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Games expert says Nintendo 'clinched it' with Switch, analyst predicts price/first year sales

by rawmeatcowboy
24 October 2016
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Coming from Dan Maher, gaming expert and presenter...

"When Xbox or Sony announce new consoles, what you're expecting is more of the same - but more powerful," Dan Maher, gaming expert and presenter. Nintendo tend to deal with the technology and the hardware itself, what they can do to innovate and make gaming more accessible and more lifestyle friendly.

"They needed to come out with something that was easily sellable that people could understand in an instant. They are unifying their two strands, they've been a very strong handheld player and a moderately successful console player in recent years, so to bring those two together it's a bit of an all or nothing gamble really. I think they've pretty much clinched it.

"Traditionally third party support for Nintendo devices has been quite poor and people buy purely because of Nintendo's own games. Because of this fusion between the home and the handheld hardware they're really regrouping a lot of those people who drifted off. All the major players are coming back and I think we're going to see some big titles coming out for the Switch."

Coming from Macquarie Securities analyst David Gibson...

- estimates Switch will cost $250
- estimates Nintendo will sell 2.5 million units in its first month and an additional 10.6 million units by March 2018

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