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I'm sorry but I just refuse to believe that.
I never accused you of coming on here and lying, in fact I didn't accuse you of anything. What I suggested is that you are mistaken, despite the fact you adamantly believe you are not mistaken.
Ask @Spooney_Tech about the lesson he had to learn the hard way.
My post was to accomplish two things- 1 to help you, not "accuse" you, and 2 prevent others from reading your post and thinking that it's OK to go on Amazon and buy a 256gb microSD card for $20, because they WILL get a bogus card. People who don't know any better read posts like yours and think it's all legit, and it's absolutely not all legit. Real SD cards are not that cheap, and anyone selling them that cheap is scamming you one way or another, whether you realize or not. It's important that everyone understand that so that nobody loses their money.
Finished up the story mode in Dragon Ball FighterZ earlier today. I'll probably play around in Arcade mode for awhile (probably long enough to unlock SSGSS Goku, and play around with the characters not used in story mode), but then I'll probably be done with it for awhile.
There's really nothing that really excites me now until Smash however. Still haven't got around to Octopath or Torna, but I think I've had my fill of JRPGs for the year, and while there are a few other titles I'm interested in (Blade Strangers, SNK Heroines, the South Park games, Resi Evil Revelations Collection, and Code of Princess EX off the top of my head), I'm just not excited enough about them to gear up a purchase.
Anyhow, I've now had my Switch for about a year, and have built up quite the physical collection:
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@Knuckles-Fajita Switch sales aren't meeting Nintendo's (pretty crazy tbh) 20 million in a year projections, that's where people are getting the 'slowing' from. I've been expecting them to hit between 17-18 million, and it looks like they're on track for that, still well above year 1.
Twenty million is steep, but they can make it. I've said from the beginning it will be a close call, but with Pokemon Lets Go and Smash coming and Nintendo having robust "catalogue" sales, it wouldn't surprise me if they pass 20 million. Their software goal will be crushed by the end of March 31st, which will be used extensively if the hardware target falls through.
It is worth pointing out a few things when we're talking about sales for the Switch. Firstly they are up ~4% on last year in terms of hardware so far. If that trend continues they'll move about 15.6mill for this FY. Which as you may notice is under 20mill but there are a number of things to note here.
For one thing last year was kinda unusual for the Switch because it was its launch year. The 2017/18 FY effectively starts about a month after the Switch's launch so the first 6 months have more going for them than for this FY. A lot of early momentum. Something which was amplified by a lot of huge titles releasing on the Switch during this period. By this time last year 8 of the systems 10 best sellers were already on shelves.
By comparison for this FY there wasn't really anything to get the Switch moving early on. Certainly not anything as big as a console launch, Zelda, Splatoon and Mario Kart. The two biggest games for this year are by far Pokemon Lets Go and Smash Bros Ultimate and these games aren't out yet. More than that, both of these games have hardware bundles which is a good reason for people to not buy the console right this second. It's also a reason for some of the super-fans to buy the console again.
I wouldn't be that surprised if they reached their target. At the very least I think they will get close enough that their investors won't punish them. Lets be realistic here, this is the last 10 years and the consoles in that year that moved more than 15mill units, with consoles that broke 20mill in bold:
2007 - DS & Wii
2008 - DS & Wii
2009 - DS & Wii
2010 - DS & Wii
2011 - NA
2012 - NA
2013 - NA
2014 - NA
2015 - PS4
2016 - PS4
2017 - PS4
The Switch just barely fell short of 15mill last calendar year mostly because it launched in March. This year it will be the first console other than the PS4 to break 15mill since the DS & Wii. And even during the DS/Wii era the DS and Wii were the only consoles breaking 15mill regularly.
@skywake I am very much of the believer that everyone seems to be putting too much stock in Super Smash Bros Ultimate being this massive system seller. I see it as a series that really sells to the core Nintendo fan base, whom by large already own a Nintendo Switch. I don't see these same high software sales translate also into hardware sales. Pokemon I think is Nintendo's only real shot at moving huge volumes of systems. Though, Super Mario Party should also help as I imagine many buying that as a second game on the system.
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@skywake I am very much of the believer that everyone seems to be putting too much stock in Super Smash Bros Ultimate being this massive system seller. I see it as a series that really sells to the core Nintendo fan base, whom by large already own a Nintendo Switch.
Well there hasn't been a Smash Bros that hasn't been one of the top 10 selling games on a Nintendo console. So it's a system seller whether that fits with your feelings of what kind of game it is or not. That's just how it is. And even if it wasn't I'm not a fan of this idea that consumers form an orderly queue. It's not like the "core fans" all line up first and the "casuals" are all late to the party.
I know anecdotal evidence is kinda useless but for the sake of this argument I think it works well enough. Excluding myself and to my knowledge I personally know of 6 people amongst friends/family/coworkers who have a Switch. Of those only 1 owned a Wii U, 4 owned a 3DS. So it's not as simple as saying that Smash sells to the core Nintendo fan and core Nintendo fans own the Switch already. A fair number of people who own the Switch now haven't had a Nintendo console since the Wii/DS era at least. Equally a lot of "Smash Bros fans" haven't picked up a Switch yet, Smash is their game and they're waiting for its release.
Like when I got back into Nintendo after not being interested in them for quite a while. With the DS. The DS launched in early 2005, I saw it and was interested but not enough to buy one. Mario Kart launched in late 2005 and again I was more interested but not enough to buy one. Then in mid 2006 they released New SMB and the DS Lite. At that point I got one. I was not a "non-core fan" for waiting.
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