lowering the units planned from 6 million to 4 million.

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    Honestly seems like a mistake not having Smash Bros ready for shortly after launch. Hit them with Mario launch, Zelda second, Smash Bros third, Splatoon 4th. Space them out properly and I can’t see how you can miss some person that will buy the thing just for the one game they want to play.

    With those audiences you then get the hype and talk in gaming communities because they’re all bought in, and that augments your casual audience buying in because they see hype about it.

    I do not understand their schedule for exclusives at all tbh.

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        It’s like they get super lazy after a success then need a wake up call and then get back on their A game after that every single time. It has to be a problem with the structure and culture inside the company because this happens consistently.

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          I have to agree with you wholeheartedly. It’s almost like the people in charge don’t know a single thing about, or give a single damn about the thing the company makes curious-marx

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      That’s the biggest problem. I’m planning to get one, but see no reason to do so until the next Fire Emblem is out. I could also be swayed by Splatoon or Animal Crossing. If I bought it now, it would mostly sit around.

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    There’s hardly any reason to get one. Donkey Kong is cool but not a system seller, the Mario Kart seems mid, and if I just wanted to run switch 1 games better, switch emulation is surprisingly easy.

    I will probably try to get one for Duskbloods but we’ve gotten absolutely no information on that one since it was announced.

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        I got a switch lite and played a decent bit of ‘new’ animal crossing. But that was basically it. All the other games were either shitty nintendo games or rereleases of PC games.

        It rapidly became a picross machine for me. Now my steam deck occupies that position with squeakcross (cute rodent themed picross). I can’t imagine any adult buying a Switch 1/2 over a deck tbh. It might cost more/the same, but like… you’re not tied to nintendo’s shitty system. And it feels too expensive for kids. They really need a DS/3DS replacement. Something cheaper and more portable.

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        The last time I had a memorably good time playing Nintendo games was on the Gamecube. They could make a killing porting Gamecube games, but for some reason, they just don’t. They could dedicate an entire console generation to remastering and rehashing the multiplayer aspects of the great ones. Release Eternal Darkness, Perfect Dark, Diddy Kong Racing, DK64, and anything else. Instead, there’s some half-assed subscription service to play a version of Ocarina of Time that’s worse than the Gamecube remaster.

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          I considered buying a Nintendo 64 or GameCube a while ago but unfortunately the games are just too expensive now. At this point re-releasing them is money waiting to claimed.