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[D.Final]

Nintendo Switch is currently outpacing Nintendo Wii and only needed 21.77 million units sold to surpass Nintendo Wii which could easily be achieved in the next fiscal year sales.

Probably, yes

 

[Dodo123]

Awesome bump Had a laugh reading through some of the comments here.

 

[Danjin44]

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

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

I'll gladly eat crow

But I'm 99% that is unbelievably far fetched.

There you go.....eat up! I want to see my face on those plates!

 

[perkelson]

It does because Nintendo killed handheld division for it and now all Nintendo games are now on one platform instead of them being split in two.

https://www.vgchartz.com/articles_media/images/december-2020-sales-7-2.png

 

[BreathOfTheWife]

It is more likely to sell worse than the Wii U than anywhere as close to the Wii.

Considering how overpriced the Switch is.. Yeah, no... And this is coming from a guy who has one on pre-order.

Nintendo off in their fantasy world again...

Maybe get to wii U sales before you get excited

he sounds like a nintendo fan on neogaf from the wii -> wiiu transition.

good times.

Nintendo executives have been out of touch with the gaming scene in quite sometime. There is no way.

 

[D.Final]

An old man with a gun

 

[Kumomeme]

 

[MagnesG]

This is gold.

 

[D.Final]

This is gold.

Just awesome

 

[Indyblue]

This was fun to read through.

 

[BreathOfTheWife]

This was fun to read through.

You can see most of the users here didn't even think Nintendo Switch could potentially sell more than 20 million units ltd, but after reaching a few milestones everyone are claiming something like this " Of course it's going to sell gang buster when they combined handheld and console together " like they were expecting it to be a successful hardware from the start .

 

[Shodan09]

People on an internet message board being completely wrong about something? Perish the thought!

 

[Smiles and Cries]

the price is not right for that and the power nah man nah

I was hacked no say I said such stupid things about the Switch

no way >.>

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Switch is about 20 million away. It'll blow past it.

Even if Nintendo announced a new Switch Pro coming this year, the current Switch will still linger around and sell 20+ million by the time it fades in favour of a pro model.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

This is absurd. The Wii was literally a cultural phenomenon. You had people who didn't care about games buying it because they'd played Wii Sports at a friend's house. You had housewives buying it because of Wii Fit. There is zero chance they'll do that again. Zero.

Shaqazooloo , I only saw my really old post because of your reaction!

I'm happy to eat a plateful of crow. I don't know why people go doo-lally for Nintendo hardware sometimes, but they've certainly struck gold - again - with the Switch.

 

[UnNamed]

Has someone ordered some crow?

 

[Closer]

I'm happy to eat a plateful of crow. I don't know why people go doo-lally for Nintendo hardware sometimes, but they've certainly struck gold - again - with the Switch.

It just shows how completely out of touch with the whole gaming landscape you were and probably still are. This is true for most of us here, really.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

It just shows how completely out of touch with the whole gaming landscape you were and probably still are. This is true for most of us here, really.

True, but I'm not sure anyone realistically expected the Switch to sell like it has done. Isn't the damn thing on track to be the biggest console since the DS?

 

[Closer]

True, but I'm not sure anyone realistically expected the Switch to sell like it has done. Isn't the damn thing on track to be the biggest console since the DS?

I'd guess noone has predicted this much success, but people were claiming it'd sell worse than WiiU, so there's that.

 

[the_master]

Well, the Switch should take on the Wii and the DS together

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I refuse to touch my plate of Crow until I get Xenoblade X reboot on Switch. GTA V just for the lulz, and a Super Switch.
Cold crow is still crow.

 

[Hulk_Smash]

Oh man that first page was nothing but a sweet serving of delicious salty tears.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

It’s amazing how people who’ve been playing games for so long still forget that hardware power never pushed sales in this market.

The pull of Nintendo’s exclusives is strong. Smart people should have started suspecting that Nintendo still got it when Splatoon 1 served so many plates of crow to the many who predicted it’d be lucky to make Wonderful 101 numbers. But no, most just doubled down on the Nintendoomed even in the face of evidence.

I’ll admit I didn’t expect Switch to do so well in so short a time. While the initial message was very clear compared to WiiU, I was one of those who thought the price was too high for comfort. I was on the fence until last minute, but then ordered a Switch for launch anyway. Never regretted it.

 

[Bodomism]

Lol, the audacity of many people here claiming their business minds were better than top Nintendo ceo.

 

[Soren01]

It is funny to read some comments from forum experts.

 

[Xaero Gravity]

I'll admit it, I honestly didn't think it would be as successful as it is. Congrats to Nintendo.

 

[Danjin44]

I'll admit it, I honestly didn't think it would be as successful as it is. Congrats to Nintendo.

 

[Xaero Gravity]

I underestimated the amount of manbabies in the world

 

[Calm Mind]

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

*pats self on back*

 

[RoadHazard]

It's nice to dream.

 

[Ezquimacore]

My favorite kind of thread

 

[K' Dash]

Well, that first page is pure gold.

I couldn't see more, I could actually die of laughter.

 

[SpongebobSquaredance]

You're seriously still going to continue the false meme that a lot of people only bought it for Wii Sports when the Wii sold nine games per console?

Mario Galaxy alone sold 12 million copies. Super Smash Bros. Brawl sold better than every single PS3 game except GTA5. New Super Mario Bros Wii and Mario Kart Wii sold 30 million copies each, more than any single game on PS3 or 360.

I mean in theory it's possible that half the Wii userbase never bought another game. But that means the other half bought 18 games per console, vastly more than any other console ever released.

Wii Sports got the Wii in the door for many buyers. But then they bought just as many games as they did for other consoles, it had an ultra successful software ecosystem in its lifetime, despite getting no AAA support from third parties.

one of the few comments in this thread that are unironically good.

 

[Ryu Kaiba]

Bunch of 15 year old posters or short sighted adults basing everything about Nintendo on the Wii U. Of course they were wrong.

 

[Sean Mirrsen]

I'm tempted to wait another 4 days, but the thread might get locked by then so I'm doing it while I get the chance.

If the Switch sells more units than the 3DS, I will film myself eating a live snake.

Spoiler

I won't really please don't quote this in five years

I just couldn't resist.

And yes, it's nice to see. The little (handheld) console (hybrid) that could.

 

[Fuz]

Those threads will never stop being funny.

Please don't ever lock them, mods.

 

[Tertullian]

I'm tempted to wait another 4 days, but the thread might get locked by then so I'm doing it while I get the chance.


I just couldn't resist.

And yes, it's nice to see. The little (handheld) console (hybrid) that could.

Holy hell I don't even remember writing that

 

[Danjin44]

Holy hell I don't even remember writing that

 

[Bragr]

 

[Bragr]

Alternative view, Nintendo Switch vs Wii U.



It looks like the Switch peaks haven't reached the heady heights of Wii U popularity yet and we all know with hindsight how popular the Wii U was/is.

Just a fun comparison of what it actually turned out to be. The Switch has around double the average interest with many more and longer trending spikes.

 

[nordique]

From that Nikkei interview


It's probably not happening

This aged well lol


Actually this whole thread aged well

 

[AJUMP23]

Snaaaaaaaske Eater.

 

[GigaBowser]

I don't understand how it's still selling so much.

Lightening in a bottle. Pure luck with Covid.

 

[MAtgS]

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

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

Would you like your crow grilled, baked, or sated?

 

[TexMex]

This is not happening. 1-2-Switch ain't Wii Sports. Hell, it doesn't even have a pack-in.

QFT

 

[Robb]

These threads are always a joy to read through.

Kimishima seems like a pretty cool dude, iirc he was also among the few that predicted the WiiU would be difficult to sell to consumers. Which was also correct. Two in a row;

 

[Ezquimacore]

I don't understand how it's still selling so much.

Lightening in a bottle. Pure luck with Covid.

Nah, this time Nintendo made a cool looking product that can be enjoyed by every age.

 

[Calm Mind]

 

[Bonfires Down]

What a pessimist.

 

[Bonfires Down]

Just a fun comparison of what it actually turned out to be. The Switch has around double the average interest with many more and longer trending spikes.

Well, it's higher but not massively so considering the huge difference in sales. I guess the takeaway is that Google Trends is not always a good barometer of popularity.

Edit: I used the same search terms as the original poster. Using just "Switch" gives a much better impression, though there is a baseline that should be subtracted.