Didn't he one time say something about the Wii U expecting to sell 100 million?
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.
This topic is getting saved and revisited. I'm not going to pretend like I'm some businessman and say I know for sure it won't sell Wii like numbers. It'll be interesting to see. I don't think it'll make it there though.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.
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.
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.
Reggie did say to talk him a year from now, so they could go nuclear in terms of software in the next 12 months or it be typical Reggie PREhhh what? Do they have some crazy stuff in store or something?
Still expecting that Wii audience to come back post the smartphone/tablet boom is just... not understanding the electronics market anymore.
Nintendo will be very lucky to still be making hardware in a decade but they have delusions they could sell the most by a wide margin this generation? Guess Kimishima has to play pretend just like Iwata did to keep investors settled for as long as possible.
Or we 100% the translation's accurate?
2) [Very bold statement: the Wii sold 101 million times.] He says that just like the Wii, the Switch offers a unique way of playing games.
You'll see some decent numbers in a month a new big first party title is released, but expect nothing more than that. It's been said countless times that the big third party mainstream games are what sells consoles, or more accurately, a consistent slew of them. Right now, the Switch has sparse third party support akin to the Wii U and it is unlikely to change unless the Switch does much better than expected, which in itself is very unlikely.I mean, what will happen if/when this drops to $200, and then $150 and does have the combined output of all of Nintendo's teams? Including Pokemon and AC?
.hyperbole asides, if this thing was priced at $100, it would actually have a chance.
They may have forgotten a letter, maybe a U after the Wii.Are we 100% the translation's accurate?
This is not happening. 1-2-Switch ain't Wii Sports. Hell, it doesn't even have a pack-in.
I mean, what will happen if/when this drops to $200, and then $150 and does have the combined output of all of Nintendo's teams? Including Pokemon and AC?
Honestly, the more important information to take away from that prediction is that they have the production capacity for 100 million Switches, although over an unknown time period.
the exact gif I thought of when I read the title