Nintendo Switch Official Thread

[Red Shield]

Switch preorders went up in Japaaaand it's gone.
Nintendo Switch Has Incredible Demand In Japan; Online & In-Store Pre-Orders Sold Out In Minutes – ThisGenGaming

How did the 3ds preorders look over there before it came out

 

[Red Shield]

The artificial scarcity strategy might work for Nintendo. Sell the first 2 million fast. Then when another big game comes out sell the next 2-5 million. Then so on and so on. It's sorta cheating. They might hit 10 mil quickly.

Edit: I was wondering....and bear with me. Should they be going hard in the western market? I know, I know but....most western gamers just care about graphics. Why not go hard in China with a growing middle class and billion+ population? I feel the Chinese market is untapped (mainland China not Hong Kong)

China has laws against consoles..

 

[MewTwo]

China has laws against consoles..

didn't they lift the ban recently?

 

[Red Shield]

didn't they lift the ban recently?

I hear something about that.. don't think it was a complete lift tho..

 

[Dre Space Age]

 

[Dre Space Age]

Some Viking game.

 

[Dre Space Age]

 

[Killah Ray]

I put one on reserve thinking I could flip it due to Nintendo always shipping short, but I walked into Walmart this morning and they said they still had plenty for pre sale so I canceled that shyt since beyond Zelda nothing I'd want to play this year really...

 

[Trapperman Dave]

nintendo better have a wider selection on the virtual console, man.

gamecube and n64 should be top priorities.

Where did you read anything about the virtual console

 

[Trapperman Dave]

"D-d-d-d-d-diggity dog."

I dont own a wii or wii u so virtual console games can legit sell me on the switch. Nintendo emulators are solid but they dont recreate the feeling

Same if I could get the wii n wii u mario games im sold

 

[firemanBk]

While the launch line up is definitely light, I think it was actually a better idea to not release months old ports of 3rd party games this time around. The FIFA they're getting is supposedly custom built for Switch (which is why it's just called FIFA with no year) and they're getting 2K18 at the same time as the other consoles. The one that hurts is Mass Effect as that's being released during launch window.

 

[winb83]

While the launch line up is definitely light, I think it was actually a better idea to not release months old ports of 3rd party games this time around. The FIFA they're getting is supposedly custom built for Switch (which is why it's just called FIFA with no year) and they're getting 2K18 at the same time as the other consoles. The one that hurts is Mass Effect as that's being released during launch window.

FIFA is a port of the last generation FIFA 17 from what I heard and there is no plans to have the new Mass Effect on Switch. Nintendo probably should have waited till Mario was ready to launch this. It's not like releasing it in March vs the end of the year makes too much difference. At least then they could launch with Zelda, Splatoon, Mario Kart, and Mario all day one and build some hype.

 

[Deltron]

have "real" sports titles even sold well overall on Nintendo?

They never really embraced that aspect...it was always the competition like Sega in the past, Sony, etc.

 

[Wiles]

The artificial scarcity strategy might work for Nintendo. Sell the first 2 million fast. Then when another big game comes out sell the next 2-5 million. Then so on and so on. It's sorta cheating. They might hit 10 mil quickly.

Edit: I was wondering....and bear with me. Should they be going hard in the western market? I know, I know but....most western gamers just care about graphics. Why not go hard in China with a growing middle class and billion+ population? I feel the Chinese market is untapped (mainland China not Hong Kong)

yes and it prevents inventory nightmare

 

[Dre Space Age]

Same if I could get the wii n wii u mario games im sold

Nintendo could make a killing JUST off of re-releasing their first party games.