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[Shaanyboi]

I want the thing to be successful... But holy fuck is this dude overestimating this thing

 

[sixteen-bit]

aim for the stars

 

[frankie_baby]

The potential is there but it needs Nintendo to consistently make the right moves over the next 12 months

 

[Usobuko]

3ds + Wii U + better msg and launch

Probably his train of thoughts, I don't know. That's 2x what than I expected but a healthy Nintendo fits my gaming preferences.

 

[hatchx]

They better have a lot of unannounced exclusives planned for this year we don't know about yet.

There's already obvious droughts in this year's lineup.

 

[illmatic22]

Hell no

 

[DigitalScrap]

The Wii was lightning in a bottle. I think the Switch will do well, but not THAT well.

 

[Javin98]

If it even does a fifth of the Wii's lifetime sales, it would be a success at this point.

 

[dickroach]

cool.... fire him.
it's not. no way. no how. this is stupid. he's stupid. even if the thing had a $100 price tag it wouldn't.

 

[requiem02]

Let's just aim for N64 numbers first yeah?

 

[FZZ]

Maybe

Idk tbh

I can't get a good tell on the Switch

 

[jabuseika]

Wii was once in a lifetime.

 

[Primethius]

Seems like a statement of hope. Because the initial shipment doesn't really back him up.

 

[AmyS]

Not even close.

Better than Wii U, for sure, but nowhere near Wii.

Switch: 40 million units lifetime, worldwide, MAX, at best.

They'd have to have price cuts in line with industry norms (and Nintendo past norm) in order to sell more than 30-40 million.

Wii U's price never really dropped, essentially staying the same from 2012-2016, aside from replacing the $299 8gb basic SKU with the 32gb deluxe SKU and leaving that at $299.

 

[Radec]

I think he forgot to add the "U".

 

[phanphare]

The Wii was lightning in a bottle. I think the Switch will do well, but not THAT well.

you can actually feel what catching lightning in a bottle would be like with the joy con

 

[Skittzo0413]

You know what? It depends how long the Switch family is supported, number of revisions, that type of thing, but I can see it getting to 100M in 8-10 years if the above works out well.

 

[VendettaRed07]

Not a chance in hell.

And I think he knows it. It's why the initial shipments are so small.

They expected WiiU to sell like the Wii did. Why iwata put like 15 million into production right away. But it never sold through that initial order. (hence why no price cut, alternate SKUs)

 

[Kadey]

Wii was a once in a life time phenomenon . So many non gamers bought one for parties and such. Switch is not going to get those same people. In fact, because of the Wii U's failure, I already know many of those same people want nothing to do with Nintendo anymore.
Switch is going to do better than Wii U but I don't see it getting even close to the Wii's success.

 

[Rowlet]

He would have been more on the point if he said Wii U*

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Good luck with that lol

 

[NSESN]

Guys of course he would say that, if he said he expected less than the Wii it will give no confidence to shareholders.

 

[Nikodemos]

Uhh... I'd be a bit more conservative, in his position.

Though it's understandable why he'd say that.

 

[grap3fruitman]

(laughs)

 

[Boke1879]

It's ok to have big expectations, but to say THAT in an interview....I don't know. Like are those their real expectations for the console?

 

[NavyPharaoh]

I guess that's an expectation based on their handheld & console audience combined? Which rounded up is 14 mil for the Wii U ans 66 mil 3ds, so 80 mil. So they need 21 million more people to make the switch worldwide? Nope, I don't see it. I don't even think the PS4 is going to reach the Wii

 

[xochipiltontli]

lol

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Little do we know, but the Switch will actually be on the market for the next 27 years. He may yet be right.

 

[guyssorry]

I really don't know what to expect from the Switch, but I cannot see that happening. Perhaps, if it is very well-supported and around for many years, including incremental hardware updates? Even still, idk. The Wii was so popular, I am not sure if the Switch can reach that mainstream level of hype.

 

[Vic]

Wouldn't be surprised if it happens.

 

[AetherZX]

Guys of course he would say that, if he said he expected less than the Wii it will give no confidence to shareholders.

Pretty much this.

 

[MatthewB92]

I see 3ds numbers maybe but hey I could be wrong.

 

[Peltz]

Guys of course he would say that, if he said he expected less than the Wii it will give no confidence to shareholders.

I think this statement gives far less confidence to shareholders than a more realistic projection.

 

[tearsintherain]

its weird that they can get away with predictions like that, you'd NEVER see that in the USA because shareholders would sue when it doesn't pan out.

 

[Kacho]

🤔 Good luck! 🤣

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

Instead of a hype train, this guy is trying to build a hype UFO.

 

[VendettaRed07]

It's ok to have big expectations, but to say THAT in an interview....I don't know. Like are those their real expectations for the console?

If they were, we wouldn't be getting just like, 2m world wide initial shipment. It would be a LOT more than that.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

If I was him Id say the same thing...


Fuck it im on ONE!

 

[Aceshighhhh]

Not with that current lineup of games

 

[AdanVC]

It will do better than Wii U, that's for sure. Nintendo Switch has already surpassed Wii U in terms of pre release hype with the previews and commercials, and there's still 1 month left till Switch launches. Doing Wii numbers however... ehhhhhhh.

 

[Chezzymann]

It will be lucky to sell half that

 

[Zombie James]

It can't possibly do worse than the Wii U, especially if they put a mainline Pokemon on it, but Wii-like success is pure delusion. That audience is long gone and they're never coming back.

 

[Calm Mind]

He reminds me of a young Yamauchi. I can't bet against that.

 

[Rival]

Didn't he one time say something about the Wii U expecting to sell 100 million?

 

[gigantor21]

You know. I'll be happy to eat crow if I'm wrong.

But God Damn I just don't see that happening.

This.

I want it to happen but know in my heart that it won't.

 

[MattKeil]

Any time you want to join us in the real world, Nintendo, you just let us know.

 

[Prisoner KSC2-303]

Nurse!

 

[AmyS]

It can't possibly do worse than the Wii U, especially if they put a mainline Pokemon on it, but Wii-like success is pure delusion. That audience is long gone and they're never coming back.

This. Yep.

 

[shadow2810]

cool.... fire him.
it's not. no way. no how. this is stupid. he's stupid. even if the thing had a $100 price tag it wouldn't.

hyperbole asides, if this thing was priced at $100, it would actually have a chance.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

I'll agree with Kimishima because no one will remember this thread in five years if he's wrong, but if he's right then I'll look like a genius.