NPD Results Highlight Record-Breaking Nintendo Switch Launch

Come on doom prophets. Let's see those gymnastics while I make my game.

Great Job Nintendo! i'll be interested to see the April numbers to see what kind of momentum Nintendo kept without a big tent-pole release until the very end of the month. May's sales could be very strong with Mario Kart 8 and Puyo-Puyo tetris being released.

But but...the frame rate...but but...left joy cons..but but...there's no games...but but...MK already came out...but but...Zelda is also on the Wii U.

I'm not used to all this Nintendo winning!

Their success will only be as good as the systems they can get unto the shelves. They had better have a good size shipment going along with Mario Kart next week.

And they cannot keep stock at all. How can one make money if you don't sell?

It's too bad they didn't make more Switches in March. They could have sold even more and had an even better opening month.

Wow over 100% attach rate. I don't even have BOTW on my Switch, and I got it April 3rd. That really shows stock is bad...

Holy moly those amiibo sales!!!

Wow

@Agent721 Never had the left joy-con problem, and the people who did don't have it anymore thanks to system updates, you have to understand the system didn't even come out 2 months ago, expect bugs. Frame rate is perfect now on most games too, besides Mr. Shifty, which isn't Nintendo's fault. The Switch BOTW is better than the Wii-U one, and you can take it on the go. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is made for people who don't have the original, but they also added new characters and a awesome new battle mode. Also you can take that on the go too, giving it a reason for people who have the original to also buy the Switch one. If you want all your problems fixed, don't buy a console this soon. By it in December when there is Super Mario Odyssey, Arms, Splatoon 2, and more

@BezBot

I was being sarcastic! I've preordered my Switch on day 1 and don't regret it one bit!

And in Japan it's sold more consoles in the first 7 weeks since launch compared to PS4 in the same timeframe.

@ZurapiiYohane same could be said of the Nes and Super Mario Bros or SNES and Super Mario World or N64 and Mario 64, or Xbox and Halo. It's almost like people buy consoles to play flagship games.

@ZurapiiYohane if the Xbox hadn't launched with battlefield 4 it wouldn't have sold as much.
If the PS4 hadn't launched with killzone it wouldn't have sold as much.

Very nice! Better launch month sales than the Dreamcast, although I would say the launch library is not as well rounded... Also nowhere near the impact of 1 million PS4's sold on the first day of it's release in the USA. But still, very good numbers for Nintendo products.

The more interesting news here is the record breaking attach rate for a Zelda title. I think the last record holder was ultimately Link's Awakening: DX for the GBC, at about a 10% attach rate. (Yeah, despite it's perceived popularity, the Zelda attach rate is usually rather low.) So yeah, an over 90% attach rate at launch is incredible. (On the other hand, this further cements the fact that NS is a Zelda machine right now. ) If the attach rate holds out at 50%+ for the entire lifetime of the NS, that's a hall of fame achievement.

@BezBot The left joy con issue can't be fixed with a system update. You have to send it in to Nintendo so they can insert a foam square.

I'm really happy that the Switch has been a massive success so far! Things are looking good for its future as this will surely entice more developers to put games on the console.

And Nintendo hasn't even brought out the big guns yet in Pokemon, Monster Hunter, and perhaps Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon. I know plenty of people who are eagerly waiting for those titles and will definitely buy a Switch once they are announced.

@PlywoodStick
Check out my earlier post where in Japan its outselling PS4 by around 20%.

Great sales in both countries.
Now take into account it wasn't when consoles are normally released and supply was tight.
Amazing really.

@faint the xbox one & ps4 could've launched without any games at all & they still would've been successful launches, people were chomping at the bit for new consoles at that point.
I don't know anyone who bought a PS4 on launch for Killzone either lol

Wonder what the number one biggest launch was? The PS4 maybe?

@Freek I would expect that, since Nintendo portables are historically top dogs in Japan, and home consoles have been trending downwards for years over there. But this is an article focusing on the USA, not Japan.

The launch month and the month after aren't historically good indicators of long term success, no matter which months they are (just look at the Wii U as a whole and 3DS before price drop and MK7). Those numbers worldwide (including Japan) will likely drop in the Summer, then shoot way up in the Autumn.

@SwitchVogel Yep, PS4. Over 1 million sales on the first day in the USA alone.

@PlywoodStick
Its always about USA even when it's not.

@Freek Well, that's what happens when the USA is currently the most powerful empire in the world. Can't well avoid that. And again, it's an article focusing on USA, not Japan or worldwide.

Come back to me in 2 months time please. We've been over this before, while they're impressive sales, remember we've seen similar before and that turned into roadkill.

@Ichiban that was not the point I was trying to make. Your wrong about kill zone tho. It's sales were fantastic during its first month. No longevity tho.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE so right after arms and before splatoon. I'll be there to remind you. 😉

Okay Nintendo. Fantastic start. Now wow everyone at E3 and keep the good times rolling

Switch's physical software sales in March 2017 were 1.3m units, a record high for a Nintendo platform at launch.

We know Zelda had a near 1:1 attach rate. We now also know that 1-2 Switch had a 19% attach rate. This means...

Zelda BOTW physical sales: >900,000
1-2 Switch physical sales: ~172,000
Physical sales of all other Switch games: ~225,000

Assuming at least half of those ~225,000 "other Switch games" sold were from Super Bomberman R (which is a safe assumption to make), this means SBR is now the 3rd best selling Bomberman game of all time in the US, behind Bomberman 64 and Hero on the N64.

"And they cannot keep stock at all. How can one make money if you don't sell?"

I'm just waiting for the part where SLIGEACH complains about how he can find stock available in Ireland, and then the Switch will be simultaneously doomed because you both can and can't buy one. And then I look forward to him explaining how his previous assertions that the console is "dead in the water" are actually backed up by record breaking sales.

EDIT: I see he's chosen not to engage with his earlier statement, and has instead simply shifted his "doomed" predictions to a later date. Fair enough. Assuming the console does continue to sell well, I wonder if we'll keep getting continually postponed "yes, it's doomed, you just have to wait a few more months - honest!" type prophesies.

@PlywoodStick
Ok.
I get it.
I only made a light hearted comment.

I know the article is about the US, I was just stating that the sales for both Japan and the US were impressive.

Sorry, I didn't know that as a comments section we had to talk only about the article.

Either way it's an impressive start, now they need to keep the momentum going.

@Paddle1 I can confirm that it had to be fixed with a minor hardware addition. After i got it back, i haven't had any problems.

I also got a second set of joy cons, and the issue never occured on these. Either Nintendo was right and the issue was only from one manufacturing plant, or the new joy cons were made after the issue was fixed. Either way, nothing to worry about now.

@ZurapiiYohane

"If it wasn't for BOTW releasing alongside, the Switch wouldn't sell as much."

Well yeah, but "people buy games console in order to play game(/s) on it" is hardly news. Every games console that has ever been sold was because someone wanted to play a game on it. Apart from a handful that were put in a blender or as turned into freaky nerd-chic accessories.

In the Switch's case, that game happened to be Breath of the Wild. If the N64 didn't launch without Super Mario 64, it wouldn't have sold as much either.

Unless you're trying to argue that the only 'true' test of a games console's launch is one in which is doesn't launch with any video games, then there's not much to be said.

The world will keep turning, and people will keep buying video games consoles for the purposes of playing video games.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE technically no, because the Switch launch was record breaking for Nintendo. The Wii U's was not.

Still, keeping sales up is important. I think the Switch will have a better shot at doing it, since they have a pretty decent release schedule. Mario Kart this month, Minecraft and Disgaea 5 next month, ARMS the month after that, and then Splatoon 2 the month after that. I already have more interest in the Switch'es release schedule than i had for the Wii U's release schedule.

@ballistic90 That might be because the Switch actually has a release schedule
(I owned and loved the WiiU, just poking fun at its spotty frequency of releases)

I think it's difficult to compare the Switch to the Wii U simply because the Switch's high is already higher than the Wii U highest point. With that said, this isn't to say the Switch can't lose the plot-that remains to be seen. I just don't expect it to fall like the Wii U. The portability factor combined with the marketing says this won't be left to die.

It is important Nintendo keeps stock up. I'm interested to see how Mario Kart fares. Many here have already purchasedd he Wii is version and have no interest in buying, but many of a cause that I know is more interested in MK than Zelda. No I don't expect it to sell like Zelda, but I'm interested to see what kind of bump the Switch gets from its release.

@Danpal65 i loved my Wii U too, but i just didn't have enough to play on it.

I'm kind of embarassed that, because of my job and my kids, i have a backlog of games already on my Switch. Every time i play a game on it, my brain tells me "wait, why aren't you playing Legend of Zelda?"

Luckily I've been making progress in Fast RMX because by the time the voice pops into my head, I've already completed the circuit.

@ballistic90 Such is life unfortunately and certainly nothing to be embarrassed about. On the plus side though, the games will always be there for when you do get a chance tho play them, even if Zelda is trying to take most of your time

@ballistic90 during June when arms launched I think cave story+ and that cars game are coming out in North America. In Japan the mana collection and some "typically" Japanese only platformer I'm not very familiar with.

@Freek It's fine to talk about anything, I was just poking fun.

Yeah, momentum will be the hard part. Keeping up with demand is hard now, but it's going to be even more difficult for the holidays. It will be a tough first year, but the payoff should be worth it!

@Funky_Kong I would say definitely held back by stock. These numbers could have possibly been nearly doubled if the stock existed for it. During mid March, there were likely hundreds of thousands of BotW copies languishing on the shelves, waiting for the restock in late March. I took pictures at my local Best Buy at the time, over 50 copies sat there for most of the month. Multiply that by however many big box stores where that happened, and you have some lost momentum. Textbook case of red light, green light. (Edit: UGH lots of edits)

I'm still slightly concerned. The Wii was a very popular system too, but then the shovel ware came out, 3rd parties kind of left it and eventually, so did many people that owned it (many and many Used Wii's everywhere to be found). Hopefully, and I mean I really honestly hope, nintendo doesn't just advertise their own games and leave the 3rd parties to figure it out for themselves, it's what has given them the bad relations with 3rd parties to begin with. And, even if the system is a top seller, doesn't mean that every company will port or make a game for it...especially if it doesn't sell.

I want nintendo to succeed, only then will I buy a Switch (especially since I sold my Wii and was hugely disappointed with the Wii U). I'd like to see a bunch of exclusives that aren't just nintendo's brand...exclusives from Sega (Billy Hatcher 2 maybe, a new Super Monkey Ball, exclusive Sonic titles that aren't Boom), EA, UBISOFT, and more...but I also don't want to see nothing but the kid-friendly cartoony games, but also some sports titles that aren't the cartoony titles too. I guess, I'm hoping for a nintendo console like the NES, Super NES and Gamecube, but I still doubt I'll get that. I guess I'll still wait to see what nintendo has up their sleeves for the Switch, but I'm still not 100% or even close to that, on wanting to purchase one yet, and I've had and owned every nintendo console to date (even have the cursed Virtual Boy in my collection).

Also, I love all of the comments from the Sony and Microsoft haters. Don't know why everyone has to just like one company, but all of them ARE THE SAME. I'm not a microsoft fan, but since the PS3, I've loved the sony consoles too (namely just the PS3 and PS4 and PSP). And if people state about how bad sony and microsoft are...nintendo hasn't been the best either, and all three have made mistakes along the way...just like Sega and Atari did in the past. I still don't really see the 'war' thing, or even get it, but I'm glad nintendo is finding a system that puts them back on top (even if no-one can actually find one)...let's just hope nintendo doesn't mess up the console in the next few years, or we'll find plenty in the used section of stores.

@Agent721 lol I have seen too many real ones mate so sorry

@PlywoodStick It'll be like the Wii was over here in the US...it couldn't stay on a store shelf for a few minutes, and it was like that for over a year...just goes for how fast the console can be manufactured and shipped...and with the fact that many preorders weren't even filled yet, we could see the console's shelves empty for a while. I'm thinking next year around March, the console can be found in store shelves, other than that, I'll be waiting until then, as long as they have a good E3.

@Rumncoke25 The only way it could fall, is if nintendo really messes it up with droughts and basically turning their backs on the 3rd party companies again. It's still an impressive first launch for nintendo and any game company, but again, it depends on lifetime sales too. Wii was very popular, and that fell after 2-3 years with the amount of shovel ware (which I still don't get, because what ever console is the highest selling, that one gets tons and tons of games...shovel ware included...hint: NES, Genesis, PS1, PS2 and the current PS4) The Switch is definitely going to be a hit, but if it continues will be another thing.

@ZurapiiYohane A Zelda game doesn't just sell the console. Twilight Princess released alongside the Gamecube, and the Gamecube wasn't a hit console. Also, PS4 didn't really have anything big releasing beside it, it was the hype for it and Sony's IP's that made it...Nintendo has the IP's, and since many still had no idea what the Wii U was, they were waiting for this, some still thinking the Wii was the last console nintendo had.

@BezBot

No worries man! Cheers to continued Nintendo success!

Funny how people keep insisting that "we've seen this before, but it doesn't mean anything unless they can keep it up" when the entire article is about how we've literally never seen anything like this before.

Surely the number 1 of all time is the PS2, not the PS4.

@JLPick I think you might have that a bit wrong. Twilight Princess was released on the GameCube, but also on the Wii when it launched. The GameCube was at the end of its life when Twilight Princess released. Wind waker was the GameCube's Zelda.

@Sourcecode Yeah, Sony was sneaky in that regard. They didn't have to account for all the accessories and newfangled tech that the NS uses, either...

@GameOtaku "How can one make money if you don't sell?"

In case you skipped the article, they're selling craptons. The reason you can't find one in stores is BECAUSE they're selling so well. Higher numbers in the first month than either the PS4 or Xbox One had to deal with.

great news! and with more great games lined up for the rest of this year I think they will keep good momentum. (returns to playing splatoon)

@MadAdam81 Nope, PS2 is the biggest selling console ever but PS4 is the fastest selling console. Might it outsell the PS2? Probably not, the market is very different than it was 15 years ago. But Sony does know how to market a console (PS3 launch excluded).

@TeslaChippie
The reason you can't find one in stores is because they have once again failed to keep up with customer demand much like the NES mini. Yeah if you sell out X amount that you made its great but it's the plan after that they struggle with. In this age of manufacturing spitting out units like the switch should be a fairly simple task. Have workers work overtime 7 days a week for a month or so (I've done it before not fun but have to make the company money) and you have products. You forget one of the biggest reasons it's selling so well is because of Zelda. To me it and I am Setsuna are the only reasons to own a switch at the current time (although plans for Setsuna to come to vita in the states are in the works so really only Zelda).

@subpopz
Let's spread the LOVE of Nintendo Switch to Nintendoomers.
All they need is just a LOVE.
Let's touch their Frozen Heart.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Don't worry.
I will keep praying and supporting for Nintendo.
This time for Nintendo Switch become a Viral.

Launch sales are great, let's see what happens in the future. It will be a success in USA anyway whatever happens, let's see if EU comes good

These numbers are going to stay strong for at least the first year. BOTW started it out strong right out of the gate. Mario Kart 8D is going to continue the trend, bringing in new players and converting some from Wii U. Arms... Let's see what Arms will do, that will be an interesting one to watch. Then Splatoon comes out and that is going to be huge. This is going to be a good year.

@GameOtaku Except they can only make them so fast. The factories have physical limits, dude. Nintendo can't do anything about the Switch selling faster than they can make them.

Thats all nice and all and they create some momentum. I will be happy when the sales translate to some epic game announcements from 3d parties. Till then lets wait and see.

I am actually very impressed by how many consoles they produce right now.

Every successful console is usually sold out and hard to get after launch. The fact that Nintendo Switch sells so much shows that they had an very high amount of stock.

Now let's keep in mind that they released the Switch on all big markets at the same time, that is very unusual.
So they not only produced more units than were available for most, if not all, other consoles in history on each market, they also managed to pulled that off on all markets simultaneously.

@GameOtaku If the NES mini wasn't a bewildering runaway success then Nintendo would have been able to make more Switches. But both are far more popular and successful than intended dared to dream. Nobody thought the Switch would sell what it has, Nintendo had no reason to make more initially, and has already ramped up production.

@PlywoodStick Call me when Sony have two systems that move over 3 million EACH in one month. Go check out Wii and the DS sales December 2009 in the U.S.

@Malakai Yeah, that was during the growth phenomenon time period. Nothing grows forever, everything has limits to growth. Even Nintendo themselves aren't going to match that again any time soon.

Bravo.

@Alikan exactly I got a ps4 only for uncharted

This is a good sign, but I think it's WAY too early to be celebrating. I still can't see it doing well here in the UK.

The TV adverts are nice. I don't watch TV, but I put it on sometimes in the background while I'm cooking and I've noticed them. I think it's going to need more 'killer apps' to win over the general public.

There's still no Switch sections in Tesco or ASDA or anywhere other than GAME from what I've seen... and even then it's just taken over the tiny Wii U section. Not that there are even many games to fill any shelves yet.

Wait and see. E3 needs to be big for Nintendo this year. They need to show us exactly what they've been working on while they've been practically silent these past couple years.

I just don't get it? Why are so many people buying a console that's inferior to the Wii U?

@TeslaChippie Nintendo just gotta make its workers work 10 days a week 34 hours a day for a year or so then there'll be plenty of Switches for everyone. Or something.

But seriously, I get that there are stock shortages in the US, and this is a problem. But Nintendo has at least manufactured enough units to break all its previous launch records, and all signs point to massively increased production targets from then on. Unlike the NES Mini, I don't think it can be argued that the handling of the Switch has any embarrassing oversights.

@Moon well all Asda here & Tesco both have swith sections. A lot of places here already sold out mario kart first batch. I managed grab a neon one from Argos but grey still sold out everywhere & even neon is tough to find.

@Moon well the Asda and Tesco in my area do have a section, but I guess every store is different. I think places like Smyths and Toys R Us are more important than supermarkets

@Anguspuss Fair enough! I'd love it if my local supermarkets stocked Nintendo stuff, that would save me a lot of mishing. Argos do, but you have to order online and then they'll send one to the store for collection. Might as well just order from Amazon or Nintendo.

@gortsi I'd say supermarkets are probably more important as they're everywhere and a lot more accessible. I don't have a Smyths or Toys R Us anywhere near me and even if I did, it would be much easier to just nip down Tesco's!

Good to hear that you're both finding supermarkets stocking Nintendo again, though. I wonder why there's none in the ones near me? Strange.

And what system had the highest launch ever?

@JHDK it must be Donald Trump's doing. we are gonna win so much we will be tired of winning

@RainbowGazelle huh?

@Moon I don't really understand them, the local tesco extra used to stock both Wii U and 3DS, then for a time they didn't, and they started again last summer, while also expanding it just a little with the new Switch stuff. They don't stock toys to life anymore so that's where they got the extra space from

@JLPick buy the system and then support the serious efforts. I did with wii and wii u but most people did not. My efforts were in vain.

@RainbowGazelle
It's very clear if Switch >>> Wii U.
Don't you ever hate that little sibling Nintendo Switch.

@Moon From my retail working parent.

Sainsburys has them but only in the largest stores due to space.

So glad I pre-ordered

@RainbowGazelle Maybe because its actually superior to the Wii U? Hmm... I wonder...

@Marios-love-child That's unfortunately the only way to guarantee getting anything popular these days. But yeah, I'm glad I did too!

@GameOtaku A simple matter of making the workers put in a little overtime, eh? Dude, the companies that actually manufacture the Switch (it's not Nintendo) have been known to literally work their workers to death. 12-hour days, six days a week, are standard operating procedure at Foxconn. They've had so many problems with human workers breaking under the pressure that they've recently decided to replace some 30 thousand workers with robots by 2020. Whatever the bottleneck is in Switch production, I guarantee it's NOT a matter of making people work overtime, and there is no magical quick fix for it.

@ZurapiiYohane don't troll won't work.by you're comment you seem butt hurt

@RainbowGazelle the Switch literally is graphically superior, can be taken anywhere, has a fantastic line-up of games coming out for it, and has an asthetic appeal to mainstream consumers. How is the Switch inferior to the Wii U?

@RainbowGazelle butt hurt you are,the force is strong with the switch

@Spoony_Tech
I know they're restocking for MK8, I just don't know how many.

Gamestop put up Bundles releasing May 5th with Zelda, season pass, MK8 and a 128gb microSD. I had another coworker decide to buy one. He preordered this bundle.

So I expect other retailers to get stock next Friday or the one following (Since that's when this bundle releases)

I'm curious to eventually see worldwide figures that include digital sales.

@PlywoodStick Does it even matter that Nintendo won't match Dec 2009? It is something that Nintendo did and Sony didn't. Does it even matter that Sony sold 1 million during a freaking well known shopping holiday in the U.S.?

@Malakai Considering the Wii and DS already had (very good) libraries and substantial install bases and momentum by December 2009, while the PS4 had almost nothing of note and obviously no previous install base or momentum in it's first month... Yes, the records are significant for that. The PS4 sold consoles mostly based on the brand and promise of future titles, and it didn't even have a great launch lineup like the US Dreamcast.

And you're trying to make a point about Sony holiday sales... When Nintendo's record is also during holiday sales. That's just silly.

@Danpal65 I found out I goofed after I submitted the response. Forgot the Gamecube launched with Luigi's Mansion, and the Twilight Princess game was part of the ending of Gamecube and beginning of Wii...my fault, guess I shouldn't work too many hours without coffee in my system, as my head seems to be in a 'sleep' mode!!!!

@Anti-Matter @Slim1999 @ThatNyteDaez @Alikan I think the best thing about @RainbowGazelle 's comment is that during the Wii U era, he was one of the people writing patronising "Dear Nintendo..." comments under every article explaining how Nintendo deserved their poor sales on account of not following his awesome advice. Him and certain other users would be rubbing the Wii U's face into the mud at every opportunity, but now there's a new kid of the block to spew edgy-angst-venom all over, the Wii U the suddenly has become the pinnacle of human achievement, and its lifespan upgraded from Dark Age to the Golden Age of Nintendo in an instant.

It's hilarious what happens to people who've staked their entire identities on the 'Nintendoomed' mantra when the company enjoys some success. They kind of malfunction a little bit.

After such a long period of being able to turn up and say "Ha, that's what you get for not doing what I said, stupid Nintendo!", they're suddenly stripped of their entire "I know better than you" existence. Instead, we just get some feeble comments about how it's weird that the Switch is selling better than a console whose entire lifecycle they spend berating ad nauseam.

Last gen, Nintendo was the company whose 'angry dad' everyone wanted to be; constantly berating it, and telling it it was stupid for not following their advice. Now it seems to be doing okay on its own two feet, people are like, "Hey, wait, come back, son! You're undermining my dad complex! I never wanted success for you! I just wanted to tell you how inferior and stupid you were! Is that too much to ask!?".

It's funny.

@Maxz RainbowGazelle isn't a Nintendoomer. (I'm starting to hate that overused term...) He has some... interesting likes and dislikes, but I think you're going way overboard there.

@RainbowGazelle Because it is better than the Wii U.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Nah, A year should be a better roadmap.

Wow! Really hope they keep up good momentum. I feel like they will be getting good Japanese 3rd party support just like the 3ds which is awesome.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Make it 4 months. The 3rd quarter has nothing from Nintendo announced beyond Spla2n, which was delayed by a month for all intents and purposes. (Spla2n should have coincided with E3 hype, and ARMS is also arriving a month late, since May is devoid of Nintendo releases.)

If that's taken into consideration, there's otherwise zero games from Nintendo confirmed for a 3rd quarter release thus far. From a momentum perspective, it's a big, huge red light leading up to an equally large green light in 4th quarter. There's going to be some major traffic jams... They're relying too much on 3rd parties to handle lulls in the release schedule again. But hey, at least that's when the online service finally gets up and running...

Don't underestimate the sacrificial lamb that is BotW. The MK8D sales should be very good, too.

@PlywoodStick It's definitely an overused term, so I'll try to be a bit more restrained with its use.

And perhaps I am being a bit OTT, but there's definitely a phenomenon of people who derided the Wii U as symptomatic of everything wrong with Nintendo during its lifecycle completely changing their tune on the console after the launch of the Switch, which is vaguely amusing to watch.

@PlywoodStick And you are making comparisons to throw shade at Nintendo. Look up the term seasonality. Then we can talk. The Switch just had the second best launch ever in the U.S. in terms of hardware sales.

@Maxz More like more amusing than it should be. Psychology is a curious thing... Absense makes the heart grow fonder, I guess?

@Malakai

@Moon could be due to lack of stock, As I know asda here have struggled get stock from cnsoles games & accecories as well

Breath of the Wild is a hell of a drug.

@BLP_Software "while I make my game."

https://media.giphy.com/media/Fml0fgAxVx1eM/giphy.gif

@westman98 @Slim1999 @Alikan @ThatNyteDaez I personally feel that dual-screen gaming had more potential than the Switch, which is just portable. Look at Zelda; Nintendo had to remove features so the Wii U version wouldn't be superior. Of course the Switch is far superior graphically, but I was far more excited at the Wii U's potential, than the Switch's.

@Maxz I've always loved the Wii U, and still do. Yes, I disagreed with a lot of Nintendo's actions, but I never berated the console. I think it's a great console with massive missed potential. I know a lot of people did hate the Wii U, but I wasn't one of them.

@PlywoodStick Thank you. I'm aware most of my gaming tastes don't match up other Nintendo fans at all.

@Captain_Toad Ya, a year will give us a much better picture but we may see a pattern starting to emerge in a few months time. It'll do well in Japan but then it's much more geared towards that region.

@RainbowGazelle I'm sorry that Breath of the Wild was reprioritized for Switch rather than the Wii U which it was originally designed for. Nintendo had to do it to generate buzz for the Switch and profit for the company. If Zelda BOTW was amazing on Wii U, then the Wii U owners would be happy and drop their 60 bucks to play one of the best games ever made. Then, Nintendo would never make another console and go 3rd party, then never produce another landmark amazing game and only get by selling super mario 3 on the xbox and ps store for $5 a pop. Think of every bomb Sega has made since going 3rd party. Link and Mario would be condemned to a future of sub-par cashgrabs that nobody enjoys. The Wii U player base had to be burned like this so that Nintendo could re-enter the mainstream and recapture their fire/profit margins.

@gatorboi352 Whats wrong with making games sunshine?

too bad the switch is 548.12 dollars in mexico, ridiculous

@RainbowGazelle I don't really know any games that used the GamePad in a truly worthwhile and creative manner other than Nintendo Land. It was either added just to add it like in SM3DW or just generally practical like in Mario Maker which the 3DS and Switch can replicate. Then there are the games where it's a distraction from the main screen like Mario Kart or Pikmin. Not to mention the games and apps that force you to use the GamePad when you don't want to or give certain players advantages.
The GamePad seemed useful at first but it doesn't really seem that way in practice. (It's good for the browser though.)

Cool.

Move along now, that's all I have to say.

@RainbowGazelle
Dual Screen is one of wonderful gaming experience.
But, Switch is back to Single screen, same like before Wii U and NDS.
Just because it returns to Single screen again it doesn't mean it is not Worthed.
What are you expecting next ? Triple Screen instead Dual Screen ? More confusion ?

@BLP_Software nothing. If you're someone who actually makes games. And i know for fact you don't.

@electrolite77 Context from the earlier sentence. Spla2n should have coincided with E3 hype (in June), and ARMS is also arriving a month late, since May is devoid of Nintendo releases. As is it, Spla2n is July 21, right at the beginning of Q3, then what for August and September?

@Paddle1 That's exactly what I used to complain about during the Wii U era. Nintendo didn't do enough with it; therfore missed potential. Although they did more than you suggest. I think Nintendo Land, Super Mario Maker, Splatoon, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and Project Zero 5 all made good use of it.
Also, some third parties tried; Ubisoft made Zombi U, and Darksiders 2 and Batman Arkham City attempted interesting stuff with their ports. Even Warner Bros. gave each player a separate screen when playing Lego games on 2 player mode. And Terraria is an overlooked gem on Wii U; it had an absolutely fantastic port that made tonnes of use of the gamepad.
It was often the little things like having a map on the gamepad which made me feel more part of the game world.

@gatorboi352 Please tell me how you know I dont.

@westman98 Are there any reasons to believe that the 225,000 or so sales are exclusively for Super Bomberman R? We don't have confirmed information and knowing how well the game did is kind of important for the franchise's future.

I like this, obviously, but again consider: It's the launch month; of course it's going to be awesome. Even the Wii U did pretty well its first month. The next half-year will be the true barometer.

@astarisborn94
I think at least half of those 225,000 come from SBR, which is a pretty good sales figure for the franchise.

Awesome! The Switchening boosted much needed hardware sales to the games industry. Now they just need to keep the ball rolling, more hardware production and more software releases.

I am failing to understand how this can be spun as negative or meaning nothing, but apparently it can...who knew?

I hope Nintendo's success continues!

@westman98 I misread what you said. I thought you said all 225,000 copies, not 112,500. In that case, I can certainly see that being the case.

If Super Bomberman R sells 300,000 copies, that's a good sign we'll see more games in the future.

Great news! I can't see why Switch wouldn't sell. It's a high end portable device that docks to your TV - who wouldn't want that???

Having said that I'm waiting for the obligatory upgrade to Tegra X2 in two years time.

Ghost Recon at #1? Mass Effect @3? Those games are "meh" at best.

What a time to be a nintendo fan. Nintendo knew they had a winner with the Switch. Can't believe how some folks were complaining for all 2016 because Nintendo was quite and releasing fewer games. Can you see now they were putting all their effords on Switch? It wasn't that hard to figured out.

By the way, in 2 months SLIGY will say "Come back to me on holiday" and then "Come back to me next year" It will be easier to just face the reality, sell that old wii u and buy a Switch already.

Nintendo can thank Eiji Aonuma and his brilliant team for saving the company's collective ass.

I just hope this means Nintendo will start making the handheld style games for Switch and retire 3DS next year.