There’s a lot of mystery surrounding Nintendo’s upcoming console NX. Lots of rumors from “reliable sources close to the matter” have been thrown around, but very little is known for sure.
From Nintendo Everything: "During Nintendo’s 78th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, it was mentioned that the company’s management has a favorable view of E3, yet its share price fell around that time. With key titles for the fiscal year releasing through the holidays, this person asked if more “attractive software” can be released continuously."
Kimishima get real, Super Mario Party isn’t going to be selling any consoles units
There are actually plenty of casuals that love Mario Party. Even more so than Mario Kart.
I mean, so far pretty much every single first party title has, or is on track to, become the top selling entry in its series.
The top selling Mario Party title crossed 9 million sold. The average sales for the series is about 3.4 million. On top of that, on every single Nintendo console the first Mario Party title to release is the best selling Mario Party title on that console . . . the average for the first entry on each console is around 4.5 million.
With all that in consideration it's highly likely Mario Party will top 5 million sold, possibly even 10 million if the trend of Switch titles becoming the top entry in their series continues. It looks like they're bringing back the long demanded board game mode and ditching that stupid kart, so that should go over well with fans.
Mario Party has always been a series that appeals to people who have the platform it’s on
Mario Party has never been a system seller
I understand they blew their load with the first year, but god are only games are a pokemon super lite, a smash port/some what new, and mario party. They dropped the ball hard.
Smash isn't a port and there's nothing indicating that it is. Both Smash and Pokemon historically outsell 3D Mario and Legend of Zelda games. Mario Party will likely top at least 5 million. Plus this year they've also put out Mario Tennis Aces, Kirby: Star Allies, Octopath Traveler, and Labo.
Nintendo is actually publishing more original software for their console this year than either Microsoft or Sony is. It's just that most of the software is aimed towards a broader audience. They hardly blew their load last year, it's just that last year had more software that appeals to you personally.
Yeah, as a Switch owner I will say it kind of sucks this year because it's clear they're not targeting the core gaming audience and they're aiming instead for a broader audience. But with Fire Emblem, Metroid Prime 4, a core Pokemon title, Bayonetta 3, Shin Megami Tensei V, and more on the way in the next couple years I'm not too upset about it.
This isn't news: it's the Status Quo for Nintendo.
Plus, I call BS on them making announcements for new games to be released in 2018,, as they would only cannibalize sales of the other titles they are pushing.
well right now we have Pokemon in November and Smash in December. Why not have a title release in September?
If nothing else, it's highly likely they have more Labo games coming out this year (could be next April I suppose). The initial trailer seemed to have footage of two other kits that have yet to release. That's the type of thing that wouldn't make sense to show at E3, so I'm guessing they're holding off a bit on announcing it.
momentum? what momentum? i died a quick death. only people who still find the nintendo characters somehow appealing are buying into this underpowered gadget. but if they are ok with that tiny installbase, i am ok with it, too. the numbers of titles sold for this gadget can‘t be stellar. hence more and more skipped 3rd party games because if you have to make an effort to make it run on that thing then it is not lucrative financially because the very little revenue. only no-effort ports will yield some tiny revenue.
last thing i heard they are going to flood their eshop (excuse shop) with a ton of indies. i wish you all good fun diving into this low quality pool. they did this with the psn, too, and it is still ugly.
Nintendo isn't deviating from its target of shipping twenty million Switch units this year and expects no issues in securing their production.
I don't think so. The Wii sold 18.6M units in year 2, while the Switch is projected to sell between 18-20 million this year.
Yes, Wii has a surpassed Switch.
@PorkChop
Where are you getting those numbers from, VGChartz has Wii and Switch May numbers at 21m vs 17.5m (Dec. vs May). Wiki and VGSales also has Wii at over 20m as well by month it's 15th month, not 18.6m in 2 years (24 months).
Wii is about to skyrocket pass Switch at this point, since it goes on to sell an average of 1.5m consoles per month and over 10m during the holiday quarter (October 1st - December 31st).
For comparison's sake PS4 is averaging 1.2m units per month, Switch is averaging 920k per month, and XBO is averaging 445k per month.
Switch won't compete with PS4 or Wii until Smash and maybe Pokemon Pikachu / Eevee launch (considering how polarizing the Pokemon games are for the core) and until it gets a price drop. When those things happen the they're back on track for trying to catch the Wii for at least another year, until then Wii will just keep growing its lead by over 1 million years every 2 months, then skyrocket during the holiday by 4 million units.
Replies(1)wht worries me there is no games to play, i completed zelda and mario and donkey kong, now waiting for octopath (also tried tenis and few others) after i finish octopath, what then? 2 years with no games? smash bross not interested or pokemon or indies that also available on ps4, also yoshi most likely will be medicore.
Why would you buy a console whose exclusives you have little to no interest in? Hold on a minute, you're not an obvious troll by any chance are you?
I bought mine at Xmas because there was just nothing I wanted or needed when I went Xmas shopping so I thought why not. I also just like owning new consoles even though I haven’t been a Nintendo fan since after GameCube (but I still owned a wii and wiiU). I’m pretty much waiting for Metroid 4 and hoping they do a Metroid trilogy remaster. I found Odyessy and Breath of the Wild quite boring and didn’t finish either, so my Switch has gathered a lot of dust. Also I think the Switch looks absolutely awful on a tv screen and I’m not really a handheld gamer. It’s my fault, but I’m still disappointed in the product overall.
becouse zelda was super good game and mario odysey and was charmed by trailer of octopath, but like i said, what now? most likely no good games to my taste?
They have all the indies and shovel ware they can ask for, Hollow Knight is decent, i own it on pc, but switch marks overrate it like its GTA 6.
Claims there no game to play - Immediately lists games coming out and then disregards their existence because they don't appeal to them.
Have you played Splatoon 2? I'm not much of an online play guy, but this game is amazing and lots of fun. The Octo expansion that just came out is auperb, too.
Why the disagrees? I guess I didn't buy one and I'm hating it? I bet it is because I made a positive comment about the Switch.
You're commenting on a positive Nintendo Switch sales article. The trolls have to infest the comments otherwise their brains will explode.
Nintendo’s 78th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders took place yesterday. There wasn’t any major news, but about a dozen of questions were asked.
Nintendo please stop. We are quite happy with our controllers, they are still with us today because why fix something which isn't broken. They've lasted this long because they are the best way to play our console games.
This really worries me for the NX, they better not try another gamepad.
Gamecube controller Nintendo, look how adapters you sold and even Smash Bros Gamecube controllers.
No thank you @ Nintendo.
Nintendo is irrelevant to me now. I'm not even excited about the NX. Hell, I'm not even really that excited about or interested in hearing about what the NX is and I won't be excited about the NX until I see what the NX is first. I'm keeping my expectations low because you can never be too sure when it comes to Nintendo. I really hope the NX isn't another severely underpowered, gimmicky console that's specifically aimed at children and soccer moms. I just want Nintendo to stop trying to shove gimmicks down everybody's throat. I just wish Nintendo would go the GameCube route by giving me a powerful console with a traditional controller. Seriously, enough with the gimmicks already.
Dammit Nintendo! Just let me play normally for once. Enough with these silly "innovations" =/