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Nintendo's success got Colin talking about gaming.
Hes the guy who wrote that legendary Vita is set to succeed article on ign.
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Nintendo Switch #1 Selling Hardware in September. Nintendo Systems = 2/3 Total sales.
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Hes the guy who wrote that legendary Vita is set to succeed article on ign.
LordRaptor
Member
Nintendo's success got Colin talking about gaming.
I can taste the salt through my phone.
used to work at ign, then split off with some others to form kinda funny, then got pushed out of kinda funny because he frequently used his social media platforms to spew garbage which conflicted with kinda funny, and now he does youtube stuff about politics and history
he's one of those typical "the alt right is over there being crazy and the liberals are over there being crazy and here's me just sitting in the center as the only reasonable person in the room" except he's
in a nutshell
Skullwaker
Member
Nah. 2017 can easily be beaten. Pokemon/Animal Crossing/2D Mario would be enough.
OrbitalBeard
Member
He's right about PS4, but hilariously wrong about Wii U. Xbox 360 and PS3 outsold Wii U during its launch month in NA. Heck, Wii almost outsold it . Switch more than doubled Wii U's launch numbers. In March.
PS4 also needs context. It launched during the holidays and its rollout was staggered, so Sony was able to supply many more consoles to territories like the US early on. Nintendo is trying to become a more global company in comparison to their past, so they went for a worldwide Switch launch.
All other consoles launched in November in the hottest month for console sales because of Christmas. The Switch launched in March, so first month sales aren't comparable.
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
Pikmin and Fzero, plz
In terms of sales? Or on a personal level? I think Odyssey is going to be the best selling Switch game to be honest.
I guess I was saying what would beat it for me. Infact F-Zero and Bayonetta 3 would probably beat 2017 for me, obviously sales of those two titles would be irrelevant but oh man having those games...
I did wonder about his Wii U figures.
And yeah the Switch would have sold far more at launch had they been available. I remember availability was terrible for some time. It's only recently that it's been better.
D.Lo
Member
Not directly comparable.
The Wii U launched in a holiday with good supply. It actually looked like it was going to do well from the first two months. Then it fell off a cliff.
Switch launched in March, with less supply, but has remained in high demand for for nine months now.
This is all just US only too, Switch is far above Wii U now launch aligned worldwide, and may pass it LTD within a single year. It's selling far, far better overall, night and day better. If supply was there it would possibly have passed Wii U already.
Skullwaker
Member
In terms of sales. 2D Mario typically sells more than 3D Mario (although I wouldnt be surprised if that changes with Odyssey), and Pokemon and Animal Crossing are sales juggernauts that could compete with Zelda/MK8D.
On a personal level, 2017 will probably be my favorite year for the Switch, unless we get Bayonetta 3, Fatal Frame 6, Animal Crossing, Odyssey 2, a new 3D Zelda and a new traditional Paper Mario all in the same year.
None of those are 3D Mario and new Zelda-tier tho unless you're just talking sales.
edit: oh I see.
Skullwaker
Member
I was talking sales. Very little matches 3D Zelda & Mario in terms of quality for me.
Renna Hazel
Member
2017 wont be beaten in terms of quality, but Smash Brothers is still in play. That's a biggie.
Switch success may have caught a lot of publishers off guard but theres a lot of time between now and E3. I expect it to be a huge one for Nintendo.
Laieon
Member
That's still a good lineup, but I'll never be as excited for a 2D Mario as I am a 3D.
What else would we be talking about in the sales thread
LordRaptor
Member
According to NPD figures, the Switch was the fastest selling Nintendo device in their records at launch and has been the best selling hardware in the US for 4 of the 6 months it had been available (which these figures would now make 5 out of 7)
Nintendo's success got Colin talking about gaming.
Arrogant shitbag with shitty judgement doubles down on being an arrogant shitbag.
I for one am shocked.
DecoReturns
Member
2D mario in 2018 or Mario Maker.
I think this is possibility for their line-up
I think this is possibility for their line-up
Many felt that way before the Switch launched, a quick port could beef up the lineup.
But now that 2017 is drawing to a close with no announcement of a port, I think it's unlikely. I am guessing they will be (or are already) working on a new, ground-up Smash game for the Switch.
Perhaps they have been working on it for a while already and that will be their big holiday game for next year. THAT would put 2018 on the map. Smash games have a notoriously long dev time but at least now there will be no 3DS version being made at the some time to slow the process.
I'd personally take Mario Maker or a Mario Maker 2 with heaps more stuff like slopes!
Zelmardonpoktendo
Banned
I truly believe Nintendo have not even started yet. They are still going to blow us out the water over the next 4-5 years with this beauty
hydragonwarrior
Member
Pokemon and Kirby/Yoshi/Smash (rerelease) for next year
Metroid in the third year and hopefully some third parties begin filling the void as Nintendo works on more stuff.
Godzilla's Left Toe
Member
lol no it's best month was Dec 2012 and sold only bit above 500k.
Nintendo's success got Colin talking about gaming.
Funny story, when I pointed out that the Switch had been #1 5 out of the 7 months it's has been out, he downplayed it further saying the PS4 and One had been out for years, so that this was to be expected.
When I then pointed out that the Switch had not gone through its first Holiday yet and was released in March, I never got an answer.
……forgetit
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Nintendo's success got Colin talking about gaming.
I feel like Colin smells his own farts.
foxuzamaki
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LolNintendo's success got Colin talking about gaming.
Nintendo's success got Colin talking about gaming.
Just reading his name I could see his face from all those vita launch videos and whatnot, though I never did get to read that classic article 'til now. Glad to know he's the same guy he was back then.
Serenitynow
Member
I wouldn't get worked up over that Colin shit. To be honest my initial reaction was that 2 million seemed low for 7 months in the US, even considering the stock shortage. He just vocalized it in an arrogant, Sony-centric way, but if you read the rest of his tweets he isn't really Switch hating.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
We known its well above 2 million,that's just the last update Nintendo gave us
MrCaliaztec
Member
The thing is hes not really wrong... hes just got a shit way of putting it and is very camp Sony but he is not wrong. PS4 sold more then Switch in its opening months in the US and had a stronger YTD during the same pacing as the Switch.
Obviously supply constraints have something to do with that, so we will really never know what the switchs true potential couldve been but same could be said with Supply constraints with the PS4 just not as severe.
This exactly hes just one of those nerdy type guys with the holier then thou attitude that just makes me wanna give him a fucking purple nurple, a swirly and kick his wheeled backpack.
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
Never count Nintendo out. Things were looking pretty dire with the collapse of late Wii sales and the failure of Wii U, but the Switch is knocking it out of the park. 10 to 12 million easily by the end of the holiday season for Switch and the 3DS continues to truck along. They've also been pretty successful with their mobile outings thus far (Fire Emblem Heroes, Pokemon Go, and Mario Run). There's more that Nintendo needs to do, but the path they are on is very solid compared to a few years ago.
Zelmardonpoktendo
Banned
and his own floss!!
Wildo09
Member
Dude, new Fire Emblem.
3D Mario can't even dream to reach the sale levels of 2D Mario. Like the worst 2D Mario sold more than the best 3D mario
OrbitalBeard
Member
Some of his tweets are wrong though and you can go back to my earlier post to see what I'm referring to. For someone who claims to be smarter than 95% of journalists in the industry today, that's kind of a problem. One thing I didn't bring up earlier is his claim that Switch hasn't sold even a fourth of PS4's numbers in the US up to this point. Bullshit. The PS4 wasn't sitting at 8 million units sold in the United Sates seven months in.
Colin Moriarty is wrong all the time. And he's arrogant about it. And he moves goal posts. In January, he made an entire video about the "same old Nintendo", a company that has learned nothing and is doomed to have another failure on its hands. Now, all of a sudden, Switch isn't really successful, because it hasn't met PS4's numbers, launch aligned.
He's a real class act, full of honesty and integrity.
Actually, no, the industry is better without him.
DecoReturns
Member
I'm gonna going to guess more of a Link between world situation. Smaller scale and maybe traditional?
Then a BOTW type sequel.
Yoshimitsu126
Member
I wonder if Switch can go 2 for 3 or more the rest of the year.
True, he's not wrong.
But I'm also right by saying the Switch hasn't even really started to sale. Because a lot of people WILL wait for the Holidays to buy it.
rokkerkory
Member
Awesome job nintendo.!
In terms of quality, 2018 will have to beat the high bar which is 2017. But in terms of gaming sales, there's still some ammo for Nintendo to exceed 2017. There's still the potential Smash Bros. Pokemon could end up as a holiday 2018 title. Fire Emblem is doing pretty well worldwide. Traditional Kirby platformers do good numbers. Mario Maker maybe is in the works. And who knows what surprises are there on the third party front that could sell big.
MrCaliaztec
Member
Oh totally Im not a fan at all, in fact I always found all of Kinda Funny to be fairly obnoxious and holier then though I was completely referring to the person whom I quoted. Thats if comparing the first years sales month over month that he is correct numbers wise but solely that.
The most important thing is that the Switch is a complete 180 from the Wii U. I'm really glad that Nintendo is doing much better and finding a bigger audience. The Switch is an incredible and convenient device, and I am super excited for its future (especially because these great worldwide sales mean that there is a higher chance of a Dark Souls port...Nintendo/FromSoft, pls!)