The latest in our ongoing series of exclusive Iwata Asks interviews sees Nintendo’s head honcho finally locating and confronting one of the many internet trolls who constantly put his company down.
Nintendo announced its financial results for the first half of the fiscal year, between April 1 and September 30, including an update on Nintendo Switch unit sales.
Why PlayStation and Xbox fanboys fight. Nintendo keeps on killing it in sales. Will we see the Switch 2 next year? They are forecasting increases in sales next quarter.
Xbox and Playstation is not in the same gaming space as Nintendo.
It's like comparing Sportscars with Familycars.
Why would the fans of sportcars care about the families.
Also Nintendo Switch is covering both Handheld and Home Console nowadays, instead of 2 seperate, which is great for all the Nintendo fans, but also removes the interest for gamers who seek the highest fidelity and framerate.
I am a happy owner of all platforms, but there are obvious reasons why Xbox/Playstation "fanboys" ain't talking about Nintendo.
Only a small subset of gamers care about high graphics and frame rate
And nintendo does occupy the same space as playstation and Xbox, because during the WiiU days this site was filled with nothing but how playstation is destroying it's competition Xbox one and WiiU, the only reason no one likes to talk about Nintendo here now is because they are winning. See why this site also doesn't talk about Japanese/Asian sales anymore unless playstation wins a week
Last I checked they are all in the same industry selling video games to customers. Device is irrelevant, they are competing for your dollars.
how are they not in the same gaming space? They all play games. They all occupy your time. Are we suggesting that the Switch isn't a gaming machine?
1. They are absolutely in the same gaming space. No amount of mental revision changes that. They are fighting for your interactive entertainment dollars, nacht wahr?
2. So you don't think PlayStation or Xbox are attempting to break into the portable market more in the future with cloud streaming or even Portal? That seems a bit reductive.
3. Whatever you think about their games being overrated, Tears of the Kingdom and Super Mario Bros Wonder have been outstanding—Wonder is my personal GOTY, and I'm primarily a PlayStation gamer. Considering those games can and likely will get nominated for GOTY along with, say, Spider-Man 2 and Starfield, it's really hard to say they're not in the same space.
Funny because that “family van” has wayyyy way way better exclusives than your “sports car.” Fire Emblem, F Zero, BotW, Pikmin, Smash Bros, Mario Odyssey and Bowser’s Fury, Splatoon, Bayonetta 2 and 3, Astral Chain, Xenoblade 1-3, SMT V, Tears of the Kingdom, Metroid Dread, Metroid Prime, Mario Kart 8, Donkey Kong Country, Kirby, Advance Wars, Mario Party, Tetris 99, and so on. You will not find anything like most of those experiences on Sony or Xbox platforms. And it’s not like the games are ugly, they still look gorgeous on a 4K OLED, and gameplay wise, they’re head and shoulders above the competition.
If the current woefully underpowered Switch slaughtered the competition this much, it’s game over when Switch 2 comes out 👌🏼😌
“Why PlayStation and Xbox fanboys fight.”
I’m always puzzled by these comparisons. Nintendo’s handheld only has about 30% overlap with the home console market. The Switch Lite can’t even connect to TVs. If we really want to compare disparate ecosystems, Apple makes more on games than Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft combined. So let’s leave these market segments to themselves.
My main platform is PS5, but I am so excited for Switch 2 next year! I still play my switch every day.
You are forgetting Nintendo wasn’t doing very well before the Switch console wise. I still consider the Switch a handheld as it has the power of a handheld so it’s in a different category in a way. I like my Switch but the focus on family games makes it less appealing to me and it’s more for my kids but even they use their PS4 Pro more than the Switch. It’s nice as a secondary console to my PS5.
You must not have been noticing during the Wii era when Nintendo sold 100+ million Wii’s. They were still doing quite well during Wii U’s short generation due to Wii and DS/3DS sales.
Nintendo was hurting before the Switch. They basically took their handheld business and combined it with their console business. The PS5 is selling just as well they just released at different times. If you are talking about Xbox sure that makes sense they are declining in sales but PS is as strong as ever.
This wasn't even funny...
Typical Nintendo fanboy "Y WE ALWAYS B DA VICTIMS?" bullshit.
You know they're Nintendo fans who only play Nintendo products Iwata, just saying.
This can be wrote about Nintendo fangirls as well. Ask the dude who wrote that those exact same questions except change Sony for Nintendo.
"I understand you only play games published on Nintendo consoles and as such have never enjoyed the intergalactic joy of Uncharted 2, the storytelling and Brutal action of God Of War 3 or the tender caress of a woman. Why is this?"
Well Nintendo make great games for the kids and the 35 year old man child in me loves playing games that have no blood, no violence or swear words in them and pink art directive games like Kirbys epic yarn just bring out my feminine side.
Also I have yet to feel the warm moisture between a womans thighs on the tip of my nob because I can't seem to get a woman past my Nintendo boxers, Mario Bedcovers and the Luigi wallpaper in my room.
"Evidently, she doesn’t let you play Mario Teaches Typing either. [Laughs]"
Thats because my mommy only buys me one different type of Mario game a year and considering theres about 50 different mario games out there I'll be 70 years old before I collect them all.
I love stereotyping the stereotypes out there.
Why do I play Sony games? I don't know, maybe I like ripping someones head off or bashing in their face until their blood has covered my eyes so much that I can't see ike in GOW3.
Or maybe I like sneaking up behind someone and slitting their throat or pushing my thumps through their eyes like in KZ3.
Or maybe I like playing beautiful games that tell a story brilliantly like in UC2.
Or maybe I like the variety Sony brings like how they make original superhero games like Infamous, let developers take risks with games like Heavy Rain and Beyond or how they don't just stick with 2 or 3 different genres but spread out to them all.
Good to see you haven't stooped to using strawmen to have one sided arguments as a means of getting hits.