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Kougeru
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Waraich
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 2:48 pm
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Nintendo needs anyone they can get after the Wii/ Wii U failures. if people dont buy this thing it wont get third party support which is basically a death sentence.
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Thespacemaster
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:04 pm
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| Waraich wrote: | | Nintendo needs anyone they can get after the Wii/ Wii U failures. if people dont buy this thing it wont get third party support which is basically a death sentence. |
hey the wii u
was a failure true but the wiki was the most successful of the seventh generation. Get your facts right.
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revolutionotaku
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:26 pm
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| Waraich wrote: | | Nintendo needs anyone they can get after the Wii/ Wii U failures. |
Honestly, Splatoon was well worth buying a Wii-U console.
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meiam
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:31 pm
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| Quote: | | One gamer was impressed at the amount of software available |
Like the 5 available?
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v1cious
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:52 pm
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Wii U also had high pre-oders. Every console sells well at launch, the determining factor will be how well it does in the coming months.
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doctordoom85
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 4:36 pm
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| Waraich wrote: | | Nintendo needs anyone they can get after the Wii/ Wii U failures. if people dont buy this thing it wont get third party support which is basically a death sentence. |
The Wii was the exact opposite of a failure, it's the third-highest selling console of all time (after Playstation 2 and then 1).
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Stuart Smith
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 4:56 pm
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| Waraich wrote: | | Nintendo needs anyone they can get after the Wii/ Wii U failures. if people dont buy this thing it wont get third party support which is basically a death sentence. |
Nobody buys Nintendo consoles for third-party games. Third party games always sell poorly, indicating they are not worth it for both third parties and Nintendo. The handheld market is different and the 3DS had plenty of third party games. It'll be interesting to see if those adopt to the Switch or not in the future when the 3DS fades out. The real kicker is going to be if the next Pokemon game is going to be on the Switch or not.
The Wii U actually had the best selling console games of the generation in Japan: Splatoon and Mario Kart. The PS4 has yet to sell a game over 1 million in Japan. I'm interested to see how much Splatoon 2 carries the Switch there.
-Stuart Smith
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ParaChomp
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 5:54 pm
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"What's wrong with you?"
~ Reggie
| Stuart Smith wrote: |
| Waraich wrote: | | Nintendo needs anyone they can get after the Wii/ Wii U failures. if people dont buy this thing it wont get third party support which is basically a death sentence. |
Nobody buys Nintendo consoles for third-party games. Third party games always sell poorly, indicating they are not worth it for both third parties and Nintendo. The handheld market is different and the 3DS had plenty of third party games. It'll be interesting to see if those adopt to the Switch or not in the future when the 3DS fades out. The real kicker is going to be if the next Pokemon game is going to be on the Switch or not.
The Wii U actually had the best selling console games of the generation in Japan: Splatoon and Mario Kart. The PS4 has yet to sell a game over 1 million in Japan. I'm interested to see how much Splatoon 2 carries the Switch there.
-Stuart Smith |
That's the reason they're struggling. The system was too weak compared to the competition, 3rd parties didn't want to develop their games for the console because of the time and effort it takes to downgrade.
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Hoppy800
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 5:57 pm
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It won't sell well, not with nothing but ports at launch for Japan. If it doesn't get any good third party games outside of DQXI in Japan soon, it will die a quick death.
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Nakurawari
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 5:58 pm
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| Waraich wrote: | | Nintendo needs anyone they can get after the Wii/ Wii U failures.. |
Um, sorry to burst your bubble, but the Wii is the 5th best selling console of all time. How could you ever refer to it as a failure?
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Megiddo
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 6:23 pm
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| Stuart Smith wrote: | | The Wii U actually had the best selling console games of the generation in Japan: Splatoon and Mario Kart. The PS4 has yet to sell a game over 1 million in Japan. I'm interested to see how much Splatoon 2 carries the Switch there.
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Japan doesn't matter one bit in the console market. In terms of 2016 software sales, just over 5% of total home console software sales (that's PS4, PS3, Wii U, Wii, XB1, and XB360) came from Japan. That makes Japan a smaller home console market than the United Kingdom in terms of software sales.
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AiddonValentine
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 6:42 pm
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i.e. water is wet. Of course opinions are split because they always are with a new console prior to launch. But of course we've all seen this song and dance: a vocal population screams, Nintendo just does whatever it wants and profits regardless, rinse repeat.
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Heishi
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 7:02 pm
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Despite these mixed results, I certainly hope the Switch does well.
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Shirohae
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 7:25 pm
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I want the Switch for the New Zelda game but I am poor now 
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