applicable, If you knew anything about arguing

>>376135185
nobody is going to do intensive corporate level market research to prove a point on a bohemian fart-trumpeting image board, asshole. its common sense for a reason

>>376124254
I travel a lot, I wanted to play Zelda, my Wii Us are on the other side of the planet, and Cemu wasn't playing it well enough at the time.
That is imo the only good reason to get a Switch today. Most people would be better off with a Wii U.

>>376139038

Common sense doesn't mean shit. There was a time it was common sense to drill a fucking hole in your head if you got a headache.

Without evidence your claims mean shit.

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>>376135348
Pretty sure that's dust too my man

>>376135457
>implying my friends don't have a switch
>implying couch multiplayer doesn't exist
>implying Switch isnt a real console

>>376123280
1 or 2 games I would want to play. I can see why Nintendo is so controversial here considering the massive disparity in preferences.

>>376139197
google it yourself cock bag

>>376122913
It may only have had one launch game but at least it wasn't a fucking shitty game like most consoles have launched with these past two generations. I mean god damn I almost bought the fucking Knack PS4 bundle back when the PS4 came out, that's how bad shit was.

>>376139197
What? Are you still trying to argue that things don't sell better during the Christmas season?

Protip they do

>>376122913
>900 thousand

Am I going to have to remind you that this is literally a repeat of the WiiU?

The WiiU had similarly strong launch sales (though 'lower than expected' because they thought it would be the next Wii). Launch sales are indicative of only one thing for Nintendo: That they have a fiercely loyal fanbase who will be first in line to buy whatever system they peddle.

The problem is what happens AFTER they've tapped out the fanboy market. That's where the WiiU failed and sold like shit and I have my doubts the Switch will succeed where the WiiU failed.

>>376139434

No. I am specifically asking for evidence that shows a correlation between when a console is released and how well it sells.

Provided almost no console is released in March (I can find one other, and it sold better than the Switch), you cannot go around making these kind of claims like they are fact.

>>376139785
do you have proof of this? sound's about right but I'm curious

>>376139785
>The WiiU had similarly strong launch sales
Because it launched during the holiday season while the Switch launched at the start of the year and STILL managed to do better than the Wii U did. What does this spell for holiday 2017?

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>>376139785
Pokemon alone is going to make it a huge success.

>>376139926

In it's first month (30 days after release, not the month it was released) Wii U had 3.04 million sales vs the Switches 2.74 or so million.

>>376139825
Cyclical sales markets for retail goods is a well documented law of business to the point where it's practically a fact. you saying that they magically somehow don't adhere to this is the claim that needs proof

>>376127546
Order it online, faggot.

>>376138930
>People with no skills
Nintendo is a large company with several concrete achievements, and is still in business today after stiff competition and a few fuck-ups. Brianna Wu is a social commenter who made one failed game and piggybacked off GG to become a professional victim. The fact you think there is a direct comparison between these two things clearly indicates your level of retardation.

>Release the Wii
>It does well
>Release the Wii U
>Flops because normies think its some kinda expansion to the Wii
>Launch the Switch
>Double the sales because they think its the direct successor to the Wii.

>>376122913
900k by the end of march
>selling good

>>376139197
>it was common sense to drill a fucking hole in your head if you got a headache.
That was never common sense, that was a procedure that made "scientific" sense from a medical standpoint before modern medicine and medical procedures were more fully understood. It literally made sense only to doctors of the time. Do you even know what common sense is?

>>376140147
You're retarded and I hope you never enter into business. Not everyone sells better during the holiday seasons, especially if there's large amounts of competition and you're unable to prove the value of your product.

That's why the WiiU sold like complete and utter shit after the initial launch period, even during holiday seasons.

>>376139825
>I am specifically asking for evidence that shows a correlation between when a console is released and how well it sells.
>Luxury items sell more during Christmas season
>Luxury items like consoles sell more during Christmas season
>A console that launches during Christmas season sells more than a console that doesn't launch during Christmas season
What about this does not make sense. Why do you need exhaustive market research to prove this? It makes intuitive sense based on the existing trend of markets.

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>>376139785
People keep saying this, but Wii U interest died after Week 6.

Whilst Switch is still selling every console it ships within seconds. By the time that Nintendo got out the holiday period, the Wii U was dead. Switch is still doing great

>>376140794
>Not everyone sells better during the holiday seasons
That's because it's a trend, not a law of nature.

>>376140147

And how does this effect release window sales?

>>376140810

That is conjecture with no evidence to back it up.

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>>376140883
This. And it's not like interest is going to go down when E3 happens soon and there's games like Arms and Splatoon 2 coming. All Nintendo needs to do is announce MonHun and Pokemon and boom, it'll sell blockbusters. Can't imagine how much an HD Pokemon game is going to sell.

>>376140794
>Not everyone sells better during the holiday seasons
retail products marketed to children do more than practically anything
>especially if there's large amounts of competition and you're unable to prove the value of your product.
citation needed on
a. if thats true
b. if that's at all related to what the fuck point you're trying to make.
>That's why the WiiU sold like complete and utter shit after the initial launch period, even during holiday seasons.
causal relationship you pulled out of your ass

please tell me you're a shill and not actually this stupid

>>376140334
I'm talking about third-party devs not Nintendo, you fucking idiot
Keep up, for fucks sake

>>376141194
>retail products marketed to children do more than practically anything
Retail products marketed to children are even more volatile because you effectively have to market to the parent. You need to hit memetic-levels of marketting to truly sell well, which is why every year you hear about some toy or other being the huge new thing selling out. As it turns out, the Wii ended up being one of them.

>b. if that's at all related to what the fuck point you're trying to make.
Are you retarded or something? Do you not understand competition and how it affects the sales of other products? The Switch has to compete with the PS4 and whatever DoA shit Microsoft puts out. I hope I don't have to explain competing products to you and why companies undercut each-other during holiday seasons.

>causal relationship you pulled out of your ass
The WiiU sold like hot ass because they were utterly unable to prove why anyone should buy the fucking thing. They had a two year head start with little to no competition other than two consoles on their way to the grave and yet still managed to fuck up.

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>>376124412
>video games
>serious hobby

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Phone and tablets sales have slumped off.

Everyone's got them now. For the past half decade tablets were sky high but now they are household items.

So people got nostalgic about the Wii and bought game consoles again.

Switch will sell insane amounts at Christmas. We're talking all time best selling for a videogame system over a Christmas period records.

>>376122913
Because it hasn't sold to all the loyal fanbase yet due to supply constraints. Eventually it's going to taper off, like the Wii U but not as bad.

Anyone who thinks this will be a Wii-tier success is delusional.

>>376141169
Why the Marie Rose pic?

>>376142254

>Tablet sales are declining
>As Nintendo releases a tablet

Really makes you think.

>>376125785
Fucking hell so true. I remember begging my mom for shenmue 2

> but you already have shenmue you stupid boy
> BUT MOOOOOOOOOOM

>>376141169
Monster Hunter is Capcom's decision, and they already said they're going to consoles to get the western audience. Which means it's going to PS4.

>>376141714
>Retail products marketed to children are even more volatile because you effectively have to market to the parent. You need to hit memetic-levels of marketting to truly sell well, which is why every year you hear about some toy or other being the huge new thing selling out. As it turns out, the Wii ended up being one of them.
that just backs up my argument that cyclical sales in consoles exist
>The Switch has to compete with the PS4 and whatever DoA shit Microsoft puts out. I hope I don't have to explain competing products to you and why companies undercut each-other during holiday seasons.
no it doesn't. just like the Wii U, it's release coincides with no other consoles.
>The WiiU sold like hot ass because they were utterly unable to prove why anyone should buy the fucking thing. They had a two year head start with little to no competition other than two consoles on their way to the grave and yet still managed to fuck up.
that just proves that the console sucks, not that it's not on a cyclical market

>>376142341
There is no point in upgrading to a new tablet when you have one that does all the things normies like (watching movies, browsing, checking mails).

A real dedicated gaming system actually offers new games.


Its surprising to me that people still fall for the yearly mobile upgrade meme. The majority of people have no use for the specific upgrades. Five year old phones still run everything thats popular now pretty well.
With mobiles it seems to be a status symbol thing. My niece demands the newest iphone a year after she got her previous one and she couldnt even tell me whats better in that new one.

>>376142391
>switch
>not a console
lmao time for more sonyggi assblasting.

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>>376142391
>Which means it's going to PS4.

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>>376142254
>So people got nostalgic about the Wii and bought game consoles again.

Fucking really?

>>376142595
I have bought the same 2 galaxy phone models for the last 4 years. they break on me because of user error before their software becomes out of date and every time they get cheaper.

>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe had a very successful launch on the Switch, selling 459,000 units on launch day in the US, making it the fastest selling Mario Kart game ever.

>And Jefferies equity analyst Atul Goyal believes the game’s success is more than just sales numbers, it shows the Switch as a viable console.

>In a note to investors, Goyal advised them to buy Nintendo shares, and said about the success of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe:

>“No, this is not just any ordinary success. The scale of this success is many times bigger than what is visible with ‘MK8D sales of 459K units exceeded MKWii sales of 405K’. Analyzing the scale, we realize that like-for-like, MK8D is mega-hit on a different scale altogether (maybe 5-10x better).”

>Analysts like Goyal did not expect Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to be a huge success on the Switch, mainly because it was already released on the Wii U. Goyal, among other Wall Street analysts, now believe that Nintendo’s shares will see a rise in 2017.

>Not only that, Goyal believes that Nintendo’s operating profit this year will be “well beyond the company’s conservative guidance”.

>Just as Goyal released his investor’s note, Nintendo shares hit an all time high for 2017.

http://nintendotoday.com/analyst-says-mario-kart-8-deluxe-is-a-mega-hit/

>Goyal

((They)) know it's a hit and are backing it. The hooknoses can smell the shekels. Pack it up. This console is getting the only support it ever needed.

>>376142595

Normies don't want dedicated gaming systems though. Which is why they're not all buying PS4s and Xbones.

To your average normie the Switch is just a tablet that plays Mario. And if tablets aren't selling why are they going to buy one?

>>376127716

Only one of those failed

>>376142886
congrats on being the first /pol/tard to add something constructive to a thread outside your containment board in the history of this website

>>376142341
It resembles a home console and handheld system much more than a conventional tablet.

Can you even hold it without the joycons and navigate the menus?

>>376142391
PS4/Switch, you mean.

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>>376142810
m8 what are you doing with your phones?
I've had this used Galaxy Note3 for three years now and everything is sweet.

Most of the things can actually get repaired in phone shops, there's a whole industry behind that now.
But generally speaking you're not the kind of person I'm talking about.

There are people who have perfectly fine phones who still insist on upgrading to another 700$ phone just because its new.

>>376142971
Of course they're not all into gaming systems. Dont be stupid not everybody likes videogames.
If you dislike videogames there is DEFINITELY no reason to buy a new tablet if you already have one. They all do the same shit after all.

But those who do want videogames will still consider one, as long as they are aware of it and as long as it has the games they want.

I cant believe that I have to explain something like this to the fucktards here.

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>>376143159

To you maybe. To a normie it doesn't.

Normies have been playing tablets like this for god knows how long now, probably around the time of the Wii Us launch.

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it's so obvious Nintendo was ultra conservative with expectations so they can have news like this "OMG IT"S SELLING SO WELL" and not seem like a failure that wii u is.

>>376143306
No they haven't lol

Besides. Enough time has passed that normies will be nostalgic about Mario Kart Wii and other games like that. They'll see ads at Christmas for a bunch of games and be like "remember when we got the Wii 10 years ago?! Let's get the new Nintendo!"

How exactly selling less than Xbone is "well"?

>>376143318
>Recalled millions of Wii Us and slashed an 11m forecast to a fraction of that
Why wouldn't they be more conservative after that?

They made and shipped 30% more Switch units than they initially planned to, anyway.

>>376143446

Yes they have. Even my fucking nieces who are like 3 and 6 have tablets with shit they can plug in to act as a controller.

And normies care about Mario Kart? Have you even had a look at what games tablets have? Half of them are Mario Kart knock offs. (And I'm pretty sure the Wii sold on Wii Sports/Fit not on Mario Kart)

>>376143446
Sure thing, nintendildo.

>>376143545
because they knew how they failed at marketing the with wiiu. this is part of their marketing strategy to investors and games.

>>376122913
BotW hype.

>>376122913
Now it's selling so well because Mario Kart.

People forget that Mario Kart Wii was sent out to contend with Grand Theft Auto 4. They launched in the same month back in 2008.

Current records show Mario Kart Wii outsold GTA IV by ELEVEN MILLION copies even though GTA was on PS3/360/PC.

You do not fuck with Mario Kart when it's on a system people are interested in.

>>376143613
It was a pack in, but Mario Kart Wii sold over 35mil

>>376143267
>had first for 2.5 years
>went water skiing with it
>purchased S4 Active because I thought it would make that not a problem
>it falls out of my pocket and the screen becomes useless, forcing me to operate my phone exclusively through voice controls for a month
>finally get a new phone and that one gets a cracked screen because I didn't become less stupid overnight
>switch to the Note 4 because I wanted a better screen
this one is faring better but boy am I retarded

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>>376122913

If you want to talk about business go to >>>/biz/

>make console designed for kids with games that only kids and manbabies want to play
>OH WOW IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY NORMIE FAMILIES ARE BUYING THIS CONSOLE

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I am more interested in holiday sales tbqh

>Nintendo

Oddysey
MK8 bundle
Splatoon 2
FIFA
Skyrim
Xeno 2

>Sony
Probably God of War
Days Gone
COD WII
Destiny 2
RDR 2

Gonna be a massacre

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>>376143545
>They made and shipped 30% more Switch units than they initially planned to, anyway.
>30% of 900k is something like 200k more
>that's how much Sony sold in 10 seconds when the PS4 launched

Kek, Nintendownies are so pathetic.

>>376143893
how do you even have a reaction pic for that. I smell a stealth communism-fag.
this is about Nintendo. more video-game related than half the threads up right now

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>On November 22, 2013, Microsoft confirmed that it had sold one million Xbox One consoles within its first 24 hours of being available.

>On December 11, 2013, Microsoft announced that it had sold approximately 2 million units in its first 18 days on sale.

>On January 6, 2014, Microsoft announced that approximately 3 million consoles had been sold worldwide in 2013.

>In their Q2 2014 earnings report on January 23, 2014, Microsoft announced that 3.9 million Xbox One units had been shipped worldwide.

>>376144095
>this is about Nintendo. more video-game related
If there was a board for kids toys, then it would belong there. Buying Nintendo to play vidya is like going to walmart to get a bike. You're only ending up with a cheap toy at the end of the day

>>376144095

It's a thread to discuss sales of a console and for salesfag to piss about on how much (insert game/console) sold/sells more thna (insert game/console). It's about as non-vidya as vidya can get.

>>376144249
DELET THIS RIGHT FUCKING NWOP

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>>376124412

>videogames
>serious hobby

And this is before:

>Splatoon 2
>A port of Smash
>Odyssey
>Pokemon
>And lets not the port that's going under everyone's radar Super Mario Maker

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>no gameplay-ruining gimmicks taking center stage (still has touch screen and waggle but they aren't a requirement)
>looks like modern tech instead of a Fisher Price toy
>can play console-style games on the go which jives well with the modern commuter lifestyle
>launched with the best Zelda game in over a decade
>guaranteed to have an incredible lineup of games by 2018

Honestly I'd be surprised if it WASN'T selling well.

>>376122913
They advertised it.

>>376144274
you're not worth going through my download folders to post the bait reaction pics for

>>376144356
Damn, more ports for nintenbros. You sure are lucky, guys!

>>376144356
Oh and Minecraft.

Fucking Minecraft

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>>376122913
Reminder the Dreamcast had a strong first year launch and would go on to fail.

>>376144356
>Pokemon

Where is this meme coming from? I mean, yeah, it's likely that Ninty will do a Pokemon game for Switch but not this year.

>>376144446
nintendo manchildren will buy anything they shit out

>>376122913
Normies are pretty dumb, most thought the WiiU was an extension of the Wii and not a new console

The soccer moms, grandma's and everyone else are buying it for their kids.

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Tablets prints money.

>>376144592
>Where is this meme coming from

Eurogamer. And they are fucking certain of it. Even more certain than the Mario X Rabbids game that is almost definitely real by now. They've doubled down on this rumor time and time again. They are 10000% certain that not only does Pokemon Stars exist but it is Switch Exclusive.

>>376144702
only person I have seen with a switch playing in public was a fat manchild.

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>>376143814
m8 you probably need one of those construction worker phones

>>376144446
The touchscreen is weird as you won't have access to it in console mode.

Which means it won't be used for anything that you can't also use physical controls to do.

>>376143613
>And normies care about Mario Kart?
lol

>MKWii: 35m (pack-in title)
>MKDS: 23m
>MK7: 13.5m
>MK8: 8m and still selling

Yes, normies like Mario Kart.

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Herd you needed sales like i wouldn't find out

>>376132112
http://www.pcmag.com/news/352893/nintendo-switch-build-cost-estimated-to-be-257
$257 is the estimate. probably selling for a slight loss right now, but selling one game would turn a profit

>>376144060
They shipped 2.75m instead of the 2m they initially planned, that's about 30% more.

>>376144987
So, it's selling less and less? Cool.

>>376144987

>pack in title

You mean it was included with like every console sold after a certain date. Normies weren't buying it, it just came with the console. Which they got to play Wii Sports/Fit.

Where the FUCK is the amiibo game?

It will be the switches killer app. An amiibo game like Skylanders/Disney Infinity

Giant toybox custom level like Little if planet. Using amiibo to take control of characters and worlds and shit.

>>376127716

They still know better than most of us. Most of /v/ would be so incompetent that they'd struggle to make the Wii sell as well as the WiiU.

>>376144985
Voez on the eshop can only be played in handheld mode since it needs the touch screen in order to work. I kinda doubt Nintendo themselves would make a game that only works in one of the modes but that remains to be seen. Making levels in Mario Maker with a controller doesn't sound fun.

>>376144249
>Christmas period

Wew

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>>376132246
yes?

>>376145130
>Which they got to play Wii Sports/Fit.

If they wanted that, they could have just bought the Wii Fit bundle that also existed. Mario Kart Wii outsold Wii Fit by something like 14 million units despite them both being pack in titles.

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>>376145323
>January is Christmas period

>>376132246

Lol what a top 10.

>>376145130
>You mean it was included with like every console
No, it was only included in a few bundles. It was worth noting simply because it did make up some of the game's sales.

>>376145287
Mario maker already had controller controls. I never used the touchscreen

>>376145470
>Sold units November and December
>Announced sales figures in January report

Can't you read?

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>>376145470
>January isn't Christmas period

>>376145354
>he cites VGchartz to counter someone shitposting w/ VHchartz

and so the student becomes the teacher... the cycle of shit is now complete..

>All this Mario Kart success
>No Mario Kart tie-in amiibos

Nintendo losing money.

>>376122913
Cuz it's an awesome idea.

>>376145130

That's ludicrous. Wii Sports Resort and New Super Mario Bros Wii each sold over 30 million as well so that "only sold because pack-in malarky" is a load of bollocks.

>>376145598
>Xbone sells one million in January
>Shitch can't sell 0.5 million in its second month

Wow, must be Christmas conspiracy.

>>376145606
why do you have a hateboner for vgchartz?

>>376145830

their numbers are very unreliable.

>>376122913
There have been only like 3 good games in the past year on consoles. Factor in that with the artificially low supply and that equals about 20% of console sales for scalpers

>>376146004
>20% of console sales for scalpers
Where's your evidence?

>>376146004
>artificially low supply

Remember Nintendo are paying out the ass for air shipments. There's nothing artificial about it.

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>>376145813
Kek, I didn't know the memed and $hilled to death Stillbirtwitch sold less than the Blunderbone

>>376145958
Most of those games are old now and we know that's how many copies they've sold. Every other outlet will give you very similar numbers for the same games, including Nintendo themselves, in fact I'm fairly certain that's what VGchartz used as their source for these games. You generally see those bullshit estimates for new stuff that doesn't have any actual, official numbers tied to it yet.

>>376145813

Nintendo are being crafty as fuck with the Switches release.

They released it early in the year so if it sold well they could brag about it selling well despite not being the holiday season. But if it sold badly they could also say it's not the holiday season so it's not expected to sell well.

They released it at the beginning of the month and then when they talk about things like release sales, they are specifically talking about March only and not the first 30 days after it's release.
Naturally when comparing to other consoles the release month might be 2-3 days.

They never do a straight up comparison of sales. It's always some sort of conditional comparison where the conditions favour the Switch. For example "it was the best selling Nintendo console released in March" rather than just "the best selling Nintendo console at release". Of course it's the best selling Nintendo console released in March because it's the only Nintendo console released in March.

It's smart but deceptive as fuck.

>>376122913
It managed to recapture some of the casual market Nintendo has desperately been pursuing ever since they abandoned the Wii for iPhones.

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>>376145470
I genuinely can't wait till Christmas season. Lot's of keks.

people falling for the oldest trick in the book, artificial scarcity.
>well if I dont buy it now someone else will, and who knows when I'll get another chance.

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>>376146337
They're bringing out heavyhitters.