It wasn't just GAF/ERA, I'm fairly sure most of the games media were writing the system off as well.
From what I recall, most people were cautiously optimistic/unsure either way.
It wasn't just GAF/ERA, I'm fairly sure most of the games media were writing the system off as well.
Higher sales than PS4 is really insane.
Switch could be the new DS.
Wrong again lol.
Lanuch allinged will drop in the next two months becouse PS4 and Xbox are just about to enter their next holiday season still a great result.
When you will have 24 months there will be a lot closer because both PS4 and Sony are about to enter into holiday season. The actual gap for full 2 years won't be as big.
I think the next Switch SKU won't be what people here are expecting tbh.
What are people expecting though? I'm personally expecting a simple redesign that brings down the costs of manufacturing and small improvements for battery life, wifi and such. Basically a DS lite
I think the next Switch SKU won't be what people here are expecting tbh.
That's changing now. I kept telling them Liam said last year the Switch revision will be like "DS Lite" type of revision. Looks like people are finally listening lol.I'm under the impression most people are expecting (or maybe 'want' is a better word) a Switch Pro with powerful specs/features.
I'm under the impression most people are expecting (or maybe 'want' is a better word) a Switch Pro with powerful specs/features.
There's speculation on several ones. There's a Switch Mini in the form factor of a Vita, Switch Lite keeping the same form factor but increasing screen size and a Switch Pro.I'm under the impression most people are expecting (or maybe 'want' is a better word) a Switch Pro with powerful specs/features.
Yeah Benji said it too recently.Several insiders (such as Liam Robertson and Benji) have been telling us that the first revision is likely to be a DS Lite-style model, rather than a Pro, so the expectations here have shifted to that more recently. They still seem to say a pro exists and may launch eventually, but it's not what's coming this year.
Not really no. Supply was constrained for switch for close to a year right? This just means it seems there was more demand for Switch through that first year. The wasted line sounds more like damage control.Either the holiday or launch boost is "wasted" if one is enough to make demand > supply.
I'm under the impression most people are expecting (or maybe 'want' is a better word) a Switch Pro with powerful specs/features.
I'm under the impression most people are expecting (or maybe 'want' is a better word) a Switch Pro with powerful specs/features.
The more impressive thing is Nintendo being the no.1 publisher of 2018 in the US.
This is an exaggeration. Half the forum if you mean the loud people who were always going to be negative regardless of what was shown. It had positive word of mouth outside of GAF tbh. GAF/Era vocal minorieites are never a metric to base anything on.
Didn't the Wii strip out all the Gamecube stuff and sell it cheaper bundled with the likes of Mario Kart?It'll be interesting to see if it can pass the Wii. I assume Nintendo do will do a DS/3DS type hardware revision, which will help (something the Wii never really did).
Guess the real question will be if it will pass the expected 115-120 million the PS4 might end up doing by the end of the generation.
Didn't the Wii strip out all the Gamecube stuff and sell it cheaper bundled with the likes of Mario Kart?
It wasn't just GAF/ERA, I'm fairly sure most of the games media were writing the system off as well.
I'm under the impression most people are expecting (or maybe 'want' is a better word) a Switch Pro with powerful specs/features.
No it would be just shy of its 3rd holiday seasonDid it?
At 22 months, the PS4 would be at September 2015, just shy of the 2nd holiday season.
Yeah I acknowledge this fact. In reality it is going to be hard to gauge where Ltd end up if they go iterative.
It was about 4 months in the US and closer to a year in Japan.Not really no. Supply was constrained for switch for close to a year right? This just means it seems there was more demand for Switch through that first year. The wasted line sounds more like damage control.
Yeah that's fair, my own post was"well the Switch certainly seems poised to have a longer shelf life than the Wii, especially with potential revisions. Wii was viable from 2006 to ~2010/2011. Switch seems like it could be around for a good long while. I mean, look at the 3DS. it's 2017 and that thing just got a new revision announced.
definitely seems doable
it's not going to sell 100 million as quickly as the Wii though"
I feel pretty good about that. I doubted the claim pre launch though
it's gonna be funny when Switch passes the Wii
then we can star the "well if you start at the GCN and exclude the Wii U as an outlier.." talk
There is a gulf in popularity between Nintendo retro consoles and the rest.NES+Super NES Mini - 690k
PlayStation Classic+everything else - 650k
I'm expecting a new 3ds level upgrade. But, TBH I don't know how much they can change the design of the console while maintaining joycon compatibility. Smaller bezels is the only thing that comes to mind.I'm under the impression most people are expecting (or maybe 'want' is a better word) a Switch Pro with powerful specs/features.
Most people are actually expecting a joyconless Switch for 150 USD. I'm one of those expecting a Switch Pro, simply not this year, probably late 2020. My bet for this year is a simple redesign à la DS Lite, keeping the same form factor.I'm under the impression most people are expecting (or maybe 'want' is a better word) a Switch Pro with powerful specs/features.
I think the next Switch SKU won't be what people here are expecting tbh.
Most people are actually expecting a joyconless Switch for 150 USD. I'm one of those expecting a Switch Pro, simply not this year, probably late 2020. My bet for this year is a simple redesign à la DS Lite, keeping the same form factor.
December 2018
Switch - 1,77m
Xbox One - 920k
PS4 - 800k
3DS - 340k
NES+Super NES Mini - 690k
PlayStation Classic+everything else - 650k
WW? Zero chance.Can't believe i'm gonna say this...but i can see Switch outselling the PS4 in a few years.
New3DS got a big.boost to CPU.I'm expecting a new 3ds level upgrade. But, TBH I don't know how much they can change the design of the console while maintaining joycon compatibility. Smaller bezels is the only thing that comes to mind.
So with the really good game lineup the WiiU actually had, I wonder why even Nintendo fans were so averse to buying it.
Surely they couldn't have foreseen Nintendo re-releasing all the major games just a few years later on a new system.
Take a look at the thread about a new model, lot of people are. I've got the same feeling in other forums, what most people are expecting is a mini joyconless Switch that will replace the 3DS. Not what I'm expecting at all tho.
Considering the switch is now both the handheld sales + the home console sales in one console, this is not surprising.
If this was a home console and Nintendo had a well selling handheld along side it, it would have been much more impressive.
But its a good comeback none the less.
Take a look at the thread about a new model, lot of people are. I've got the same feeling in other forums, what most people are expecting is a mini joyconless Switch that will replace the 3DS. Not what I'm expecting at all tho.