Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@skywake That's funny. I'm the opposite. I didn't have any gaming consoles before I was 12 and bought a Wii. My mom never got me a console even though I wished for GB/GBC/GBA/GC every year. I grew up with Nintendo through... some other means... I played NES, SNES, GB/C/A games all the time as a kid but I had zero experience with N64.

I was happy to get all the games I loved on my Wii through Virtual Console. I also downloaded both Super Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time. I fell in love with Super Mario 64 even though I had already finished Super Mario Galaxy. SM64 is my favorite Mario game.

Ocarina of Time, on the other hand, felt really sluggish and looked ugly. I think I finished the first two dungeons before I quit. Still not a huge fan of Ocarina of Time even though OoT3D made it much more enjoyable. I also didn't get Twilight Princess until years later when I already had Skyward Sword because I feared I might not like it since I didn't find OoT and SS that great and its price hadn't dropped but when I finally got it, I loved it. It looked really rough graphically after Skyward Sword but I didn't mind it and I really liked the beginning in Ordon Village, unlike many others.

Also to contribute to the actual topic... Odyssey is great!

@gcunit I'm in the same boat, Getting Skyrim and Xenoblade 2 and I'm done for the year (Oh and Xonic because I sold my vita copy in anticipation). Too many large and good games out.

I'm not sure. I don't really know enough the dynamics of the French market and their buying practices ahead of Christmas.

However I do understand that Nintendo of France has been surprisingly successful amongst the regional branches of Nintendo over the past few years. The Wii U even did OK there. A quick Google search also suggests that they are already at or around 400,000 Switches in France so far.

I'd guess that their management in France - or at least their retail and sales team - knows what they're doing/is more competent than other regional Nintendo branches. If so then it's also reasonable to assume that they have a good feel for what the demand will be in France in the run up to Christmas and their forecasting isn't going to be completely inaccurate.

Of course 400,000 additional sales in France before the end of the year would be huge. It'd put Switch on roughly the same LTD install base in France as the Wii U ended with.

It's possible that Switch might close out the year with a higher global install base than the Wii U managed over its lifetime.

A reminder of what the future holds for the Switch:

Nintendo:
Oct. 30, 2017
Six Months Earnings Release

@Inertiacreep
Guy butting into my business lecturing me on how I enjoy my hard earned money telling me to grow up?

Congratulations. You've made the ignore list

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Never mind, those were software sales...

TIME interview with Reggie. It's not just about Super Mario Odyssey.

The Super Mario Game Everyone Was Waiting For Is Finally Out. Here’s What Nintendo Says About It

http://time.com/5000167/nintendo-switch-super-mario-odyssey/

@Azooooz Yup. We'll get some updated hardware and software sales totals as of the end of September.

I'm expecting Switch hardware sales to be about 7 million. It'll definitely be past 10 million by the end of the year

@IceClimbers You mean end of October. Sales should be around the 7 million mark, they may be a little shy of that milestone. I thought I read a figure of 6.3 million recently but that's not official of course. That'll change in a few days.

If they hit 10 million by years end I need to go back to view a couple of past article to quote those that said it will not happen. Everything so far is on track for 10 million if Nintendo can get those systems on shelves.

This is the one comment to rule them all.

I think it'll only sell as many units as they can get onto the shelves. Here in the U.S. we're just a couple weeks out from the holiday shopping season. Sirius XM is starting their Christmas channel on Wednesday lol.

There were so many people pretending to be unbiased claiming Switch was "the worst console they'd ever seen" and "would tank worse than Wii U"

In fact that's how almost everyone on PushSquare reacted. The hypocrisy in seeing certain staff claim "meh, doesn't really interest me" despite cheerleading Vita in its day- a platform exponentially more inferior, lacking buttons, no detachable controllers, no hybrid functionality, smaller sub-HD screen, touchpad gimmicks, moderately appealing library, no tabletop mode, etc... blew my mind.

Seeing Switch loved by everyone, selling out and topping charts world wide... it feels good seeing these people proven to be so wrong.

I didn't have negatives in my circle, just Nintendo worry-warts. No confidence in Nintendo, fretted all the time over how much it'll sell.

@Spoony_Tech - Remember that's 10 mil by the fiscal year.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE No, end of September. The financial report is for Q2 for the fiscal year, which is July-September.

But yeah, sales have been strong regardless.

@Caldorosso-E No I'm talking about the end of this year. There were people saying it won't hit that total by the end of their fiscal year then alone the end of this year.

@Spoony_Tech Good gravy, it's selling that well?

@Caldorosso-E I don't know if it is or not but I'm just saying I wouldn't be surprised if it hits 10 million by years end if Nintendo gets the stock out.

@JaxonH That's what annoys me most about that site. Quite a few people there like Nintendo, but just as many want nothing to do with anything related to Nintendo, despite them making a system superior to the Vita in virtually every way, and superior to the PS4 in some ways.

It's fine to not like Nintendo, but that elitist mindset some people have where they refuse to like anything a company makes is just dumb. Nintendo is my favorite game company, personally, but that doesn't mean I won't own and thoroughly enjoy a PS4.

I never understood why people get up and arms about a piece of plastic and worship it to tell others that their other pieces of plastic are bad. At the end of the game, they're just games. Ah well.

@KirbyTheVampire
Right. When Vita was announced I wasn't saying "oh my gosh, epic fail, what a joke, what is Sony thinking, this thing's gonna crash and burn"... no... I was there at Walmart buying it day one. Same for PS4. And neither of those systems were half as exciting as Switch imo, and that's coming from someone who plays games across the board.

I guess it's hard for me to relate to someone who doesn't find Nintendo worthwhile, because practically everyone who says so hasn't owned one of their recent consoles or played any of their recent games to actually form a legitimate opinion. And even if they had, I would argue Switch has turned over a new leaf. Even if you didn't like Wii, or Wii U, you'd be hard-pressed to not like the Switch.

But ya, there was a lot of criticism directed toward Nintendo during the Wii U era. And rightfully so. But when Switch hit the scene, it really separated those who were blindly criticizing from a place of irrational bias, and those who actually just didn't like Nintendo's direction at the time. I see people like Gamer83, very outspoken critic during Wii U, who absolutely adores Switch and its games. But then there's people like [won't mention names] who jumped at the opportunity to sink the Switch ship before it set sail, clearly hoping that enough negative dialogue hammered over and over would help it become a self fulfilled prophecy of failure.