Talking Point: The Nintendo Switch Super Bowl Ad Was a Huge Success, But Why?

There still isn't much for the average person who already have a PS4 or XBox One. A few first party games? Portability? Are these really that good for people to buy this system?

Nintendo actually marketing the product was always going to have a better reception than their Wii U stealth marketing campaign

@lighteningbolt79 they would be if the console was the cheapest....

@lighteningbolt79 They will come mate, all the buzz now is that you can take it anywhere you want! Can't wait to show this to my friends in the Uni

@lighteningbolt79 If you are a gamer who wants to experience the best the industry has to offer than yes, you need a Nintendo machine.

@lighteningbolt79 I have a ps4, xbox one, gaming pc, wii u, vita, and 3ds. I'm getting the Switch purely for the Nintendo exclusive games like Zelda and Mario. Which I'm pretty sure most people are.

@ScorpionMG I have not heard anyone mention the Switch, but I have heard many people talk about the games for other systems.

@Joker13z Did the Wii U sell well for those games? No.

This was indeed a very Nice advertisement. I can't wait to finally play the new Zelda, the way that suits me the best at a certain moment!

@MailOrderNinja Most people really don't see Nintendo as the best.

I have older systems too but that's all my current gen stuff haha. One can say that...I like games a bit.

@Nintenjoe64 But most will already have a system so it will be cheaper staying with that.

@lighteningbolt79 "The average person" does not have a PS4 or XBox One. Nintendo wants to sell to "the average person."

However if you mean "the average gamer" that has a PS4 or XBox One, then, yes, absolutely, exclusive games and portability are really that good for a portion of those customers to buy this system. What kind of gamer would NOT want the option to take their games with them?

I mean that supply of Doritos and Mountain Dew have to be restocked eventually, right?

@lighteningbolt79 Hey man, you asked a question and I answered you that yes I'm buying it for that reason lol. Same reason I bought a wii u. You asked if they are really that good for people to buy the system for...aaand I'm one of those people. Simple as that.

Reach out and touch faith...

@NEStalgia literally everyone I know has a PS4 or XBox One and a lot of them are the average person and a lot of them wouldn't care about portability.

@lighteningbolt79 I'll just keep it docked forever. The psp/vita both portable. I have them both but rarely use it outside of home.
I work Monday to Friday and also only get a 1 hour lunch break, I think lunch is more important at that time.

@lighteningbolt79 You literally do not know the meaning of the word "literally".

I want a Switch. But the big thing blocking me is cost. Cost at the moment is the deciding factor. A sweet spot of £199.99 would sell it for me.

@Nintenjoe64 yeah, spot on. Nintendo wrote off Wii U before release. I was shocked when even Super Mario 3D World had no ads on TV!

@lighteningbolt79 Of course everyone you know has a PS4 or an XBox One. You're a gamer. You're likely to associate with fellow gamers.

"The average person" is not a gamer, just as "the average person" is not a musician. Doesn't mean it's not a fairly broad niche, but it is its own niche.

First and foremost, Nintendo would like those that don't currently own a competing console to jump on board with this one. It offers something different. They're not aiming to poach Sony's dedicated customers that are already brand loyal there. That's just ineffective business.

But if you're interested in whether some Sony/MS customers are interested in portability, of course they are. All of their customers? No. But is there a portion that will have interest in that? Yes. And there is a portion of those customers who are interested in Zelda, Metroid, etc. Consoles aren't mutually exclusive. If there are two different consoles with a collection of games you like, and you can afford it, you buy both consoles, no different from the Nintendo vs. Sega days (proud SNES/Genesis owner.) If one of those consoles is portable and one isn't, those interested in portability will probably prefer the latter.

Myself, I'm interested in that. I love Nintendo games, always have, but if Sony had been the one to make a Hybrid, I'd have been an instant Playstation super fan. Almost was if Vita hadn't been so mismanaged. I still like my PS4, but it'll be riding back seat to the Switch. Switch is just tons more convenient.

I wish they had shown glimpses of Mario Kart and Mario for the non Zelda fans.

@lighteningbolt79 Critically that isn't true. Sure you have gamer bros who can't play anything with color, but almost across the board gamers agree stuff like Super Mario Galaxy 2 is a masterpiece.

@NEStalgia I really am not a gamer. I enjoy video games, but am not a gamer so that part of what you said is completely wrong

Is this Super Bowl really that important? Apparently I know it is some sport event but I have no idea what it actually is.

People still think Nintendo should be targeting Sony/Microsoft fans? Yes they've had some slip offs but honestly they're making the most of their situation. Sure, some gamers will switch consoles but the average gamer has quite a lot of brand loyalty (look at the console wars, fanboys of every company are rabid, and I'm including Nintendo too). Nintendo is trying to attract any fans they've lost by focusing on advertising and appealing to an older demographic (younger Nintendo fans probably are already there) and trying to target people who currently don't have gaming systems (the dual purpose of tv and handheld gaming is a fresh market). Trying to win over whatever Microsoft and Sony fans that aren't dedicated to their consoles is a waste of resources, too little payoff. If they aren't brand loyal, Nintendo then has to prove why these people spend should spent hundreds of dollars on a second or third console instead of buying more of the wider library of systems they own (I mean, they have been out longer after all). They don't have to be the top console right now, they just need to be more profitable than Wii U (which shouldn't be hard) so they can build up a reputation again for future gens.

@lighteningbolt79 if you play games you are a gamer. Maybe not a hardcore one, but still a gamer.

@lighteningbolt79 do you have a console? Do you have games for it? If you answered yes to those questions then you're a gamer even if you deny it, you spent hundreds on this hobby. Maybe a casual gamer but a gamer nonetheless. Doesn't have to mean you spend hours a day playing or compete in tournaments.

It probably did so well because it didn't virtue signal anything.

@lighteningbolt79 Anecdotal evidence is the same as evidence, right? I mean, It's not like people tend to know people with similar interests or anything.

@belmont It's the single most watched television event in the world every year.

@NEStalgia Yes. This. I can play BotW on my lunch break at work, Switch is extremely convenient.

@ShadJV Also this. They're not playing the same game as XBox/Playstation, and haven't been since the Wii. Sometimes that pays off (Wii), sometimes it doesn't (Wii-U). I think this time it will.

The number of reasonable opinions in these comments is kind of freaking me out right now.

@belmont I'm assuming you don't live in the United States. It's the biggest televised Sporting Event in the US here and even people who can't stand Football watch it just to see the commercials. People usually host big parties with friends and family to watch it together. Some here might even go as far as to say that the day the Super Bowl airs here in America could be considered a national holiday.

@Bengyman I know right? How dare Budweiser depict America a land of opportunity where anyone who's willing to overcome downfalls and work hard can be successful? Bunch of sjw's there.

@belmont
It's the final game of the American football season for the championship. Think of it as the FIFA World Cup, but localized to just the US. I'm not a sports person, which is why I'm hanging out on a Nintendo site , but in the US, football (not sure what you'd call it, since "football" means what we call "soccer" everywhere else int he world, and American football doesn't really exist outside the US. We'll call it "American Football"....anyway, it's the US's biggest sport, commercially, and that's the biggest game, World Cup style, but with a heavier commercial emphasis, and the "Super Bowl Commercials" have become their own entity, where people actually watch the commercials AS the show because it's known they're high budget specialty commercials.

@lighteningbolt79 You're hanging out on a Nintendo site. You play games. You're a gamer We wouldn't be here if we weren't.

I'M SO EXCITED ! I CAN'T WRITE ANYHING INNTELLIGENT OR COMPREHENSIBLE OR EVEN RELEVANT!

@Joker13z yes. But why pay early adopter prices? When you can buy it cheaper and bundled with games later? What exactly warrants the price tag of buying it before the games are here? (I'm playing Zelda on the WiiU, the console it was DESIGNED for, BTW. )

@lighteningbolt79 This may come as a surprise to you, but the vast, VAST majority of the human population does not own a video game console. Even the highest selling console of all time, the PS2, was purchased by less than 2% of the population. The "average person" doesn't play video games AT ALL. If you've ever owned your own game system, you are part of an extremely exclusive niche.

@NoxAeturnus exactly. Yes, Nintendo makes poor choices sometimes, all companies do, but they have business majors and have a reason for many of their choices. Competing with Sony and Microsoft directly at this point of time would be suicide. No one would take Nintendo seriously, they'd insist Nintendo is too kiddy (they already do) even if Nintendo started releasing a bunch of M rated games. They'd assume Nintendo doesn't know what they're doing (and at this point if they did that they probably won't, they have no experience there). Maybe someday that image will change but it can't be done overnight. Nintendo is making just about the biggest change they can without it backfiring. Nintendo currently is not competing directly with Sony or Microsoft simply because they can't right now. They're building up their own consumer base.

This ad felt so right. I'm so used to seeing Ps4 or Xbox1 ads when watching sports. And they're good! Used to see Nintendo ads when my cousins watched Disney Channel or Cartoon Network lol glad that's changing.

sigh I need more money!

@lighteningbolt79 I mean, what could nintendo possibly have done to offer anything more if people don't want to buy their system for their games?

@SwitchB1tch perhaps but you can be damn sure I wouldn't be early adopting a company that had a reputation for two back-to-back fail console launches.

Sure the 3DS bounce-back and sure the Wii U has a ton of games that I love but neither of them did very well in the first year which bodes my question why be an early adopter for switch when the good games and all the updates and Technology won't come out for a year after?

Nintendo has left us in a drought 2 times in a row fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me, fool me three times and I must be an effing idiot. XD

I spend a lot of time thinking about what makes some products (and messages) become vital, and others not. It's part of my day job. I think that the Switch will potentially become a huge hit by achieving two major factors: Firstly, it looks good, and not at all toy-like. It looks like cool technology, which means that people will want to show it off. Secondly, and on a related note, the nature of the device means that people will use it in public. They'll be playing their Switch at college, on the daily commute, at work, and in cafes. Because it's cool technology, they'll want to be seen using it. It's why the DS took off after the Lite redesign.This will do a huge amount of the ongoing marketing for Nintendo, for free. It's a big part of the reason for Apple's success, and I think that it'll help Nintendo to make the Switch a runaway success this time around.

@MailOrderNinja That's why we kept our super nintendos and Gamecubes...

@NEStalgia @Joestar- @wombatkidd Thanks for clarifyng this. I am from Europe so I don't even know how American Football is played. Yet it is still bizzare to me that someone would watch something for the commercials. I watch European sport events like Champions' League or Euroleague (European Basketball Championship) but in the commerials I just switch the channel (or boot a game console).

Very well done, Nintendo.
I buy Nintendo machines for 1st, 2nd and 3rd party for Cute, Appropriate, Colorful, Funny, Out of the Box, Deep robusted games.

I bought the song after I saw this TV ad. It definitely suited the Switch and all.

@lighteningbolt79
Nintendo Switch will be your best buddy for gaming experience. With both console and handheld, you can treat Switch as console (put inside dock) or handheld (playing on the go). Try it, I'm sure you will like it.

I know no gamers that are buying a Switch day one. I know no non gamers who even know what Switch is. If you are a non gamer why would you even care.

Portable device that only last 2 hours?

@NEStalgia If you compare football (amarican football) and soccer (football), it probably makes more sense to compare the super bowl with the UEFA Champions League finale.
The Champions League is a european continental turnament, where the best clubs of last season compete.
In the World Cup there aren't really clubs but nations with their best players competing, so I think Champions League finale fits better (plus, since the players usually play in their clubs and the clubs can get players of whatever nationality, the teams in Champions League are generally better).

Just to put out some trivia.

@lighteningbolt79 Most people don't know anything.

A reflection on a pool of water doesn't reveal it's depth it's best to light a candle than curse the dark. On the go take it anywhere but don't expect to use a browser.that must be a joke right. Very innovative from the innovative company to leave a browser out. Casuals that play or browse will never buy into this innovative way of thinking from the innovative company that never reveals it's depth because it's to shallow and blows out its own candle

Sadly, it was a success because it emulated the advertising of the other console and western gaming companies. The music and the aesthetic just screamed generic western gaming ad.

Oh well...this is the direction Nintendo has to go, the millennial generation are terrified of choice and risk taking.

@lighteningbolt79 "A few first party games? Portability? Are these really that good for people to buy this system?"

Yes, they are.

@Jaded_Drybones To be perfectly honest with you cause I can afford it and I want to lol. Sold an old backup console I had and 25 games over different platforms. But there is nothing wrong with not buying it at launch either. I didn't buy Wii U at launch.

Just so we're clear, neither people buying at launch or waiting to buy it later are wrong or right. Me buying it at launch doesn't somehow negate your reasoning.

@lighteningbolt79 define "a few"

@lighteningbolt79 Yes

@lighteningbolt79 Enough for people to buy a 3DS.

Why are you all paying attention to a troll?

Has anybody mentioned how the only 3rd party game shown in the ad was an umpteenth iteration of Street Fighter 2?

Because it aired during super bowl.

It was popular because I willed it to be.

Big Whoady

@belmont I'm from the US and I also don't know how American Football works It's an odd game that, interestingly almost never involves feet...the ball is hand-held in all but occasional moments, and involves players in heavy padding intentionally ramming into each other. Then long gaps where managers, pace around looking angry and pointing fingers

Actually it's kind of interesting...I don't really know that much about it, but while Soccer/football is more like an action game, based mainly on atheletics and "moves", American Football is more of a TRPG like Fire Emblem... It's a lot about the pre-planned strategy, then trying to execute it. Granted, that's about all I know But it's more about the coordination of a the better strategy to put specific players in specific locations, knowing the opponents specific weaknesses/patterns through specific routes, and then actually trying to pull the choreography off. As a gamer, I should probably be more interested in football! Maybe EA will put Madden on Switch and I'll figure it out one of these years!

The commercials are kind of an "accidental phenomenon". Because the game is such a huge show with so many viewers, advertisers of course put a lot of high quality commercials on, and made them entertaining, and spent big money on that air time during such a watched event. Over time people started talking about commercials that made an impression either for being really funny, or basically being a 30-60 second move produced by film studios etc. Big budget, "aired once only" kind of things, that they became entertainment pieces that happened to be ads rather than regular commercials. Thus, the internet sites talking about the 10 best rated commercials like yesterday's article here, because people actually watch to see which of the ads will be the lasting memorable one that everyone wanted to see.

@lighteningbolt79 I'm a gamer who has zero time at home anymore. I haven't played a console game in fifteen months. As of March 3rd I now can again. 4K gigaflops be damned, the other companies offer me zero opportunity to continue console gaming.

@NEStalgia They "foot" the ball, i.e. run, to the goal. It's ALL feet. Soccer and Rugby, which Football is an offshoot of, were all nder Association Football because they all involved "footing" a ball to a goal/net/etc... It had nothing to do with what part of the body touched the ball.

@lighteningbolt79 So, admittedly, I've been a PC/Nintendo sort of gamer for a while now and have owned every Nintendo home console, but I find the portability extremely attractive. If a multi-platform game comes out on Switch, so long as features are close enough to the same across versions, I see no reason not to buy it on my Switch instead of my PC. I do some occasional traveling by plane, so the portability is a win there. I'm also recovering from cancer and have to sit in a lot of waiting rooms, so again, big win. And I play D&D with friends regularly and we have some in the group that aren't particularly great at being on time, so whipping out the Switch for a little impromptu multiplayer is yet another win. The portability open options up for game-able moments to a much higher degree than these old-school, stationary home consoles. So archaic.

@freaksloan
Not 2 hours, but more than 5 hours like New 3DS XL.

The only thing that sucks about the ad during the Super Bowl is that all this new interest that was generated is going to result in disappointment when folks that are just learning about the system find that it's sold out everywhere. Sincerely hope that Nintendo really floods all the retail channels early on. Nothing like stifling potential growth of the user base which in turn scares away the 3rd party devs.

@lighteningbolt79 Switch is not for the ps4/xbx/pc/huurkor gamer. Switch is aimed first at the elapsed gamers who haven't played videogames for lack of interest. Which are a lot. They don't care about AAAAAAAA gaming or high-tech graphics. They just want gaming to be fun and challenging and fun again.

I can't wait to play the Nintendo Switch in bed, just like I do with my 3DS. I don't know if it's just me getting old, but I really enjoy playing my video games in bed and away from people bothering me when I play games on TV.

I love this site, but it is way too biased... The Switch is not convincing gamers, it really isn't.

I can do a version of what the Switch does with my android phone and a Chromecast. Or a tablet and a chromecast, and also the new apple tv is pulling in the same general direction. Admittedly, it is a poorer experience, but who is to say for how long. The software in the mobile industry isn't there yet, but still, the subtleties of superior video game design escape the casuals and the core gamers abandoned Nintendo since the Gamecube era, they just came back briefly for the Wii so they could play with their parents and grandparents and try to make them understand why they spend so much time in front of the TV, but their hearts were in the powerhouse consoles that sat besides those Wii consoles.

I don't know, the more I play with my PS4, the more I feel the breach that Nintendo opened between the consumers and themselves.

@Al_Godoy "admittedly, it is a poorer experience" Yes, much, much poorer and just as expensive or more so. I am a gamer and I'm convinced. So it really is convincing some gamers. How many? I guess we'll see, but indications so far are pretty good.

Instead of pretending we speak for all gamers though let's look at a couple things. Nintendo said they had 2 million consoles ready for launch and also that they are encouraged and producing more. PS4 launched over the Holiday to 2.4 million. PS4 sold in the Holiday season and the Switch is coming in March. That's not bad, right?

Also, check this out: http://gonintendo.com/stories/273312-google-trends-shows-switch-preorder-interest-vastly-outnumbering

Interest in Switch preordering using Google search is also close to PS4 numbers.

So, there's the numbers we have that represent all gamers that aren't in balance with your own personal feelings about Nintendo while playing PS4. Both are real and valid but only one says much about the industry at large.

@Al_Godoy You are very very wrong. I'ts convincing gamers bigtime (not all gamers ofc, nothing does). Comparing smartphones + chromecast with the switch clearly demonstrate that you either dunno how the switch works at ALL, or you just plain trolling

@Mommar Actually the term "football" goes back to well before the development of the association and Rugby games, and the best explanation I've heard is that it referred to peasant games played on foot, contrasting with noble games played on horse.

@lighteningbolt79
I'm as Sony as it gets. My first system I personally bought was the Ps2, I had the PS3, I have the PS4, I even bought the Vita! I have never had a Nintendo console, other than a 3ds, for rpgs.

And I have a Switch preordered. My roomie also ordered one, simply on the strength of HOPING that series lik Pokémon come to it, and the portability of playing games like FIFA on the go. Do I think that is what every PS4 owner will do? Not a chance. But can 1 in 5 or 1 in 4? Possible.

It's all anecdotal. What I see in my circle, or what you see in your circle, are both small drops in the hundreds of millions of possible consumers. We will see how things go, but I never played a Zelda game and I'm looking forward to BOTW. Win lose or draw, it seems Nintendo is doing something right with marketing.

@belmont
It's main importance is it has become an event that makes people that DONT watch sports(in this case American football) watch, which means huge ratings and advertising dollars.

Of course, some will say it's importance is about crowning the best team 😏

@Al_Godoy
Who said nobody care Switch ?
Me , myself care about Nintendo So Much. Especially Nintendo Switch.
Keep saying nobody want to buy Switch because smartphone games on the top but Me and other gamers will Buy it, Play it, Enjoy it together while you keep sour and being so negative, refuse to play what it called a Masterpiece of Nintendo.

@Meaty-cheeky Nah I'm 18 and I feel like I have the most fun later at night when everyone else is asleep and I can put on my headphones without having to worry about not hearing someone calling me, it's great.

Can't wait for the switch. I'm in college so the only time I really can play a big game is in my dorm on my laptop, which is kind of big and a hassle to move around to my bed. It's gonna be so psychedelic playing a console zelda in bed or outside, AND with headphones!

Again you buy Nintendo consoles to play Nintendo games. That's all. Everything else is gravy

@wombatkidd I was talking about Audi and Bianco, I didn't mind the budweiser one.

@Bengyman Ah. So you think a wom an shouldn't be paid as much as a man for the same work. Thanks for clearing that up.

On many people on second hand sites are selling their ps4 to save up for the switch.

@AlexOlney I'm curious about the relevance of the yellow wall that you mentioned in your video.

Just Nintendo having a Super Bowl ad was an immediate success imo.

Also, some great observations there, Alex.

And, given that you obviously know a bit about how subtly and expertly we can all be "directed" by such advertising and marketing techniques, you're probably also acutely aware of exactly why I hate the Audi Super Bowl ad so much.

@Mommar @PanurgeJr @Kirgo Very interesting trivia, thanks everyone. You learn something every day!

@Al_Godoy Tech oriented people seem to always come up with some "I can replicate X device if I only take this device and that device, and use X software/hardware to tether it together, and after spending a few weeks and a roll of duct tape, voila, it's almost kind of the same thing, except worse!" I'm guilty of it myself from time to time. It's just not the same device. Phones don't have the graphics performance of Tegra (it's a more power hungry platform designed originally for tablets that can handle bigger, heavier batteries than a phone.) , and tablets are a wildly different form factor. Neither have the required physical inputs. Mobile gamers always say "but I can buy a controller!" Yes, you can, but then you have to set the device down in "tabletop mode", whip out your controller, then pack it all up. An all-in-one handheld is a lot more utilitarian. If the mobile solution were so great, 80M+ 3DS & Vita units would not have been sold. And Switch, of course is about games like BotW, Skyrim, Xenoblade etc. Games of that size and caliber are not available on mobile.

While you're right the casual market doesn't get the subtleties of better game design, Nintendos going to try to woo them with software that appeals to them. Not the old Wii casuals that are now the Candy Crush casuals. They're as lost a cause as the PS hardcore. But the type that might be tempted to duct tape a controller to their tablet, sure.

Nintendo isn't going to win the "dudebro" graphics obsessed gamers back, and many of those games are going to be "semi-second party" for Sony/MS anyway. But I think we overestimate just how much of the gaming market is focused on eye-candy tech demos above all else. Nintendo wants to appeal to the ones that would rather play anyway. Plenty of Sony fans buy for Persona as much as buy for Battlefield. Those are people who might be interested in owning a Switch.

@wombatkidd Thank you for clearing up your lack of knowledge on the American legal system as it is illegal to pay a woman less, and they aren't paid less for the same job, the 79 cents statistic comes from all jobs of all walks of life, and women choose lesser paid jobs and I'm pretty sure that if women were just generally paid less they would be the only people hired for companies because they could get away with being paid less. Please take your SJW anti-facts somewhere else.

@Bengyman Take your alternative facts elsewhere, Spicer.

@Bengyman here's a report from those total sjws at freaking Forbes that shows women do actually get paid less for the same work.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jwebb/2016/03/31/women-are-still-paid-less-than-men-even-in-the-same-job/#29caeb2f16ee

Try reading one in a while instead of just listening to mra nonsense.

@TwilightOniAngel http://www.forbes.com/sites/jwebb/2016/03/31/women-are-still-paid-less-than-men-even-in-the-same-job/#29caeb2f16ee

Derp derpity derp derp Deepti.

I still think it will fail. Nintendo tries to mask this by creating very small supplies, and of course the scalpers are on the loose. The media has to look very closely to what is happening the coming months. Maybe it will take a year before we finally get a good picture whether its a succes or not!

@wombatkidd That was one of the most shockingly false wage gap reports I've ever seen, the participants are in different industries that could pay more or less, as well as being from different countries that could have different wages, the author also assumes that women are prevented somehow from these positions, proving at least the authors SJW credit, there are also several suggested articles on the site, one of which is complaining about a lack of female CEOs, a non-existant problem with a ridiculously hypocritical "solution". If you account for all factors, with the exact same worked hours, the gap lowers to 2-7%, easily put down to men's willingness to negotiate, not women being unable to, but men wanting to. Also, I read that whole article, before you ram that "Women in that report in the same job make 80-90%" Women are shown to take more holidays and more sick days, and those days, surprisingly mean less money.

Also, if you're going to throw that link at anyone who disagrees with you take this: https://youtu.be/wjWBXbGVyQU You'll probably continue crying about something no serious economist takes seriously, but still, it's worth a try, I'm not replying anymore as I hate repeating myself, so good day to you sir.

@Bengyman Every serious economist takes it seriously. Only the ones you read at breitbart don't.

Unlike you, I actually studied economics in college.

Also, It's very telling about your respect for women that you admit women doing the same work make up to 7% less than men and blame them for it.

@wombatkidd Way to make that sound ten times worse than it is, I want women to negotiate more, everyone deserves a bigger paycheck, but I can't stop the ones who don't, and I think it's awful if a boss thinks someone is gullible enough not to take more pay, you're just grasping at straws to make me sound like a misogynist and ignoring every argument point that you don't like.

Also, can you actually name a seriously respected economist that believes it?

@Bengyman I thought you were done responding to me. With self control like that it's no wonder you believe whatever bs britbart feeds you.

Bee tee dubs: Paul Krugman does. He won a Nobel Prize in the field of economics but I'm sure you know more about economics than him.

@wombatkidd I said I wasn't going to reply, but you left a response, I wasn't repeating myself, and you were actively insulting me and equating me to a misogynyst so why not respond. Also, I can't find any wage gap stuff on this Paul guy... Bet you're going to say that Breitbart says he doesn't now.

I think the ad worksed well largely because the messaging of the swItch is far simpler and clearer than the wii u could ever hope to be. Home console, take out of dock, handheld. Boom. Done. The wii u advertising in comparison had 4 people all using wii remotes, one with a gamepad on a system that looked like a rounded version of a wii laid flat. Nothing about those wii u commercials communicated ANYTHING about the use of the gamepad or the strengths of the system.