back during the snes days nintendo wasn't lacking in third party support as they are now though. so yes, sales do matter. it is why the ps4 is getting so many more japanese rpgs for example compared to the xbox one. its because the xbox one never sold well there so why would games meant for that market be a priority on the xbox?

lets face it, switch looks to be yet another nintendo console for mainly nintendo games. meanwhile the rest of the games that come to other systems will likely not favor switch unless it sells well. see how that works?

Yes, but only to a point. A product doesn't have to outsell competing products to be successful. Look at Apple, they only have about 17% of the smartphone market but their phones/operating system are still a healthy and well supported platform. I own an Android phone personally, but it's still clear that Apple phones are well-liked by those that use them and represent a viable alternative to Android phones despite having a much smaller share of the market.

A product still needs to sell well on its own to garner a lot of support from the industry

more humans have ps4 than wiiU

yet

a recent Gamers Poll exposed that

gamers spend more time playing the wiiU ..

saLes are important

but gamePlay reigns supreme

This^ Not everything that is viraly popular is good. The N64 , Gamecube amd Dreamcast are my favorite consoles, I don't look back and think I wish they would of sold 100,000,000!!! Don't care.

Edit, I see your point but I believe you can also see mine.

This is true, the problem is that if a console is not popular enough, then 3rd party support will be minimal, will wich lead to even fewer sales of the plataform and then less games and so on, ending possibly in dead, however talking specifically about the switch, this is unlikely as i think that every nintendo console can survive solely on 1st and 2nd party support.

Well said. This is so painfully obvious, but some people selectively choose when sales matter and when they don't. I very much doubt these people consistently choose to always buy whatever book, movie, music, clothing, phone or tv that has sold the most.

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That's completely subjective. You're talking as if "the good" is objective.

If the majority of people always buy that which is best then we could always buy the best selling artist, movie, book or whatever and know that we'll enjoy it and that it will be the best way to spend our money. We'd all be listening to Justin Bieber and Beyoncé, buying Samsung TVs and Android phones, and holding up Avatar as the pinnacle of cinema.

The truth, though, is that we all have our own tastes and preferences. Just because something is appealing or easily digestible by the masses doesn't mean it's objectively the best.

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Let me be clear. This is sarcasm