-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Betting time: Do you think the Switch will be a success?
- Thread starter Gurish
- Start date
- Status
Woopah
Member
Its really interesting to see the data presented like this. Thank you!
Luminoth-4545
Member
Well, i like to spruce things up with a bit of colour.
SlimeGooGoo
Party Gooper
I'm glad most people on the first page are now on Reeeeeee
the switch will probably hit 800 million software this year even with Nintendo's funky counting methods
Luminoth-4545
Member
John Bilbo
Member
Mozza
Member
Looks like the Switch OLED is of to a strong start in the U.S, despite the obvious supply issues, and looks like the Switch family of systems was the best seller again in the U.S too.
www.nintendolife.com
Doug Bowser: Switch OLED Off To A "Solid Start", Many Units Bought By Pre-Existing Switch Owners
The NoA president shares launch sales figures
www.nintendolife.com
Luminoth-4545
Member
Top 15 Best selling Consoles.
Thabass
Member
Top 15 Best selling Consoles.
I would say it did alright looking at these numbers lol
dispensergoinup
Gold Member
No, its going to fail miserably and you can quote me on that!
brb gotta check for shooting stars on my island
brb gotta check for shooting stars on my island
Marty-McFly
Banned
it’s what Nintendo have been building to from the Gameboy up! 30 years in the making .
Marvel14
Banned
Would be good to mark the bars for the share of sales before and after price drops. That would tell a tale related to profitability.Top 15 Best selling Consoles.
cyberheater
PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 Xbone PS4 PS4
I couldn't have been more wrong about the switch. Even getting one for my son.
Mozza
Member
The OLED is an awesome piece of kit, but if you only play docked get the regular version.
Dust-by-Monday
Member
Not a chance. DOA ;-)
Boy bawang
Member
Top 15 Best selling Consoles.
Given that the console is still sold at full price, and even arguably had a price bump with the OLED (that screen and kickstand aren't costing 50 bucks to Nintendo...), the switch it's probably by far the most profitable piece of hardware in history at this point.
Switch = $14.92bn
PS4 = $11.33bn
NDS = $11.04bn
Wii = $10.56bn
PS1 = $3.8bn
PS2 = $2.8bn
PS3 = -$5bn
Switch has already made more profits than the entire PlayStation hardwares combined.
Boy bawang
Member
I don't know how legit these numbers are but I don't really care, this is still hilarious.
Tams
Member
The only person to come out of it looking good is banned.
Mozza
Member
This thread shall be and needs to be bumped for every Switch sales milestone, just a reminder that it's tough to judge or predict a consoles success.
Mozza
Member
Looks like the Switch is still going strong, who knows where it will be at the end of the busy holiday period.
www.nintendolife.com
Nintendo Switch Led US NPD Sales For November And Thanksgiving Week
"The system continues to see strong demand"
www.nintendolife.com
I've been going back through this thread to laugh, this one was posted late 2018 when the switch was already an astounding success and dominated sales charts.
holy shit, the denial is incredible lmao.
This is your brain on sony. Even when you can clearly see the success, you doubt.
Last edited:
but that was right after the Direct that only promoted Arms and 1-2 Switch or whatever,
The first direct had -
Arms,
FE,
Zelda BOTW,
SMT,
Mario Ody,
Xenoblade 2,
Splatoon 2,
NMH
and prob more im forgetting, what are u smoking?
Y'all real weird on this forum lol.
Last edited:
Iced Arcade
Member
Funny but 2017... Most of those users who are due a plate of crow are over at that Woke Era
KingGhidorah
Banned
OMG this is epic bump
Even so, right now Nintendo threads are mostly ignore. Majority is just Sony shilling; sony, sony, MS vs Sony, XSS vs everyone, sony, sony, PC tries to fight everyone but mostly ignored like Nintendo, sony, sony, Xbox green rats yay!!, sony, Nintendo sales but mostly ignored, sony, sony, MS vs Sony; rinse and repeat
Last edited:
DaGwaphics
Member
I'll take a stab at it. I'm all in on it being a crazy success. Am I too late to the party on this one.
I'll admit that I wondered whether or not it would be successful when announced. It seemed too weak for a console and yet too big as a portable. I guess Nintendo knows their customers better than I do.
I'll admit that I wondered whether or not it would be successful when announced. It seemed too weak for a console and yet too big as a portable. I guess Nintendo knows their customers better than I do.
Last edited:
MrFunSocks
Banned
quote - “I believe this is the start of them officially moving out of the home console market“ (and switching to mobile phone software only)
One of the best crow eating hot takes of all time lol. A 12 minute hot take video on how the switch will flop and just isn’t what people want, and people will buy an Xbox one S instead because it’s got a 4K bluray player or a PS4 pro for the better graphics
. Bangs on about it not having an Ethernet port too hahaha. Says that games like Zelda and Mario only appeal to the older crowd and that’s the wrong market to target
Last edited:
Mozza
Member
Yes the denial even in the face of the Switch breaking one sales record after another is so funny, guess they just did not want to admit defeat, so their only option was to state that even though the console is doing well. doom is only just around the corner, what they failed to see is that was just the popular console and P.C port coming to Nintendo's record breaking home and hybrid console.I've been going back through this thread to laugh, this one was posted late 2018 when the switch was already an astounding success and dominated sales charts.
holy shit, the denial is incredible lmao.
This is your brain on sony. Even when you can clearly see the success, you doubt.
Mozza
Member
quote - “I believe this is the start of them officially moving out of the home console market“ (and switching to mobile phone software only)
One of the best crow eating hot takes of all time lol. A 12 minute hot take video on how the switch will flop and just isn’t what people want, and people will buy an Xbox one S instead because it’s got a 4K bluray player or a PS4 pro for the better graphics
I think the 5.8K views of this video say more than the ludicrous video itself.
Captain Toad
Banned
To everyone years later laughing at those thinking the Switch would fail like the Wii U or GameCube, how many of you were honestly predicting the console would be a 100 million seller?
Gameplaylover
Member
I would have lost so much money on this one.
Mozza
Member
From the reveal it looked very promising, but you had to remain slightly cautious after the Wii U, but still thought it would do very well.
ReBurn
Gold Member
The premise of the thread isn't whether it would sell 100 million. It is whether it would fail. So it's ok to laugh at people who said it would fail.
DarkMage619
$MSFT
It's crazy the X1 is considered a 'failure' and it outsold the SNES also its pretty cool how Nintendo got a complete mulligan on the WiiU. It's like it never existed.Top 15 Best selling Consoles.
On topic it's clear no one really thought the Switch would be as successful as it is. Perhaps power isn't the most important metric in a console. Maybe the XSS has a chance too.
- Status
Similar threads
- Poll
- Poll