re: Whatever........this is a "sicboy crapping on the Switch" thread, cuz reasons

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People want this from Nintendo so badly. There were good reasons "not" to buy an N64 and Gamecube because they tried as hard as they did to differ from the competition.

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People who want it are loud, yes, but loud doesn't always equate to sales. I think that's driven by a real affection for nintendo stuff.

I totally get the argument, but Nintendo games just don't fit the modern core gamer which is that very settled 120-140 million-ish groups that buy your PS4s and X1's. I would HOPE Nintendo has done Market Research on this very topic and that it's a big reason they haven't gone that direction. If they've done marketing and that has shown an easy 60-70% market penetration into the core gamer, then yeah, they should probably re-evaluate.

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If the Switch is an evolution of the 3DS and Wii U combined, I think it will be successful. I don't know if I see the benefit of the 3DS continuing alongside the Switch unless 3DS titles are also ported to the Switch.

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Well this is a big problem for Nintendo. They are reluctant right now to outright say it, so as to not hurt 3DS's very respectable success. But not doing that is the very thing that could keep people from buying in 100%.

Chicken or the Egg. If you know that Nintendo is throwing all it's weight behind a single console, I think the 3rd Party issue is less of a problem (still a problem, but for people interested in nintendo games, not sure their wallet can handle all nintendo ips+3rd parties. Which is a whole other problem Nintendo has always fought). If you're getting Fire Emblems, Pokemon's, Mario and all Mario spinoffs, Smash Bros., New IPs like Splatoon, etc. - that's big.