Switch and Nintendo Systems Dominated US Hardware Sales in October

Good for Nintendo!

Nice.

Doomed!

Absolutely killing it! Fantastic 2018 for Nintendo

Let's see the doom and gloomers try and spin this.

I'm glad Nintendo's doing so well. Almost all of my Nintendo-fan friends in real life have picked up a Switch so I'm seeing the effects of this!

I'm always happy to see Nintendo with positive sales numbers.

I alone account for an embarrassingly large number of Switch software sales. Who needs mortgage or food money anyway, right?

Bravo! I tend to shy away from articles like this, but this month raised my eyebrow!

The parade of great news continues unabated for Nintendo fans. And this is because most video game consumers realize what a great value it is to own a console you can play at home AND on the go.

You combine this killer application with two GOTY nominees, and well, you get Nintendomination.

Why are people surprised?

The US is Nintendoland*

*(but with an active Miiverse)

To me having Super Mario Odyssey and Breath of the Wild makes the Switch the system to get this holiday season! I think it will easily outsell its competitors and really I feel like most kids are going to want a Switch underneath their Christmas tree this holiday.

"in other words at least 666,000 Nintendo units were sold."

666,000 units.
Insane sales for their newest console.
Two first-party exclusives in the running for GOTY.
DOOM being ported to the system.

Anyone else feel like Nintendo made a deal with a... certain someone?

@Ralizah Bethesda?

@Ralizah I will admit I wondered about that as soon as I saw the amount of units sold. That number is a little too convenient for there not to be something mysterious going on!

@Ralizah @AlphaElite Bravo, both of you. I like when an easy target for a joke starts off as very funny.

@Ralizah @AlphaElite

Yeah whatever, certain esteemed members of the site already said as much:

SLIGEACH_EIRE, Sun 15th Jan 2017
"Mark my words, frame this. Switch will fail. I called it with the Wii U before it launched and unfortunately I was right. I bought the Wii U day 1 and own nearly everything there is to own. Bought all the major games on launch day too. There is so much wrong with this. Nintendo haven't learned."

Yasume Fri 14th Apr 2017
"This doesn't mean squat. The system has been purchased by all Nintendo fanboys now. The real challenge lies in the upcoming months, because they have to attract the casual crowd and gamers who play on other platforms. Looking at the droughts and upcoming games this year, I'm conviced that they can't make that happen. Ergo sales will plummet."

gatorboi352 Thu 5th Oct 2017
"I think this has already happened. There's more switches rotting on store shelves in my area than i care to count.
It's going to be an ugly day (spoiler alert: next spring) when Switch sales fall off a cliff. Once anyone who wants one (around 30 million lifetime) gets a switch, Nintendo will be left scrambling once again.
Gotta see the forest for the trees though. And a forest fire appears on the horizon."

Menchi187 Mon 29th May 2017
"The Switch only has 3 large sales pushes in it's first year since it has no top tier 3rd party support that we know of. Zelda/launch, which we've already had and saw it went well. Splatoon 2 will probably be the next decent sized push, many people are probably holding off because they could get Zelda on Wii U but not Splatoon 2. Then Mario/Christmas which will be a big one. Everything outside that and I'd be surprised if the big numbers come in because there are no games. Maybe it'll be the Wii, casual gamers buy it, play for a week, realize there is nothing for them to play for a 6 months and let it gather gust until a house party happens.
I'd say 8-10mil by the end of calender [sic] 2017 but with what we know of Nintendo's current plans, it could fall apart very quickly outside of a few key periods."

Mahe 2:44pm
"NS sales are weak and they're about to get weaker. The NS game lineup is total garbage. Enjoy."

Quorthon Fri 29th Jan 2016
"The safe prediction is that the NX will sell worse than the Wii U unless it happens to stumble upon some kind of fad-heavy success like the Wii. Since the NX will be launching mid-generation against two competitors when they will be entering their strongest phase, the NX is all but guaranteed to stumble and/or fail. No console launched mid-generation has ever performed well."

Meanwhile at Capcom's Nintendo Switch Game & Development department...

Meanwhile at Namco

@gortsi ha ha. Wish i saved all them posts with people predicting total failure.

I openly said after the reveal I was worried about the price and lack of software @ launch. Nintendo convinced me one month after release that this thing was gonna be a huge success

@gortsi

Don't you love it? All these know-it-alls, who clearly don't know much, stand up and shout nonsense, blinded to the quality, and high desirability of the Switch. TRULY LAUGHABLE.

Great post from you to show how wrong they are, but I'm sure the nonsensical arguments as to why they're still correct, will somehow, someway, still materialize.

The success of the Switch and the SNES Classic has pushed total hardware sales in the US in October to over 1 million units, with Nintendo hardware accounting for 2/3rds of all hardware sold.

This means Nintendo sold at least 667,000 units of hardware last month.

@GrailUK @GC-161 Imagine EA now...

(Bandai Namco does more on the Switch than Capcom btw)

Doomed! Dead on arrival!

(OK, I will stop doing this after the 1st anniversary results. So glad to see Nintendo cutting through after all the negativity last January)

@kobashi100 Even if you saved them be aware that they often edit them post-factum just so they can say "see, I told you so!" Everyone was worried before launch I think. What's amazing is that these hot takes have never stopped.

@Agent721 I do indeed, there's so much comedy material that we could be laughing for about a decade. But like you said, they're like the gift that keeps on giving!

2017 has been an extremely swell year for Nintendo. I hope 2018 is even better!

@Rayquaza2510 My gif was more poking fun at them saying they were a little slow on the uptake. Hmmm...how would EA react to this news...

@Rayquaza2510 It's amazing to me that Bethesda & Rockstar, two companies that had traditionally stayed away from Nintendo platforms, had more faith in the Switch than freakin' Capcom. A company that avoided going belly-up thanks to all the money they made on the 3DS over an entire generation.

They're not even going to localize MonHun XX for the West.

In other news EA is keeping tabs on the number of wallets...erm...I mean consumers buying a Switch.

@Mahe 7 hours ago: "NS sales are weak and they're about to get weaker. The NS game lineup is total garbage. Enjoy."

^ Lol.

Oh man get your roasting hands out @GrailUK its time to roast some people.

mmmmMMMMM BOI were you guys wrong!

Now, what was that about PushSquare pushing the narrative that no one wants console games on the go? Something something the Vita proved it? Can't hear you over the sound of money.

@GC-161 Capcom's refusal to put the Mega Man or Disney ollections on Switch is absolute nonsense.

@gortsi haha what an awesome post! Revealing the 2-bit douche bags of the internet lol it's cringe when I'd see these posts like they had inside info on Nintendos sales lmao slags or whateva his name was I just had to block, I'm all for opinions but when someone is so blinded by their own made up bs I just block it lol there are also early reviewers saying the same thing and man do they look like morons!

@yuwarite Oh wow, how did I miss this pearl of wisdom? Adding it to the lineup asap!

@gortsi
I'd love to see your list of shame and denial after the year is over

I must say that 2017 has been my favourite gaming year as a long term Nintendo fan (since the NES days). I was always going to get a Switch but I have truly been impressed by the hardware and the games lineup. I have around 50 games on my home screen and always chuckle when people claim it has no games.

In my close circle of family, friends and colleagues at work I used to be alone owning a Wii U. I know of eleven other Switch owners in the same group.

Personally I see the mid-30s, professionals as a huge market for the Switch. Many of us want to play games but life, work, kids etc... make it too difficult to stay in front of the TV for hours. I say this as someone currently on a commute train with a copy of Doom as I head home; less enlighten commuters appear to be playing CandyCrush. Oh well..

@JamesR That too.

Its like the guy in charge of Capcom wants to follow Konami into the land of irrelevance*

*To be fair, even Konami had something for Switch (Bomberman) and it continues to support that launch game to this day.

@westman98 Haha don't worry I think they will be moving the goal posts pretty soon. Just wait until the inevitable "Game x or y is skipping the Switch" article or something similarly negative to see them crawl out of their caves to enlighten us NDForcers.

Triple A? More like triple pay!

@Dpishere Those would be some fine kids their parents would be raising! No lumps of coal for them!

All the marketing showing young adults playing the switch instead of young kids really has paid off for Nintendo

@gortsi you’re crazy! But....well done

@JamesR me too. I was long due a new gaming system and I’m a long term N fan. I figured that even if I had Mario kart and Zelda I would be happy.....right now, as a gamer....I’m over joyed

I’m trying to get a Switch before the holidays. I bet there will be none to be found on shelves after Christmas.

I know it is selling well because I venture into a few stores often and while they have a steady stream of stock for Switches, it is constant being sold. Walk in 1 day see 6 sitting on the shelf, walk in 2 days later and empty. It's a repeating pattern for about a month and with Christmas coming up I'm guessing we will see steady sales for another few months at least

I will be getting a Switch in a few years, hopefully when they do a portable only model that does not use the Dock.

Getting a PS4 this year so I can finally play all the games that have skipped over the Xbox One.

But congrats to Nintendo for their success. I love my 3DS, and I love it when Nintendo does well. People don't want to admit it, but Nintendo brings out the best in Sony and Microsoft.

@JHDK lolz . True that

@Caryslan you can play it portably now, utterly and completely. Charge it using a big battery pack . Never needs to touch the dock. Buy one you dingus. Ps4 is so lame.

@gortsi troll lol. Always something crap to say.

@YummyHappyPills Sony simply does not want to admit that they screwed up with the Vita and caused it to fail. The PSP was an awesome handheld back in its day, and in some cases is arguably better than the DS in some aspects.

It was also impressive, and having a handheld that could play PS2-level games on the go was nothing short of awesome. I owned one, and it was one of my most played handhelds of all time.

The Vita should have done better. All the key ingredients were there, including powerful hardware that could PS3 level graphics, twin sticks on the system, BC with PSP games, and some decent game in the first year or two.

But while Nintendo stubbornly supported the Wii U even as that ship sank, Sony threw their arms up with the Vita and left it to die.

Sony never supported it, and it failed. It was not because of mobile gaming or any of that BS.

People bought the 3DS despite mobile gaming booming, so that's not the reason.

The Vita should have sold at least 30 to 40 million units this generation. Its failure is on Sony alone because they simply did not give it the support it deserved.

The Vita is the most impressive handheld ever made from a hardware standpoint. With the right games, it would have sold millions of units. Sony simply tossed it to the side and focused their efforts on the PS4.

Nintendo doing swell. I like it!

@gortsi
(Looked at post #17 about Switch hater)
Hahaha.....
Haters gonna haters.
Now, they will eat their words.
I believe they might disbelieve with Switch's success.

@gortsi - There’s a long running TV show in the US called COPS. Not sure if this is done elsewhere in the world, but it was basically reality TV before reality TV. Camera crews follow police officers around while they do their jobs. Except, they always go to the worst locations to film, where most of the calls are basically family members trying to murder each other over something crazy like the last Budweiser or a $5 winning scratch off ticket. Strangely, whenever I see an episode, I get a deep sense of calm about my own life. I got the exact same feeling seeing that lineup in your original post. While it’s clear to us, it must be stated, for the sake of posterity, that all these predictions were made on a Nintendo fan site where people around the world gather to read and discuss topics about a product that brings them happiness.

Btw....
I will buy Nintendo Switch on December 2017.
Probably early December (3rd Dec 2017) or Late December (31st Dec 2017)

This has been my favourite year in gaming I think. Been a gamer since 1990. And this is my first ever Nintendo console. Loving it!

Excellent news overall. The Switch train just keeps moving and Odyssey being #1 despite being on the market for only 5 days in October. Amazing time to be a Switch owner and Nintendo fan.

@gortsi

Hahahaha! Look at all of those armchair analysts. Not surprising, I have all of those people on ignore.

@bimmy-lee Yeah I used to watch it on Fox when I was studying in the States! It's really inexplicable, like what will they even gain if the Switch fails? Will it give them great satisfaction if Nintendo goes under? It's clearly irrational, but must be documented for posterity's sake

@JHDK how many games and what do you have?

@gortsi - The best part about it, if the Switch was discontinued tomorrow; most of those statements are already wrong, doubly so if you had the original, pre edit numbers. It’s a great time to be a Nintendo fan. I’ve stayed with them through the wins and losses since the NES launched. I got it for Christmas and didn’t even know what it was. I’m sure there will be more commercial losses for them at some point, it’s inevitable, but I’ve never been disappointed by one of their products.

@Ralizah lol yeah but remember this accounts for the DS line, switch & plug and play systems. I suspect that it was at least 400,000 for Switch though.

@JSG87 Funny you should ask. I just started keeping track of when I buy all my games and for how much. Before October 14th (when I started keeping track) they are all listed by price, after that I list by date bought.

The numbers may be slightly off but it's a good enough record for me. Remember, I already said it's an embarrassingly large number. I wasn't joking.

Bought on 3.3.17

Hardware

Switch - $320
SD Card - $45
Case 1 - $10
Case 2 - $13
Mumba Shell - $16

Software

Physical Games

Zelda BotW - $60
Mario Kart 8 - $53
FIFA 18 - $53

Digital Games

Kamiko - $4.99
ACA Metal Slug - $7.99
ACA Turf Masters - $7.99
World of Goo - $9.99
Mighty Gunvolt Burst - $9.99
Lichtspeer - $9.99
Gonner - $9.99
Blaster Master Zero - $9.99
Implosion - $11.99
Graceful Explosion Machine - $12.99
Mr. Shifty - $14.99
Oceanhorn - $14.99
Phantom Trigger - $14.99
Kingdom: New Lands - $14.99
Infinite Minigolf - $14.99
Stardew Valley - $14.99
Golf Story - $14.99
Sonic Mania - $19.99
Snake Pass - $19.99
Fast RMX - $19.99
Shantae: Half Genie Hero - $19.99
SteamWorld Dig 2 - $19.99
Oxenfree - $19.99
NBA Playgrounds - $19.99
Cave Story - $29.99
Minecraft - $29.99
Namco Museum - $29.99
Puyo Puyo Tetris - $39.99
The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ - $39.99
Lego City Undercover - $49.99
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle - $59.99
NBA 2k18 - $59.99

$756.71 Total games as of 10.14.17

Hardware
11.11.17 SD Card #2 - $32

Software

Physical Games
10.27.17 Super Mario Odyssey - $52
11.10.17 DOOM - $52
11.14.17 LA Noire - $45

Digital Games

10.17.17 Rogue Trooper Redux - $24.99
10.20.17 The Flame in the Flood - $14.99
10.21.17 Fire Emblem Warriors - $59.99
10.23.17 Elliot Quest - $9.99

11.3.17 Morphite - $14.99
11.10.17 Cat Quest - $12.99
11.14.17 Rocket League - $19.99
11.16.17 Batman: The Telltale Series - $39.99

@Anti-Matter That's...quite specific.

@yuwarite Haha glad someone noticed that. He sent it in reply to me earlier today but it was under an article from last week's download update so I didn't think anyone would notice. His original message was "enjoy your total garbage" , that's what I got in my email notification but he later edited to the message in your comment. He's comes across as a right bitter one that Mahe,he's more active at Pushsquare these days but the vast majority of his comments are Switch related. The release of MK8D was a right sore point for him.

@JHDK If you're not out of money, I recommend adding Pan-Pan to your collection. It's only $5, and while you can finish it in one evening, it will be a delightfully charming evening, and your backlog won't grow.

@JimmySpades Good call. I had my eye on that one but I guess it got lost in the shuffle at some point. The $5 Kamiko was a fantastic buy and if Pan-Pan is anywhere near as good it will be well worth it to me.

@JHDK

Holy crap. That's a tonne of games and I thought I had loads when I actually have 27? Games 🤣

@JamesR
Yeah that’s true I know a lot of my buddies who have one as well... honestly any Professional geek would probably get one so that he/she can play at will instead of having to have a “set time” to play

@JHDK
Dam son!! 😳 honestly if I could I probably would get about half of those games! 😜

@JHDK I'd also highly recommend adding Wonderboy The Dragons Trap to your collection,especially now it's received a 30% discount. A timeless classic and the new graphics really pop on the Switch screen.

I'm not even going to attempt to add up how much I've spent on Switch,it might alarm me enough that I start to behave sensibly. I only bought the console in July and I'm already up to 55 games. That's 3 more than my entire Wii U collection.

I've still to add Skyrim, LA Noire and soon Xenoblade 2 to my collection as well as Golf Story, Steamworld Dig 2 and numerous others on my wishlist. Then there is the Neo Geo games which I can mostly never resist, the Psikyo and Irem shooters that are on the way, and no doubt a few others that we don't even know about yet. All those should take me past 70 games by the end of the year. Goodness knows how many games I'll have by the end of next year.

@OorWullie For some reason that one doesn't appeal to me. I like the "hand-drawn" art style in some instances...like Shantae, but wasn't feeling it with Wonderboy. Thanks for the recommend though, always happy to hear about ones that may have slipped through the cracks.

It's been a good year! But I'm still upset about the voice chat set up and games supporting it! And the monster hunter nonsense!

@gortsi Haha epic response mate, especially calling out the usual suspects, with a highly elevated opinion of themselves.

I have to admit Nintendo has done a great job with the game catalog so far reading other member’s game list is evidence that the switch’s catalog is a success so far.
I myself have 5 physical games and Wonderboy.

@gortsi Nice...I remember when there was a guy on here called Quorthon, he fitted in quite well with them, although what those guys would say in 50 words he would say in 22,000, with formatting as well. It was a case of if you see anything with loads of bold and italic, scroll faster.

@GrailUK Namco? You should have said EA.

Man Wolfenstein II didn't do too well and GT Sport really struggled

I wonder what Michael Pachter has to say about this 🙄

@WiltonRoots hahahaha, oh man I made the mistake to look him up, so many prophecies that went unfulfilled (he hasn't posted since 2016). Here's one of my favorites, although I didn't read too many, you 're right his were diatribes compared to the flashy twitter-like takes of slig and the gang:
"The success of the Wii was a fluke, based entirely around a successfully timed fad and nothing else. The DS was likewise a fad. The evidence of this can be seen in the sales of the Wii U and 3DS--which aren't just way lower than the Wii and DS, but are actually lower than the GameCube and GBA, themselves lower than their predecessors, going back to a history of Nintendo selling lower and lower with each new generation.
The safe prediction is that the NX will sell worse than the Wii U unless it happens to stumble upon some kind of fad-heavy success like the Wii. Since the NX will be launching mid-generation against two competitors when they will be entering their strongest phase, the NX is all but guaranteed to stumble and/or fail. No console launched mid-generation has ever performed well."

Fads. Fads everywhere.

@Hordak didn't pachter predict the switch would do really well. Sure he did

His prediction basically went “If it starts off good it will do good. If it starts bad it will do bad.” Not really a prediction. That’s the equivalent of saying “If it’s extremely hot today, I’ll be hot. If it’s extremely cold today, I’ll be cold.”

This was the most enjoyable comment section read in a long time. Well done NL community!

@gortsi

The revenge is ready.

XD

Nintendo kicking dat azz like a G! 👊🏻😎 Don't hate the playa, hate the game maka! 😌

@Ralizah You mean Nintendo made a deal with this guy? "Uh, spoiler alert!" 😈

October was a savage month for Nintendo, but November is going to be even better. With holiday purchasing starting and a legion of hot games out in the last couple of months, their sales are going to be insane.

And good for them. I love my Switch like I love very few devices. In eight months I've bought almost two dozen games for the Switch, which is more than I've bought for any other system in that timespan. And it's gotten better and better every month. We've come a long way, baby!

Nintendo now rules both Japan and the North American market.

"gatorboi352 Thu 5th Oct 2017
"I think this has already happened. There's more switches rotting on store shelves in my area than i care to count.
It's going to be an ugly day (spoiler alert: next spring) when Switch sales fall off a cliff. Once anyone who wants one (around 30 million lifetime) gets a switch, Nintendo will be left scrambling once again.
Gotta see the forest for the trees though. And a forest fire appears on the horizon."

Where is gatorboi?

Probably at home moving the goalposts again.

Who would have believed this a while ago..... Speechless. Speechless, Nintendo.

@gortsi Man don't go quoting Q he might re-emerge. Of all the guys I've known on here over the years he was something else. He is "he who shall not be named".

My poor PS4 has been streaming Netflix for the last 8 months while I lay in bed playing my switch in handheld, for any faults the switch has is made up for by the fact that we have a handheld pumping out graphics between PS3 and PS4 , it's damn amazing and until you hold one in your hands and play it words can't do it justice , hope they up the anty and release the switch 2 as a successor, but 2017/18 Nintendo has and will slay , . Screw all the haters , nintendo is back, Wii u lol, what along way we've come in a short time .

@KryptoKrunch "Hahahaha! Look at all of those armchair analysts. Not surprising, I have all of those people on ignore."

^^^ But how can you be looking at them if you have 'em on ignore, breh? 🤡

The Switch should sell close to 5 million units by the end of year in the US alone.

The Wii and GBA will be the only Nintendo consoles with better hardware sales than the Switch during their respective first 10 months on the market.

@rjejr He mentioned him and I shuddered. Dark times...dark times.

Here is the best part, Mario is number one and only on the switch. All the other high profile games of October (assassin's Creed Creed, Wolfenstein etc.) We're released on three systems with install bases 5 to 10 times that of the switch.... Let that sink in.

@Ralizah Monty Hall?

@gortsi wow. Stings! I'm so glad Nintendo is doing well. I was skeptical. Nintendo really let me down IMHO with Wii / Wii U. Wii and Wii u for me was amazing greatness mixed with some stupidity and a dash of regret.

I recently purchased the 2ds that I've been enjoying the heck out of, and last week got my switch. So far very very impressed. Have a few complaints / concerns with my switch, but it's 98% positive, and Oddesey is stunning.

I can't wait to see what Nintendo does in 2018.

@Brett_is_dead

Your statement is so true. Nintendo needs to keep demoing the system... Skeptical people will be turned by a hands on demo.

It's an impressive piece of kit... With AAA exclusive software. Very exciting time.

@JasmineDragon the attach rate for the switch is going to be insane... I have a software wish list of at least 20 games so far they I want to buy. I'm trying to be reasonable and responsible and only get 1-2 games a month.

sips tea

im waiting for the Switch haters

No but seriously, can't wait to get my switch!! been trying to get it since it was the NX.

@kobashi100 what finally got me excited was Oddesey and Doom. I was baffled by the SMO reveal videos, but I had to remember that Nintendo does not make bad Main line Mario games, then when the reviews and and game play video came in I was sold. Doom cemented the deal.

@Lord I think the MH crap will flip soon and the dev will do something great on switch for MH. If they like $ they will have too.

@gortsi it's funny, I see his logic and thinking, and it is true to a certain degree... But he is insisting that a fad is a bad thing when most would call it an innovation...

Wii u died for a number of reasons and bad decisions by N. But the switch owes much of it's success to the Wii U.

@GrailUK your Avatar begs the question... When can we expect a new monkey ball? I want a new monkey ball with a slower difficulty curve.

@JHDK dude, for real though, you need to stop buying games for the sake of buying games. I mean, heavy hitters yes that's ok, but i doubt you have time for all of those indies if you have all that money to spend. you're just blowing up your backlog, making the current game youre playing less enjoyable because you have so many other games you want to play.

@Danrenfroe2016 I...I...don't know

@gortsi
"The safe prediction is that the NX will sell worse than the Wii U unless it happens to stumble upon some kind of fad-heavy success like the Wii. Since the NX will be launching mid-generation against two competitors when they will be entering their strongest phase, the NX is all but guaranteed to stumble and/or fail. No console launched mid-generation has ever performed well."

Jesus Christ, that guy was way off. Probably the reason why he no longer posts on this site. Can't let reality hit you on the face that hard.

Even Switch deniers/goalpost-movers like Sligeach and Gatoboi believed that the Switch/NX was going to outsell the Wii U no matter what.

@rjejr Haha, to be fair it was @WiltonRoots that brought him to my attention, I wasn't even aware of him before. @SakuraHaruka Revenge is a dish best served cold!

@gortsi Probably the most liked comment on this site?

@gortsi Consider yourself lucky.

@YummyHappyPills So it wasn't just me then?

@GrailUK it's crazy but the switch is a perfect platform to evolve Super Monkey Ball I'm talking like and evolution in the vein of Super Mario Odyssey. Sega needs to get on the ball...

@rjejr No, us grumpy old men of NL remember all too well...

@gortsi Here's another from Mahe 35 minutes ago

"Both XXbone and NS will probably run out of steam sooner rather than later.
In the meantime, PS4 is heading strong into 2018, which looks like it will be its best year yet.
"Also surprised overall software sales are down this year. With all the great titles we’ve had?"
Remember, a lot of other systems are on the downswing. The original Xbone has slowed down while the fans waited for the XX. Vita and Wii U are even deader than last year, and NS isn't picking up the slack (just check how many NS games there are in the top 10). Even 2DS and 3DS are slowing down in the US, while they're doing better in Europe."

@YummyHappyPills Thanks, the delusion is strong with this one. Yo @Mahe, we want your hot takes over here bro, your predictions are always on poahahahahahahahahahahahaha

@YummyHappyPills Even more reason for people to stop invoking his name, just to be on the safe side.

@rjejr It's like Candyman. Say his name three times and the Switch will fail.

That's good for the Switch system.
Hope it will stay selling well. And I hope it will get more of the kinda games Vita gets. Those and Nintendo's own games, and I have all I personaly need.

@WiltonRoots @rjejr I know, wrong character, but still relevant.

Edit: Those were dark times indeed...

@WiltonRoots Well done on remembering Quorthon. I'd completely forgotten about him, but I'm not sure how, given what an epic troll he was.

Ha ha, Quorthon

They seek him here,
They seek him there,
Those policemen seek him everywhere,
Is he in heaven,
Or is he in hell,
It's that dam#ed illusive Sh - A - Dow

Going into November and December, I expect both XBO and PS4 to outsell the Switch during both months. Both consoles will be retailing at sub $200 during Black Friday, while the Switch won't have any discounts and will probably end up being supply-constrained during Black Friday week and Christmas week. That's not to mention the launch of the XBO X, which should greatly help the XBO family after nearly a year of underwhelming sales compared to PS4, Switch, or previous years' sales.

Nevertheless, all 3 major consoles should sell 1+ million units each in November and December (or at least close to 1 million). It will a great holiday season for the Big 3, regardless of who wins the "salez warz."

@JimmySpades @YummyHappyPills @WiltonRoots @rjejr I find it difficult to believe that someone could be any worse than some of the trolls we got now, particularly slig or the gator. But I'll trust your judgment since you've been here longer than I have! I think what could have potentially made it worse was the fact that these were incredibly difficult times for Nintendo so it must have seemed like the trolls were justified in whatever they were saying.

go go Nintendo!

@gortsi Different methods employed by both though, the Irish fella sounds like he's on the verge of crying all the time and the other guy is just a constant stream of sly little digs.

But yeah, doomed.

@gortsi Q was hard to get a hold of. He was smart, and a dad so I connected with him on that, but he was one of those of true believers who would never waver. Earth is flat. Water is dry. A game costs $80 when every where it's $60 b/c he's never wrong. Even if he posted it 5 comments earlier he would just neglect that he did so.

I think if he were here now nobody would notice as much b/c we live an an alternate fact world where the sitting US President refers to a sitting US Senator as Frankenstein, but he was a man ahead of his time.

OK after this I'm out, we're really tempting the fates now.

@Sir_JBizzle Can never go wrong w/ Beetlejuice.

Quorthon is a poster on Gameinformer site. He goest by RezidentHazard (Skeptical Inquirer). He posted a lot of Nintendoom stuff on Gameinformer's blog platform: http://www.gameinformer.com/members/residenthazard/blogs/default.aspx

@Malakai I clicked on the link to check that out, and my god the headlines just scream obsession. Nothing worth reading, I'm sure.

@gortsi Have you noticed how quiet it has been for the past five days? SLIGEACH took a week off a month or two ago, and it was nice. And when he came back, he was reasonable--not as negative, not as repetitive. It didn't last.

@JimmySpades Yeah I made the mistake of reading a few of the "articles", that's an obsessed (and even cancerous) individual alright. I've noticed that and I feel that people were able to actually have productive conversations here this week. Oh well I'm sure he'll be back soon and piss everyone off.

@Malakai Wow. Walls upon walls of text.

@gortsi I'm surprised you managed to read them, I saw all those paragraphs and little italic sections and forgot how much he used to bludgeon the comment section with his novels. How do people find the time to write such long essays?

@gortsi Ah, the NS fan club, oblivious to reality.

Even in the NS launch year, the PS4 is the best-selling system for the year in the US. And it's only going to get worse.

@Mahe took you a while to come up with something and it wasn't even smart. It's ok , get used to your favourite system being second , possible third, and keep being salty.

@Mahe I do a bit of freelance writing. If you'd like the next time you need a clever retort I can write a good one for you. My rates are reasonable.