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NEWS: Nintendo Switch Becomes Fastest-Selling Console of All Time in U.S.

OtakunX wrote:

CCTakato wrote: Or maybe Nintendo has a really good system that a lot of people like? I don't know why there's all this cognitive dissonance with people trying to explain away the positive reception of the Switch without having to acknowledge the qualities of the Switch. Well, it wasn't cause Nintendo "has a really good system" cause if it was based only on the system then the Nvidia Shield, which is pretty much the same thing as the switch but android, would have sold just as well which you can get for 100 bucks cheaper then the switch. The Switch is a tablet that has already been on the market previously but sold by Nintendo with Nintendo games at a higher price point. If you think I'm exaggerating the issue then feel free to look up the prices of the SanDisk SD cards with Nintendo logo on them. You'll notice they are much more expensive despite SanDisk making SD cards already for much cheaper but you pay more for that Nintendo logo. Nintendo does this cause they know their fans will buy mediocre products with their logo on it. (not speaking for games since they actually work on those).

Of course, you wanna say Nintendo fans buy "mediocre products".

The Wii was the gamecube put in a new shell and given waggle controllers ... look at how much nintendo fans ate that system up.

OtakunX wrote:

The Wii was the gamecube put in a new shell and given waggle controllers ... look at how much nintendo fans ate that system up.

The Wii sold like gangbusters because of the casual market who played it for 30 minutes, got bored, and then put it in the closet. The more core market that remained were very critical of the game design mentalities in play at the time.

And if your main point about the Switch only being successful because Nintendo's brand is stamped on it is because it's underpowered, that fails for several reasons.

Firstly, the Wii U had not only the Nintendo brand, but the Wii brand, and look where that ended up. Clearly, the brand alone isn't enough to carry a Nintendo system.

Secondly, power means next to nothing if there's nothing to play on it. The Xbox One X may be the most powerful console yet released, but to what end? Microsoft is sweating hard because they've got shit for exclusives when compared to Sony or Nintendo. Meanwhile, Nintendo has been putting out a major release every month since the Switch's launch (a lot of those were Wii U ports, I'll admit, but it only made sense to put it on a console people actually wanted) and they're some of the most successful games of 2017.

If you buy a console based on RAM and teraflops, that's your decision. But don't expect people to listen when you start thumbing your nose at them for picking a console based on games and the flexibility and convenience that console offers.

I can't for the life of me understand why this system is successful... But whatever keeps Nintendo afloat, I guess. Breath of the Wild (which I played on the Wii U) is easily the best game Nintendo has released in forever and made me feel like a child again because it was so exciting to play. So for that reason I'll take the success of an underwhelming system to keep Nintendo around as a console maker.

CCTakato wrote:

Or maybe Nintendo has a really good system that a lot of people like? I don't know why there's all this cognitive dissonance with people trying to explain away the positive reception of the Switch without having to acknowledge the qualities of the Switch.

On subject that's pretty amazing. It's so funny coming after all the doom and gloom era. Nintendo is clearly still strong. The switch is such an amazig system. The console/portable gimmick is just so brilliant. I understand why it caught up so much. Plus all the amazing games.

But I care about how they fucked up Zelda

Wasted. It's sad that game makers feel the need to hold gamers hands this much nowadays.

Microsoft is sweating hard because they've got shit for exclusives when compared to Sony or Nintendo.

that's your decision. But don't expect people to listen when you start thumbing your nose at them for picking a console based on games and the flexibility and convenience that console offers.