Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Result for Switch - BBC News homepage currently features an E3 section, and Switch has nabbed 2 of the 5 stories with Fortnite & Smash.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news

@DarthNocturnal Lord Snake, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

With the conference out of the way, I can go back to looking forward to the games I do care about, like Octopath Traveler. I can't believe it's only a month away already

@DarthNocturnal I just realized that This is some serious stuff

This year's offerings from Nintendo feels like a year before new hardware. Not many first party titles are being released on either of their consoles. I wouldn't be surprised if we will see a replacement for the 3ds next year.

I wonder how hardware sales are getting on. Kinda expecting Switch to sell less units this FY than last. Plenty of decent games coming, but not many that will convince those not already convinced by 2017 games.

I assume they're hoping Smash and Let's Go Pokemon have wide enough appeal to rake in a few million each. As of right now, though, I don't see the 20 million this fiscal year as feasible yet

I think they will announce one more big game leading into the holiday shopping season be it a first party or 3rd party game that will help boost the chances for a big xmas shopping season. which i think they will still have a big holiday season imo. what game if you ask i have no clue, but I'm thinking they do around 15-20 million systems, i am convinced at some point rockstar is going to drop either RDR or GTA V and that will be a system seller as i know a ton of people that would love to be able to take those games on the go. I could be totally wrong though too.

I think they'll still reach their goal because of Smash, Pokemon Let's Go and already existing games.

My short review of the Nintendo Direct: E3 2018: A bit underwhelming. Nintendo could have made that long Super Smash Bros. Ultimate segment its own direct to talk about it, but at least we got to know more info about it. The leaks have ruined some of the surprises like Dragon Ball FighterZ, Fortnite, and other games that were leaked. They could have dropped some teaser trailers about games like core Pokémon game, Metroid Prime 4, and Yoshi Switch. All in All: Not bad presentation, great games. Smash Bros. should have its own presentation, leaked games should have its spotlight in the direct.

Smash and Pokemon are bigger sellers than Mario and Zelda, believe it or not.

The big sales will come in November and December. Until then, it'll continue on its current course. Lots of good games coming from now til then, even if none of them are super huge system sellers. The power of many great games can be just as persuading as one super appealing game.

Like to me, if I didn't own the system, portable Valkyria Chronicles 4 would sell me on the system. So would portable Tales of Vesperia. So would Monster Hunter Gen Ultimate (portable or not). So would portable Dark Souls. Every game released appeals to a different niche of gamer- in smaller quantities but, when you have 50-75 notable games releasing, all with the appeal of console and handheld... it adds up.

But ya, holiday season will be huge.

Honestly though, I don't think it really matters anymore. It's selling well enough to get games. Enough that, selling more won't really affect us in any tangible way. It won't increase the number of games we get. We've already passed the threshold where it's a successful platform.

Which means, at this point, we can pretty much stop caring about how much it's selling or going to sell. It could do 20 mil this year, it could do just 15 mil this year, heck it could do 10 mil this year... either way, it's not gonna change anything on our end.

I expect Nintendo to steamroll the competition in sales at the end of the year. Smash and Pokemon are a pretty massive 1-2 punch to end the year with.

It also helps that Sony and Microsoft don't really do holiday games. Sony's biggest hitters all tend to release in the first half of a given year (although I expect the HD twins will sell better than usual this year around September/October due to RDR2).

So if it wasn't obvious already, Nintendo will be selling GameCube adapters and a new line of GameCube controllers alongside Smash, with the Wii U one also being compatible.

The share price keeps on falling. I dont see 20 million being possible, not when Labo didn't explode like anticipated and the first half of the year was so...I wont say bad but not stellar.

Pokemon and Smash are huge sellers yes, but I dont know if they can move 20m combined with existing games. A price drop is necessary especially with the relatively empty August and especially September when PS4 and Xbox One just explode going into discounts in November.

They got too far ahead of themselves.

Though it says something when my handheld only friend shows me his Switch he bought yesterday and list of games like Mario + Rabbids, Crash, Ys VIII, Reigns: Kings & Queens and others that he wants. It's just none of those are upcoming first party titles.

Plus they have until March 2019 to get some gems out so there is still plenty of time even after the Pokemon/Smash combo

@Therad That's true. I could check it out that way before committing to a $60 Fire Emblem game.

I'm not so sure. If it meets/exceeds the 20 million, then there will be a surge in confidence and it will encourage greater support from the big boys, I reckon.

But I'm not expecting it to meet that target.

Treehouse is live. NL has the time wrong. Just so yall know.

Switch sold >15 million units last fiscal year lol. It's only a 5 million increase.

Considering that successful systems sell more in year two than in year one due to increased word of mouth and more games being available, last year's system sellers will continue to sell systems, and you have Pokemon Let's Go and Smash during the two busiest months of the year for Nintendo...

They'll pass 20 million with ease. Contrary to what BLPs continued moping would tell you, it's not a lofty goal

@IceClimbers Smooth.