First of all, Threads where you open them and the OP is banned are such a treat.
Well, I mean, that vault is what allowed them to survive the Wii U disaster. They dipped into plenty of those cash reserves last gen.
Not really though.
They did loose money last gen, but way less than people seem to think.
They had 2 FY with negative income(aka losses) that total up to 751'884'000 $ which is a lot of money no doubt, but not really in the actual context.
These losses didnt even wipe out the profits they made in 2011 alone(935'200'000 $) and they completely made them back with the ones they made in the launch year of switch (915'000'000 $).
And if you look at their actual cash vault, it gets put into even better context.
At the end of 2016, 3 months before the release of Switch(and thus kinda the end of last gen for Nintendo) their cash assets alone numbered 5'941'377'905 $ meaning all the money they lost in the last gen ammounted to about 12% of their cash reserves.
And thats cash reserves alone, their total assets-liabilities(their "Vault") numbered 11'392'954'386 $, so they lost about 6% of their vault in the last gen.
If you're referring to the eShop, Nintendo seems like they have ditched Nintendo Select for Switch.
The Selects line is not dead, its just gonna take time to actually release, as it has with all previous lines.
The first WiiU Selects title was released on March 11 2016, about 3.5 years after the console came out, with the youngest game getting a selects entry being DKCTF, which got its selects title 2 years and a month after release.
The first Wii Select(then called player choice) released may 15 2011, a whopping 4.5 years after the console came out, with the youngest game getting a select being AC City folk, which got its select title 2.5 years after release.
The first 3DS select title was released on October 16 2015,also about 4.5 years after the handheld released, with the youngest game to get a select being Yoshis New Island a mere 1.5 years after release.
little side note, but did DS not get a Selects line ?
I cant personally remember one, and Wikipedia does not list any.
Looking at this one could come to several conclusions:
1. Select Titles release about 4 years after the console give or take half a year, which would mean that Switch Selects should realistically not be expected till late 2020/early 2021(maybe something like a BOTW/MK8DX selects release on march 3 2021 for example).
2. There is a trend(though not really, since its so few data points) of getting younger games on the selects line.
3.Handhelds have generally more Selects titles than Home Consoles, so Its likely Switch is going to adopt that at least party and have more of them.
