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Switch 2 will be successful as the Wii U

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You think Nintendo Switch 2 will be successful as the Wii U?

  • Yes

    Votes: 37 29.8%

  • No

    Votes: 94 75.8%
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Sounds like you're worried the Switch 2 might be like the Wii U, with not much new and just some small upgrades. If Nintendo keeps porting old games and doesn't focus on new stuff, it could hurt the console's success. In the end, it’s all about the games. If the Switch 2 has great ones, it’ll be worth it, even if it doesn’t sell well. But if Nintendo doesn’t step up, it might not make the impact they want.
 
I was genuinely excited about the Nintendo Switch 2 and had every intention of buying it. But honestly, with all this unnecessary secrecy, I’ve completely lost interest.

Nintendo's lack of communication makes the console feel like some kind of mythical creature rather than an actual product launching this year. Instead of building hype, it’s just frustrating.

I've always been a Nintendo console player, but this time, I’m getting a PS5 instead. There are tons of great games coming to PS5, while Nintendo remains silent and barely acknowledges Switch 2’s existence. It’s honestly ridiculous at this point.

If Nintendo keeps up this "we won’t tell you anything" attitude, they might push away more players. Anyone else feeling the same way?
 
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While people was dumb enough to think Wii U was more of an accessory rather than a successor to the Wii, and the 3DS was just a OG DS but with 3D, that didn't stop the latter to sell more of less well (half the DS).

I don't think though that naming is a problem, since 3DS sold decently well, I'm a bit worried people may get confused and think Switch 2 is more of a "Pro" model rather than a successor... Nintendo will have to make their ads clear to tell people is not an accesory for the Switch 1 or a Switch with slighty more power. I think if it happens like the 3DS, it will sell around half the units, if it goes like the PS2, it shoukd sell around 200+ million units (like the PS2 surpassed the success of the PS1).
 
Anikemi said:
I think the Switch 2 will have the same success as the Wii U. That is to say, it will have little success. It feels like it is more of the same, perhaps with some more features (gimmick) or some power improvement to justify its price and encourage its purchase.

It seems that Nintendo is still lazy about NOT making new games for Switch and porting those for Wii U. They have also been lazy in branding. Switch 2 and run. Job done. Law of least effort.

Oh well. Maybe it's just a temporary name. Or an intermediate console and then they will release a better one. But if this is Nintendo's definitive bet for the next 7-8 years, I think they're not going to do very well (And I'm glad, honestly, they haven't worked hard at all, on the previous console they made a Wii U glue cutter and they came out successful)

One way or the other. What makes a console worth it are its games. If Nintendo releases good games for the Switch 2, for me the console will have been worth it (even if it was a commercial failure) but if they continue with this dynamic of repeating and porting games, I will not see the point in buying it (even if it is a success commercial).

17 January of 2025, and still thinks the original Switch was not worth it.

Please do not take this as a comment of sterile hatred towards Nintendo. It's just my point of view, my opinion.

Thank you!
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You're making assumptions out of thin air. We still don't know nothing but rumors, most of them from stupid youtubers seeking viewers using fake news as bait.

This proves you've got no idea what you're talking about, and I'm not just referring to Nintendo (the most imitated videogame company of them all). But to the concept of Nintendo as a whole.

Nintendo "needs" more processing and graphic power for what is about to deliver to the customers, and that's something not everyone can understand because they've been getting that very same promise from the other console producers, and they get nothing but pure and simple graphic improvements, while keeping the gameplay a copy-cat of something that has already been done before -by Nintendo most of the time-. You can count how many Smash Bros. imitations are out there, how many Mario Kart clones, and even a Mario Odyssey clone was released by the biggest copy-cat company of them all.

Whenever people try to compare Nintendo with their copy-cats, they miss the most important part: Fun.

Nintendo delivers fun, others just imitate it.
 
Oliver-Hoschi said:
Honest opinion?
I expected more after 7 long years.
We have to wait what games ninty brings to the table, because a console/handheld rise or fall with its games. Look at the ps5. Power for years but nearly no games.

It feels a little bit weird to me that after 7 years, ninty only has a Performance upgrade on their hands. This is absolutely not ninty like.

But only because i expected more, i dont think it will sell bad. Its maybe not for me, and thats absolutely fine.
For me, i wanted a plain console, and not a hybrid again. Hybrid consoles are always a mixed bag.
What is wrong for a company to have a normal console and a handheld?

I hope ninty will get it right and blow us away with new games and not with tons of remasters.
If the games are good, the switch 2 will be good.
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What is the point when the home console will have handheld performance anyway?
 
CMDreamer said:
Nintendo "needs" more processing and graphic power for what is about to deliver to the customers, and that's something not everyone can understand because they've been getting that very same promise from the other console producers, and they get nothing but pure and simple graphic improvements, while keeping the gameplay a copy-cat of something that has already been done before -by Nintendo most of the time-. You can count how many Smash Bros. imitations are out there, how many Mario Kart clones, and even a Mario Odyssey clone was released by the biggest copy-cat company of them all.

Whenever people try to compare Nintendo with their copy-cats, they miss the most important part: Fun.

Nintendo delivers fun, others just imitate it.
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Neither Smash Bros nor Mario Kart were first in their genre though. Does that mean Nintendo is just another copy cat? It's not a good way to see the world. Imagine how dull music would be if you applied this thinking instead of letting bands be inspired by those that came before them.
 
At this point Nintendo has spent a decade thinking about the mistakes with the Wii U and how to avoid them in the future. Just by naming it the Switch 2 Nintendo has already demonstrated they've learned from their mistakes.

Personally I doubt the Switch 2 will be quite as successful given that it seems to be a simple hardware upgrade over the original and Nintendo now has the Steam Deck and other Switch clones to compete with. But it won't be another Wii U level disaster.
 
It'll do fantastically. The singe biggest Issue with the Wii U was, to none gaming fanatics or people into tech, it didn't sound like a new console.
Simply adding a number 2 has fixed this, as those same people are used to the newest PlayStation having the next number along.
 
I think the Nintendo exclusives such as a new Smash or new Mario cart would sell me the console but I'm excited about some more possibilities it opens:

1. With more powerful hardware it can get more game ports
2. Cloud gaming + Microsoft - M$ had some announcement that they're putting games on more platforms and cloud gaming could open a massive library (whether nintendo allows this or not is another matter...)
3. The possible new hardware being some form of a mouse... I really don't expect much but if there's some way to get more "mouse" like tracking with the joycons it would open the switch up to getting PC exclusive ports.
4. If it completely flops, at least there's a new steam deck coming!
 
This topic title, i still disagree with it but im thinking now that switch 2 wont sell 100 million with all the prices that people are angry about!

Nintendo should have priced the games better, still will get it but it's gonna be interesting to see how well it does now
 
We can only hope. Nintendo has deserved a swift kick to the ass for some time now.

But unfortunately, I think too many people are willing to shell out $90 for Mario Kart and buggy incomplete Pokémon.
 
So I came back a year later and this just reminds me of that classic "the wisdom of crowds" - how wrong every one was in regards to the S2 and its unbelievable sales even in the face of rising hardware prices (Hello Sony) and barring N killing Trump (or Sony finding another 5 million sales of of its DVD player sorry Ps2 down the back of the sofa it will soon have the biggest selling console of all time and the fastest - Go boys !
 
YYDeckard said:
So I came back a year later and this just reminds me of that classic "the wisdom of crowds" - how wrong every one was in regards to the S2 and its unbelievable sales even in the face of rising hardware prices (Hello Sony) and barring N killing Trump (or Sony finding another 5 million sales of of its DVD player sorry Ps2 down the back of the sofa it will soon have the biggest selling console of all time and the fastest - Go boys !
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maybe inside of japan but if you look at sales outside of japan its not doing that well at all. i know tons of people that have switch 1's and not a single one of them has upgraded to a switch 2. all the gimmicks nintendo pulled with paying for compatibility updates of switch 1 games, keycards, etc has turned off alot of people who were traditionally nintendo fans.

i dont think the price is really the issue. its a decent price for a console given the market but where are the games at that will actually draw people into buying one?
 
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Strange then that it's currently outperforming the original switch sales in the US....

I dont know any of the 9 people like me who had a day 1 switch who now dont have a switch 2....and I loved DK Bonanza and the upgrades for both Zeldas as well as the new Resi.....

I think really it couldnt have done any better especially in the current economic climate with Ram prices / tariffs etc and even companies like Sony / MS and Valve have to delay products or jack them up....

I think when we talk about games to draw customers in we should look more at the (lack of) "exclusives" for the so-called next gen stuff - now there is a bin fire.....

https://www.vgchartz.com/article/467611/switch-2-vs-switch-1-sales-comparison-march-2026/
 
AndorfRequissa said:
maybe inside of japan but if you look at sales outside of japan its not doing that well at all. i know tons of people that have switch 1's and not a single one of them has upgraded to a switch 2. all the gimmicks nintendo pulled with paying for compatibility updates of switch 1 games, keycards, etc has turned off alot of people who were traditionally nintendo fans.

i dont think the price is really the issue. its a decent price for a console given the market but where are the games at that will actually draw people into buying one?
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Right... because selling more than the Switch 1, more than any other console from launch in the same period of time means it's not doing all that well....

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Oh, I should correct myself. The only other console from launch to this same period of time that beat the Switch 2 is the GBA. But again, how exactly is that considered "not doing well"?
 
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