We are a month away from the launch of the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo has high hopes for the console as do lots of people. Recently the company announced that they increased production of the console due to strong pre-orders and that most likely means they sold out of their first shipment of 2 million. Kimishima said in a Nikkei interview that he expects the Switch to sell about as well as the Wii. Kimishima’s reasoning is that the Switch offers a unique way of playing games, just like the Wii.
1) More info from the Nikkei interview with Nintendo president Kimishima. He says he expects the Switch to sell about as well as the Wii.
— Dr. Serkan Toto / Kantan Games Inc. (@serkantoto) February 2, 2017
2) [Very bold statement: the Wii sold 101 million times.] He says that just like the Wii, the Switch offers a unique way of playing games.
— Dr. Serkan Toto / Kantan Games Inc. (@serkantoto) February 2, 2017